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1
Scope
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1.1
Principles
1.2
Premises
2
History
3
Theoretical foundations
4
Evolved psychological mechanisms
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4.1
Historical topics
4.2
Products of evolution: adaptations, exaptations, byproducts, and random variation
4.3
Obligate and facultative adaptations
4.4
Cultural universals
5
Environment of evolutionary adaptedness
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5.1
Mismatches
6
Research methods
7
Main areas of research
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7.1
Survival and individual-level psychological adaptations
7.1.1
Consciousness
7.1.2
Sensation and perception
7.1.3
Learning and facultative adaptations
7.1.4
Emotion and motivation
7.1.5
Cognition
7.1.6
Personality
7.1.7
Language
7.2
Mating
7.3
Parenting
7.4
Family and kin
7.5
Interactions with non-kin / reciprocity
7.6
Strong reciprocity (or "tribal reciprocity")
8
Evolutionary psychology and culture
9
In psychology sub-fields
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9.1
Developmental psychology
9.2
Social psychology
9.3
Abnormal psychology
9.4
Antisocial and criminal behavior
9.5
Psychology of religion
9.6
Coalitional psychology
10
Reception and criticism
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10.1
Ethical implications
10.2
Contradictions in models
11
Standard social science model
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11.1
Reductionism and determinism
11.2
Testability of hypotheses
11.3
Modularity of mind
11.4
Cultural rather than genetic development of cognitive tools
11.5
Response by evolutionary psychologists
12
See also
13
Notes
14
References
15
Bibliography
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15.1
Books
15.2
Journals
16
Further reading
17
External links
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17.1
Academic societies
17.2
Journals
17.3
Videos
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)
Branch of psychology
For the academic journal, see
Evolutionary Psychology (journal)
.
Not to be confused with
Evolutionary psychiatry
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