The last 30 years has seen the emergence of a self-styled ‘evolutionary’ paradigm within psychology (henceforth, EP). EP is often presented and critiqued as distinctive, contentious paradigm, to be contrasted with other accounts human psychology. However, little attention been paid sense in which those are not also evolutionary. We outline core commitments canonical EP. These are, from least di...

In this article I will discuss an important convergence taking place between Jungian psychology, evolutionary psychology, and neuroscience. I will assume that I do not need to define Jungian psychology or neuroscience for this audience, and many readers will be acquainted with recent developments in neurotheology, which seeks to understand the neurological bases of spiritual experiences and pra...

Evolutionary developmental psychology is the study of the genetic and ecological mechanisms that govern the development of social and cognitive competencies common to all human beings and the epigenetic (gene-environment interactions) processes that adapt these competencies to local conditions. The basic assumptions and domains of this emerging field, as related to human life history and social...

This article provides a historical context of evolutionary psychology and feminism, and evaluates the contributions to this special issue of Sex Roles within that context. We briefly outline the basic tenets of evolutionary psychology and articulate its meta-theory of the origins of gender similarities and differences. The article then evaluates the specific contributions: Sexual Strategies The...

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1. A century of evolutionary psychology The evolution of mind and behavior was of intense interest to Charles Darwin throughout his life. His views were made public a decade before his death in The Descent of Man (e.g. 1981 [1871]) and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1965 [1872]). Evolutionary psychology has been an active field of research and a topic of public controversy f...