# Evolutionary Psychology

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Category: Psychology
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Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:04.311Z
Tags: psychology, evolutionary

## Summary

Take seriously that the brain, like every other organ, was built by natural selection. Then ask: what cognitive architecture would such a brain have, and how would we recognise its workings? Key sections include: Evolutionary Psychology.; Leaf ii · Lede What evolutionary psychology claims.; Leaf iii · Origin Darwin's three books.; Leaf iv · the row Wilson's Sociobiology.; Leaf v · founding text Tooby, Cosmides, and the modular mind.; Leaf vi · concept What the EEA is.; Leaf vii · architecture How modular is the mind?; Leaf viii · the equation Hamilton's rule.; Leaf ix · second pillar Trivers's three papers.; Leaf x · empirical The cross-cultural mate study..

## Slide Outline

1. Evolutionary Psychology.
2. Leaf ii · Lede What evolutionary psychology claims.
3. Leaf iii · Origin Darwin's three books.
4. Leaf iv · the row Wilson's Sociobiology.
5. Leaf v · founding text Tooby, Cosmides, and the modular mind.
6. Leaf vi · concept What the EEA is.
7. Leaf vii · architecture How modular is the mind?
8. Leaf viii · the equation Hamilton's rule.
9. Leaf ix · second pillar Trivers's three papers.
10. Leaf x · empirical The cross-cultural mate study.
11. Leaf xi · SST Sexual Strategies Theory.
12. Leaf xii · early synthesis Symons's Evolution of Human Sexuality.
13. Leaf xiii · dark prediction The Cinderella effect.
14. Leaf xiv · experiment Cosmides on social contracts.
15. Leaf xv · sex differences Spatial cognition.
16. Leaf xvi · prediction Paternity uncertainty and jealousy.
17. Leaf xvii · adaptation Pathogen avoidance.
18. Leaf xviii · the popularizer Pinker.
19. Leaf xix · counter-argument The spandrel critique.
20. Leaf xx · methodological Buller's Adapting Minds.
21. Leaf xxi · the rival programme Gene-culture coevolution.
22. Leaf xxii · the wins Where the evidence is strong.
23. Leaf xxiii · the storms Where the evidence is weak.
24. Leaf xxiv · standards Just-so versus testable.
25. Leaf xxv · the molecular question Genes and behaviour.
26. Leaf xxvi · the synthesizer Robert Sapolsky.
27. Leaf xxvii · status The field in 2026.
28. Leaf xxviii · books Twenty-four books.
29. Leaf xxix · viewing Where to start.
30. End of Specimen.

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