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Evolutionary psychology is a research program that specifically defines and investigates the human mind as a collection of evolved, domain-specific cognitive modules and adaptations, as evidenced by [1], [2], and [3]. This field posits that the human mind is shaped by natural selection to solve recurrent evolutionary problems, contrasting with models that view it as a blank slate or general-purpose device [4], [5], and [6].
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referenceThe theoretical framework of Evolutionary Psychology is based on five key ideas: (1) cognitive mechanisms underlying behavior are adaptations; (2) these mechanisms must be discovered via functional analysis; (3) these mechanisms are adaptations for solving recurrent adaptive problems in the evolutionary environment of ancestors; (4) the human mind is a complex set of domain-specific modules; and (5) these modules define universal human nature.
perspectiveEvolutionary Psychologists argue that the assumption that the human mind is composed mainly of a few content-free cognitive processes is inadequate for explaining human thoughts and feelings.
claimEvolutionary Psychology in the narrow sense is a circumscribed adaptationist research program that regards the human mind as an integrated collection of cognitive mechanisms that guide behavior and form universal human nature.
claimEvolutionary Psychology posits that the human mind is not an all-purpose problem solver, but rather a collection of independent, task-specific cognitive mechanisms, or instincts, adapted for solving evolutionary significant problems.
claimEvolutionary Psychology treats the human mind as a collection of computational machines or information-processing mechanisms that receive environmental input and produce behavioral or physiological output.
quoteEvolutionary psychologists posit that many psychological characteristics are adaptations, and that the principles of evolutionary biology used to explain physical bodies are equally applicable to the human mind.
claimEvolutionary Psychology posits that the human mind is a complex set of domain-specific cognitive modules that define universal human nature and override individual, cultural, or societal differences.
claimEvolutionary psychology defines the human mind as a set of cognitive adaptations, or modules, designed by natural selection to solve recurrent information processing problems that arose in the evolutionary environment of human ancestors.
claimEvolutionary psychologists argue that the human mind is a complex, functionally integrated collection of cognitive mechanisms shaped by evolution through natural selection.
claimEvolutionary psychologists argue that because human bodies and minds are both products of evolution by natural selection, and because human bodies are universal, human minds should also be universal.
Evolutionary psychology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 4 facts
perspectiveEvolutionary psychologists contrast their approach with the 'standard social science model,' which posits that the human mind is a general-purpose cognition device shaped almost entirely by culture.
referenceSteven Pinker published 'How the Mind Works' in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences in 1999, discussing the evolutionary nature of the human mind.
claimEvolutionary psychologists generally presume that the human mind is composed of many evolved modular adaptations, similar to the human body.
claimCritics of evolutionary psychology regard the Standard Social Science Model (SSSM) as a rhetorical device or a straw man, suggesting that the scientists associated with the SSSM did not believe the human mind was a blank slate devoid of natural predispositions.