Introduction to Psychology 1/IPSY103/Evolutionary psychology/Overview

“	“In the distant future I see open fields for far more important researches. Psychology will be based on a new foundation, that of the necessary acquirement of each mental power and capacity by gradation. Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.”	”
—Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

Learning outcomes

By the end of this learning pathway you should be able to:

1. Learn what “evolution” means.
2. Define the primary mechanisms by which evolution takes place.
3. Identify the two major classes of adaptations.
4. Define sexual selection and its two primary processes.
5. Define gene selection theory.
6. Understand psychological adaptations.
7. Identify the core premises of sexual strategies theory.
8. Identify the core premises of error management theory, and provide two empirical examples of adaptive cognitive biases.