Evolutionary Psychology in the Modern World: Applications, Perspectives, and Strategies
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An evolutionary approach is a powerful framework which can bring new perspectives on any aspect of human behavior, to inform and complement those from other disciplines, from psychology and anthropology to economics and politics. Here we argue that insights from evolutionary psychology may be increasingly applied to address practical issues and help alleviate social problems. We outline the promise of this endeavor, and some of the challenges it faces. In doing so, we draw parallels between an applied evolutionary psychology and recent developments in Darwinian medicine, which similarly has the potential to complement conventional approaches. Finally, we describe some promising new directions which are developed in the associated papers accompanying this article.
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Evolutionary explanations of psychological traits can create new perspectives that may allow developing means to reduce the traits' potential negative effects.
“They can create new perspectives on these traits that may allow developing means to reduce the traits' potential negative effects (Roberts et al. 2012;Johnson et al. 2013).”
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- Authors
- Roberts, S. C., van Vugt, M., & Dunbar, R. I. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Stirling (GB)
- Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Roberts, S. Craig
- Venue
- Evolutionary Psychology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2012-12-20
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 762-769
- ISSN
- 1474-7049 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC10429996
- OpenAlex
- W1752002607
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 3.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Evolutionary Psychology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Stirling Online Research Repository (University of Stirling) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic Theory and Institutions
- Keywords
- evolutionary medicine, human behavior, social problems, evolutionary perspective, interdisciplinary applications, evolution strategies
- MeSH terms
- Behavior, Child, Biological Evolution, Female, Humans, Periodicals as Topic, Pregnancy, Psychology, Psychology, Applied
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