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evolutionary psychology

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The branch of psychology in which aspects of brain structure, cognition, and behavior are interpreted as evolutionary adaptations to the physical or social environment.

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  • noun psychology 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.

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