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Evolutionary psychology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 7 facts
referenceJohn Alcock wrote 'The triumph of sociobiology', published by Oxford University Press in 2001.
quoteEdward O. Wilson defined sociobiology in 1975 as "the systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior."
referenceLinda Mealey published 'The sociobiology of sociopathy: An integrated evolutionary model' in Behavioral and Brain Sciences in 1995, proposing an evolutionary framework for understanding sociopathy.
referenceUllica Christina Olofsdotter Segerstråle authored 'Defenders of the truth: the battle for science in the sociobiology debate and beyond' in 2000, which covers the history of the sociobiology debate.
claimEvolutionary psychology is closely linked to sociobiology, but differs in its emphasis on domain-specific mechanisms, the relevance of measures of current fitness, the importance of mismatch theory, and a focus on psychology rather than behavior.
quoteEdward O. Wilson defined sociobiology in 1978 as "the extension of population biology and evolutionary theory to social organization."
claimBehavioral ecology developed in the 1970s as a branch of ethology that focused on the ecological and evolutionary basis of animal and human behavior, with less emphasis on social behavior compared to sociobiology.
Evolutionary Psychology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 6 facts
claimE.O. Wilson published the original manifesto of sociobiology in 1975.
accountHuman behavioral ecology originated in the late 1970s as a response to the controversy surrounding E.O. Wilson's sociobiology, with researchers testing hypotheses using data from hunter-gatherer populations.
referenceEdward Wilson published 'Sociobiology: The New Synthesis' through Harvard University Press in 1975.
claimEvolutionary psychology is a field of inquiry that encompasses various research strands, including sociobiology, evolutionary anthropology, human behavioral ecology, Darwinian psychology, and gene-culture coevolution.
referenceDonald Symons published 'If We’re all Darwinians, What’s the Fuss About?' in the 1987 book 'Sociobiology and Psychology: Ideas, Issues and Applications', edited by Charles Crawford, Martin Smith, and Dennis Krebs.
referenceThe book 'Sense or Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behavior' (2002) by Kevin Laland and Gillian Brown serves as an introduction to sociobiology, evolutionary psychology, human behavioral ecology, memetics, and gene-culture coevolution.