evolutionary psychology en · NOUN
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(qualifier:evolutionary theory, uncountable) A theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, that is, as the functional products of natural selection.
You’ll have to forgive this exceptionally long post here, but for many critics of (and in) the manosphere of evolutionary psychology the following post articulates things better than I could.
2015 June 9, Rollo Tomassi, “In Defense of Evo-Psych”, in The Rational Male:
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et evolutsioonipsühholoogia (approach to psychology) · hu evolúciós pszichológia (approach to psychology) · pt psicologia evolutiva (approach to psychology) · pl psychologia ewolucyjna (approach to psychology) · fi evoluutiopsykologia (approach to psychology) · hy էվոլյուցիոն հոգեբանություն (approach to psychology) · ru эволюционная психология (approach to psychology) · pt psicologia evolucionária (approach to psychology) · ka ევოლუციური ფსიქოლოგია (approach to psychology) · it psicologia evoluzionista (approach to psychology) · fr psychologie évolutionniste (approach to psychology) · es psicología evolucionista (approach to psychology) · cs evoluční psychologie (approach to psychology)