PSYC 23500 - Evolutionary Psychology

Course Credit: 1
(NEUR)
EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY The course provides an integrated approach to studying human behavior based on an evolutionary model. Using Darwin’s theory of natural and sexual selection we will investigate adaptive problems such as predator avoidance, inter-group aggression, mate selection, child rearing, and negotiating social relationships. Other topics include: “human nature,” the origins and functions of various behavioral sex differences, the evolutionary basis of nepotism, gene-behavior relations, reproductive behavior, and how culture and social learning interface with Darwinian evolution. Prerequisite(s): PSYC-10000 [HSS]