Historical Perspectives - Evolutionary Psychology

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Charles Darwin

English naturalist, biologist that developed the idea of evolution through natural selection

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Darwin biography

born into financial wealth, studied medicine but wanted to study natural science/history, graduated from Cambridge and was offered a position as the resident naturalist on the HMS Beagle

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Darwin Contributions

  1. His theory of life provided a framework for psychology

  2. It also resulted in the evaluation of consciousness and the mind’s contribution to adaptation/survival (behaviors)

  3. Influenced developmental psychology and expression of emotions

  4. Encouraged his cousin Darwin

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What were some of the animals used to support the idea of evolution?

Tortoises, finches, dogs, birds, platypus, dinosaurs