evolutionary psychology

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Noun

evolutionary psychology (uncountable)

  1. (psychology, evolutionary theory) A theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, that is, as the functional products of natural selection.

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