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PSY 251
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Title: | Evolutionary Psychology |
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Long Title: | Introduction to Evolutionary Psychology |
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Course Description: | Introduces the principles of Natural Selection and applies them to Psychology and the study of human behavior. The course lays the framework for a biologically based approach to psychology and provides a metatheory for the discipline by examining current experimental data.
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Min Credit: | 3 |
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Origin Notes: | CCD |
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Course Notes: | New course entered 9/15/12 |
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STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
1. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the principles of natural selection.
2. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the principles of sexual selection.
3. Describe how researchers in evolutionary psychology conduct experiments and collect data.
4. Describe the concepts in evolutionary psychology and how they impact psychology generally
5. Develop an understanding of the critiques of evolutionary psychology and evolutionary theory and a recognition of specious arguments against the theory.
6. Demonstrate an ability to apply evolutionary principles to major issues in psychology such as thinking, behavior, psychopathology, etc.
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Scientific movements leading to evolutionary psychology
II. Science of evolutionary psychology
III. Problems of survival
IV. Forces of nature
V. Challenges of sex and mating
VI. Women’s mating strategies
VII. Men’s mating strategies
VIII. Parenting
IX. Kinship and inclusive fitness
X. Problems with group living
XI. Aggression and warfare
XII. Evolution and the psychology of religion
XIII. Sexual conflict
XIV. Status, prestige, and social dominance
XV. Evolutionary psychology as meta-theory
XVI. Post-biological evolution and technology
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Community College of Denver |
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