PSY 5000 EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY
SEMINAR IN Advanced study of evolutionary psychology, theories on the origins of human nature. Perspectives on human behavior and contemporary traits, as originating in the ancestral environment. Hominid evolution in the encephalization,and the emergence of the modular brain. Controversies and issues of domain-specific modules of brain/mind, psychological mechanisms, and human behavioral ecology. Parenting, kinship, mating strategies, family issues and problems of human group living and culture are explored. THE APPROACHES OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY, HUMAN BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, MEMETIC THEORY, SOCIALITY THEORIES, AND MULTI-LEVEL SELECTION ARE UTILIZED. COURSE TYPE : ELECTIVE COURSE DESCRIPTION CHANGED AS OF 9/29/09