Four Fallacies of Pop Evolutionary Psychology.

• Autores: David J. Buller
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 300, Nº. 1, 2009, págs. 74-81
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The editorial discusses the influence of evolutionary theory on the study of psychology, focusing on the discipline of evolutionary psychology. This belief system states that adaptation is found among the psychological aspects that control behavior rather than among behaviors themselves. Psychologists David M. Buss and Steven Pinker are prominent representatives of pop evolutionary psychology, or Pop EP. The author points out fallacies in Pop EP. INSET: A Pop EP Questionnaire.