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Evolutionary psychology is a framework designed to integrate the psychological and social sciences [1], with its foundational theories influencing both fields [2]. Furthermore, the discipline defines itself through its critical engagement with the Standard Social Science Model [3] and is recognized as an interdisciplinary field that bridges the social and life sciences [4].
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claimAnthropologist John Tooby and psychologist Leda Cosmides define evolutionary psychology as a scientific attempt to assemble a single, logically integrated research framework for the psychological, social, and behavioral sciences by incorporating evolutionary sciences and revising existing research practices.
claimEvolutionary psychologists contrast their field with the Standard Social Science Model (SSSM), which they characterize as a 'blank slate,' 'relativist,' 'social constructionist,' and 'cultural determinist' perspective that dominated 20th-century social sciences by assuming the mind is shaped almost entirely by culture.
referenceEvolutionary Psychological Science is an international, interdisciplinary forum for original research papers that address evolved psychology, spanning social and life sciences, anthropology, philosophy, criminology, law, and the humanities.
claimRobert Trivers' 1972 theories on reciprocity and parental investment helped re-establish evolutionary thinking in psychology and social sciences.