Evolutionary Psychology

Catalog description

This course examines the mechanisms of the human mind through the lens of evolutionary psychology. It begins with a brief historical view of key theories in psychology and evolutionary biology. We then proceed to substantive topics including problems of survival, long term mating, sexuality, parenting, kinship, cooperation, aggression and warfare, conflict between the sexes, status, prestige, and dominance hierarchies. The course concludes by proposing a unified field that integrates the different branches of psychology.