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2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
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PSY 370 - Evolutionary Psychology
2009-2010 Catalog Year
Review of the genetic, ecological, and adaptive correlates of
behavior. Topics include an overview of Darwin’s life and the
theory of natural selection, the comparative development of higher
mental processes (brain evolution, learning and language),
aggression and violence, conflict with-in families and other
groups, sexual selection, attraction, mating and reproduction,
altruism, cooperation and the foundations of culture, and the
misuse of evolutionary theory, with emphasis on animal behavior and
evolution as a model for understanding human behavior.
PREREQ: PSY 100.
OFFERED: Spring
CREDIT: 3
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