An Introduction to Evolutionary Psychology
Unraveling the mysteries of Human Behavior
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What You Will Learn!
- The basics of Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory of natural selection
- Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology as an academic discipline and how it chronologically developed
- Relevant other science paradigms as for example: sociobiology, genetics and institutionalized paradigms such as eugenics
- An insight into elementary human behavior in the light of evolution and evolutionary psychology
- Methodic evaluation and principles concerning Evolutionary Psychology
- How evolutionary theoretical ideas are played out in real life and how we can understand those
- Insight into the research in Evolutionary Psychology
Description
My philosophy in regard to teaching psychology academia entails that you have to stand before you can walk.
In this course, I've put a tremendous amount of energy and hours into trying to make complex evolutionary psychological phenomena understandable. Essentially, this course is for anyone who has a hobby, academic or extracurricular interest in Evolutionary Psychology, its history, and the precursors of Evolution and Evolutionary Psychology.
Without going into too much detail you will learn the following, which will contribute to your understanding of Evolutionary Psychology:
The historical overview of Charles Darwin's ideas, his theory of evolution through natural selection (and heritable variation and differential reproductive success), and insights into his work
How the "human mind" is conceptualized through evolutional theories, and how behavior and psychological aspects of human nature are understood and developed
A brief introduction to Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's theory of acquired inheritance and how it inspired Darwin
Knowledge of the reproductive process of sexual and asexual species and the process of mutations
Gregor Mendel's genetics, and how his ideas established an important part of modern Evolutionary Psychology
The modern conceptualization of Evolutionary Psychology and how cognitive psychology influenced it in relation to the definition proposed by the Santa Barbara School (John Tooby and Leda Cosmides)
Another historical overview of Francis Galton, the father of Psychometrics, and how he formed and institutionalized the Eugenics movement, which had severe ethical implications for the future of Evolutionary Psychology
Methodological and methodic considerations concerning Evolutionary Psychology as an academic discipline
Evaluations of Evolutionary Psychology and its future prospects in terms of considering critiques in an effort to counterargue the most common ones
I'd like to thank you for showing interest in my course. I sincerely hope you'll consider buying it due to its elementary nature so that everyone can tag along on the journey into the landscape of Evolutionary Psychology.
Enjoy.
Christian
Who Should Attend!
- Psychology students
- Academic students
- Psychologists
- High school students
- Psychology class participants
- Anyone who are interested in basic evolutionary psychology
