Evolutionary psychology is a discipline that studies how universal patterns of behavior and cognitive processes have evolved over time as a result of natural selection, where variations and adaptations in cognition and behavior influence an individual's success in reproducing and passing genes to offspring.

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  4.2 Sleep & Why We Sleep – Introductory Psychology

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• 4.2 Sleep & Why We Sleep – Introductory Psychology opentext.wsu.edu Washington State University via serper

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