Evolutionary psychology: advanced topics
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2021-2022
01018814
Psychology
Portuguese
English
Face-to-face
3.0
Elective
1st Cycle Studies
Recommended Prerequisites
Darwin's Theory of Evolution (basic knowledge); Biology and Genetics (basic knowledge). It is advisable for students to have previously taken the course of Evolutionary Psychology.
Teaching Methods
Lectures: expository method supported by handouts (“Power Point” slides, available as PDF documents); interrogative methods; oral or written reflection based on the presentation of audio-visual materials.
Learning Outcomes
Introduction to Evolutionary Psychology as a currently emerging important theoretical framework of reference, which aims a horizontal and vertical standpoint of conceptual integration within Psychology. Promote research and critical reflection on scientific psychology, according to evolutionary paradigm conceptual framework.
Learning Outcomes
– Theoretical knowledge of Evolutionary Psychology basic concepts and general assumptions.
– Theoretical knowledge of Evolutionary Psychology main subjects, concerning human development and applied reasearch.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
I. Introduction: brief historical and epistemological notes; General assumptions; Basic concepts.
II. General topics: applications of evolutionary psychology to the different branches of psychology (developmental, educational, forensics, health and social psychology).
III. Advanced topics: Adaptation and crime (antisocial behavior, criminal behavior, violent and sex crimes); Darwinian foundations of moral judgment (cooperation, altruism, and reciprocity); Abnornal psychology (possible evolutionary causes of behavioral disorders).
Assessment Methods
Assessment
Exam: 100.0%
Bibliography
Revistas científicas/Journals
Evolutionary Psychology;Evolution and Human Behavior
Obras de referência/Books
Barkow, J.;Cosmides, L. & Tooby, J.,Eds.(1995)The adapted mind: evolutionary psychology and the generation of culture.Oxford:OUP
Buss, D.(2004).Evolutionary psychology: the new science of mind. Boston:Pearson
Crawford, C. & Krebs, D.,Eds.(2008).Foundations of evolutionary psychology. NY:Lawrence Erlbaum
Dunbar, R. & Barrett, L.,Eds.(2007).The Oxford handbook of evolutionary psychology. Oxford:OUP
Krebs, D. (2011).The origins of morality. NY:OUP
Laland, K.(2013).Sense and nonsense:evolutionary perspectives on human behavior. Oxford:OUP
Duntley, J. & Shackelford, T., Eds(2008).Evolutionary forensic psychology. Darwinian foundations of crime and law. Oxford:OUP
Ray, W.(2013).Evolutionary psychology:neuroscience perspectives concerning human behavior and experience.Los Angeles:AGE