Evaluating Evidence of Psychological Adaptation: How Do We Know One When We See One?

Evolutionary psychologists argue that human nature contains many discrete psychological adaptations. Each adaptation is theorized to have been functional in humans' ancestral past, and empirical evidence that an attribute is an adaptation can come from showing it possesses complexity, efficienc...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Psychological science 2004-10, Vol.15 (10), p.643-649
Hauptverfasser:	Schmitt, David P., Pilcher, June J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adaptation Adaptation, Biological Adaptation, Psychological Attribution theory Biological adaptation Biological Evolution Cross cultural psychology Empirical evidence Evolution Evolutionary biology Evolutionary psychology Human nature Humans Pregnancy Psychology
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