Evolutionary psychology: A Primer

Abstract

The goal of research in evolutionary psychology is to discover and understand the design of the human mind. Evolutionary psychology is an approach to psychology, in which knowledge and principles from evolutionary biology are put to use in research on the structure of the human mind. It is not an area of study, like vision, reasoning, or social behavior. It is a way of thinking about psychology that can be applied to any topic within

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Leda Cosmides, John Tooby (1997). Evolutionary psychology: A Primer.

@article{leda1997evolutionary,
  title  = {Evolutionary psychology: A Primer},
  author = {Cosmides, Leda and Tooby, John},
  year   = {1997}
}

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