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Evolutionary psychology is fundamentally linked to survival as it categorizes survival as a primary adaptive problem [1], posits that psychological mechanisms are specifically evolved to address survival challenges [2], and seeks to identify the survival functions served by these mechanisms throughout history [3].
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claimEvolutionary psychologists seek to understand psychological mechanisms by identifying the survival and reproductive functions those mechanisms served over the course of evolutionary history.
claimFoundational research in evolutionary psychology is categorized by adaptive problems including survival, mating, parenting, family and kinship, interactions with non-kin, and cultural evolution.
claimEvolutionary psychology posits that domain-general learning is impossible due to the combinatorial explosion, and instead specifies that psychological mechanisms are focused on problems of survival and reproduction.