AP PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES

PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to the evolutionary psychologists, human behavior is
A
a result of learned behaviors an organism has acquired over the lifespan.
B
a result of repressed thoughts and urges of which we’re largely unaware.
C
an attempt to reach full human potential through actualization.
D
the result of psychological adaptations to changing human environments across generations.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Evolutionary psychology assumes that human behaviour is being shaped, indeed determined, by processes of natural selection: those modes of behaviour that favour the replication of the genome will preferentially survive.

Detailed explanation-2: -Evolutionary psychology aims the lens of modern evolutionary theory on the workings of the human mind. It focuses primarily on psychological adaptations: mechanisms of the mind that have evolved to solve specific problems of survival or reproduction.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to evolutionary psychologists, patterns of behavior have evolved through natural selection, in the same way that physical characteristics have evolved. Because of natural selection, adaptive behaviors, or behaviors that increase reproductive success, are kept and passed on from one generation to the next.

Detailed explanation-4: -The field of evolutionary psychology is based on the idea that human emotions and behaviors have been shaped by natural selection. According to evolutionary psychologists, the human brain evolved in response to specific problems that early humans faced.

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