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TEMPERAMENTS: A CRITIQUE OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY
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RENFRO, MARL K
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Year and Degree
2002, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Philosophy.
Abstract
This thesis is devoted to examining Leda Cosmides and John Tooby’s use of evolutionary psychology as a heuristic framework for explaining human social behavior. Cosmides and Tooby are among the most vocal advocates of a now popular version of evolutionary psychology. They argue that the functional complexity of human reasoning can be best explained within the framework of adaptationism and that knowledge of the evolutionary environment of adaptiveness is essential to a scientifically satisfying explanation for why humans behave as they do. I first discuss the design logic of evolutionary psychology, and the methodology Cosmides and Tooby use. I then discuss the consequences of not adhering to standard scientific practice and whether Cosmides and Tooby’s adhere to standard scientific practice in developing and testing their models.
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Robert Richardson (Advisor)
Pages
1 p.
Subject Headings
Religion, Philosophy of
Keywords
evolutionary psychology
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evolutionary explanation
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scientific explanation
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scientific modeling
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adaptation
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RENFRO, M. K. (2002).
TEMPERAMENTS: A CRITIQUE OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY
[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1022853045
APA Style (7th edition)
RENFRO, MARL.
TEMPERAMENTS: A CRITIQUE OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY.
2002. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1022853045.
MLA Style (8th edition)
RENFRO, MARL. "TEMPERAMENTS: A CRITIQUE OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1022853045
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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