PY 412 - Evolutionary Psychology

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: PY 101 . Restricted to majors. An introduction to this rapidly growing approach to the study of psychology. Evolutionary psychology is a combination of evolutionary biology and cognitive psychology, with contributions from anthropology and the neurosciences, which seeks to understand the structure of the human mind. Topics include human nature, problems of survival, sex and mating, parenting and kinship, cooperation, social dominance, aggression, and war. Fulfills Group III requirement.