Functional analysis in evolutionary psychology predicts the existence of unknown cognitive mechanisms based on evolutionary reasoning about potential adaptive problems in the Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness (EEA), which are then empirically tested.

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  Evolutionary Psychology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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• evolutionary psychology concept
• cognitive mechanisms concept
• environment of evolutionary adaptedness concept
• functional analysis concept