Citation

Koukolík F. Prakt. Lek. 2010; 90(9): 511-514.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Nakladem Statniho zdravotnickeho nakladatelstvi)

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Abstract

Evolutionary psychology Evolutionary psychology attempts to explain human behavior in terms of psychological adap-, tations which evolved during milions of years to solve recurrent adaptive problems of our evolutionary ancestors. Examples of these problems are: - incest taboo, - food preference, - ingroup interactions, - outgroup relations, - detection of free-riders and defectors in cooperative groups, - different male and female strategy in struggle for mates. There exist a number of evolutionary psychology predictions tested so far. Among limits of contemporary evolutionary psychology explanations are homosexuality, suicide and individual and cultural variability.

Language: cs

Keywords

Adaptive problems; Evolutionary psychology; Psychological adaptations