Evolutionary Theory: Fringe or Central to Psychological Science

The computational theory of mind, which views the brain as an information processor that operates on cognitive representations, is central to modern cognitive psychology and is the dominant perspective from which brain function is conceptualized and studied. Evolutionary Psychology (EP) is the appli...

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description The computational theory of mind, which views the brain as an information processor that operates on cognitive representations, is central to modern cognitive psychology and is the dominant perspective from which brain function is conceptualized and studied. Evolutionary Psychology (EP) is the application of evolutionary theory to understanding human behaviour and cognition. Unlike other core Psychology topic areas (such as Personality, Learning or Developmental Psychology), however, EP is not defined by the subset of psychological phenomena it seeks to describe and understand. It is instead defined by a specific meta-theoretical perspective, from which it seeks to (potentially) explain all psychological phenomena. The central question posed by this volume is whether this over-arching nature provides an opportunity for evolutionary approaches to offer an alternative meta-theoretical perspective to the information processing / representational view of brain function and behavior.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-471522024-03-29T08:01:04Z Evolutionary Theory: Fringe or Central to Psychological Science Danielle Sulikowski BF1-990 Q1-390 domain specificity modularity Computational theory of mind developmental plasticity Cultural inheritance Embodied Cognition evolutionary psychology bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology The computational theory of mind, which views the brain as an information processor that operates on cognitive representations, is central to modern cognitive psychology and is the dominant perspective from which brain function is conceptualized and studied. Evolutionary Psychology (EP) is the application of evolutionary theory to understanding human behaviour and cognition. Unlike other core Psychology topic areas (such as Personality, Learning or Developmental Psychology), however, EP is not defined by the subset of psychological phenomena it seeks to describe and understand. It is instead defined by a specific meta-theoretical perspective, from which it seeks to (potentially) explain all psychological phenomena. The central question posed by this volume is whether this over-arching nature provides an opportunity for evolutionary approaches to offer an alternative meta-theoretical perspective to the information processing / representational view of brain function and behavior. 2021-02-11T13:13:05Z 2021-02-11T13:13:05Z 2016-01-19 14:05:46 2016 book 18307 16648714 9782889199204 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/47152 eng Frontiers Research Topics image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International http://www.frontiersin.org/books/Evolutionary_Theory_Fringe_or_Central_to_Psychological_Science/948#nogo http://journal.frontiersin.org/researchtopic/1410/evolutionary-theory-fringe-or-central-to-psychological-science Frontiers Media SA 10.3389/978-2-88919-920-4 10.3389/978-2-88919-920-4 bf5ce210-e72e-4860-ba9b-c305640ff3ae 9782889199204 62 open access
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