What is evolutionary psychology?

Evolutionary psychology is an approach to psychology that considers human psychological features to adapt survival in the everyday environment of our ancestors (environment of evolutionary adapta or EEA). Because 99% of our history as a species consisted in time spent and reproductions on African savannas, evolutionary psychologists point out that our cognitive features are clearly adapted to success in this environment and not for the environment, which is more, which is before production It is most likely to survive and persist in any earthly environment. This ability is called "inclusive fitness". The mutation variants of the species, which have the largest amount of inclusive fitness, must pass on their genes to the future at a higher degree of success than variants with the properties of WHICH provides less degree of inclusive fitness.

As an example of evolutionary psychology, consider virtually universal punishment from siblings of romantic relationships in Homo sapiens cultures. Evolutionary psychologists call this "incest taboo" and isolated as a developed human reproduction tendency that is adaptive because it significantly reduces the likelihood of intra-familial copulation. This act limits genetic diversity and tends to make offspring more susceptible to diseases and genetic defects, especially if the process is iterated for a number of generations. Incest tabo is not a conscious decision that people in an abstract reason and then decide - exist, because our developed neurological machines put it in our minds on the subconscious.

Evolutionary psychologists isolated and experimentally verified hundreds of humming -octal adaptations that bring great benefits for different areas that include studying human behavior. Evolutionary psychology is not only a field, but a phenomenon, a overthrow toLasic models of psychology on a wide scale and placement of the whole field on a stronger empirical foundation. Evolutionary psychology has a wide interdisciplinary attraction that is studied by philosophers, military strategists, politicians, entrepreneurs and a wide range of scientists.