evolutionary psychology
A theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain mental and psychological…A theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, that is, as the functional products of natural selection.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, that is, as the functional products of natural selection.
эволюционная психологияevoljucionnaja psixologija
Examples
5 sentencesThe popular conception of evolutionary psychology is even less scientific than the discipline itself.
Evolutionary psychology generally does not make testable predictions, so it is often viewed as a pseudoscience.
Evolutionary psychology is some guys telling stories about why they think things are the way they are.
Evolutionary psychology is largely a pseudoscience, as it cannot be measured or tested and is not based on experimental results.
deEvolutionäre Psychologie ist im Wesentlichen eine Pseudowissenschaft, da sie weder gemessen noch überprüft werden kann und nicht auf experimentellen Ergebnissen beruht. — brauchinet · CC BY 2.0 FR
Evolutionary psychology is a political project which aims to justify social hierarchies by assuming they are innate and speculating as to why.
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