Evolutionary Psychology ((4 Credits))

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This course covers major concepts in the area of evolutionary psychology, such as the idea of psychological adaptation to social conditions that favored individuals for inclusion in the next generation of the species, as well as the distinct shaping of social behaviors that favored survival both of the individual and of the species. Topics may include the scientific movements that led to evolutionary psychology, including those leading up to the work of Charles Darwin and those developed after the work of Darwin. This course was previously HDV-283454.