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PSYCH 367 - Evolutionary Psychology


Prerequisites: PSYCH 100  or BIO 103 
Fulfills a course requirement in the Psychology Core Concentration
This course examines the evolutionary development of behavioral, cognitive, and affective tendencies in humans. Special attention will be paid to possible sex differences in behavioral tendencies. Care will be taken to address the controversies involved in the nature/nurture debate. Dichotomization of the genetic factors from experiential factors will be evaluated in terms of what has come to be known as Galton’s Error (attempts to explain human traits as either inherited or due to environmental factors). The course represents an attempt to identify the various aspects of “human nature”.

3 credits
Alternate Spring



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