PSYC
358
Evolutionary
Psychology
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Introduction
to Evolutionary Psychology
Logical
principles underlying evolutionary psychology
The
social context of adapted cognition
Inclusive
fitness and its implications
Looking
forward (Evolution and motivation)
Better
safe than sorry (Error management)
Parental
(and grandparental) investment
Parental
investment and sex differences in sexual behavior
Beyond
sexual stereotypes (Focus on female short-term mating)
More
kinship (Focus on kin-recognition cues)
More
parental investment (Focus on psychological mechanisms)
Emotions
and emotional expressions
The
perils and prospects of evolutionary psychology