Exploring the forces that shape the human psyche
Home » Evolutionary psychology » Page 6Attraction can sometimes be a very complex thing. What one man finds attractive in a woman, another may not. This is especially true when we take into account the psychological make-up of a person, shaped by his past life experiences. But, for the most part, the attraction is mainly determined …
Home » Evolutionary psychology » Page 6Why do men more engage in risk-taking behaviour more often than women? I’m sure you’ve seen one of those clips on social media where people, predominantly men, injure themselves doing silly things. Yes, that’s what I’m talking about. In our ancestral times, hunting was a risky but potentially rewarding …
Home » Evolutionary psychology » Page 6 It was like a typical evening of any modern family. The teenaged boy was tapping on his phone vigorously while his sister kept scrolling on her own device. “Look, I just hunted a dinosaur!”, the sense of achievement on the boy’s face was unmistakable. “Let me see”, the girl put down …
Home » Evolutionary psychology » Page 6 Consumption of food plays a pivotal role in ensuring the survival and functionality of all organisms- be it a single-celled amoeba, a plant or a human being. All living organisms are programmed to obtain food from their environments in some way or the other. Besides being programmed to …
Home » Evolutionary psychology » Page 6 Modern homo sapiens evolved around 200,000 years ago and lived mainly as hunter-gatherers. They mostly led nomadic lives moving from place to place in search of food. Their bodies had evolved to make them efficient hunter-gatherers and this continued for thousands of years. Changes in the hunter-gatherer way …
Home » Evolutionary psychology » Page 6What is the purpose of life?Why are we born?Why do we get married and have kids, and then grand-kids? This article will attempt to answer all these questions from an evolutionary perspective. But first, I want to introduce you to Elaine: As soon as she was born, Elaine was …
Home » Evolutionary psychology » Page 6An evolved psychological mechanism is a behavioural program present in an organism that tends to ensure its survival and reproductive success. Over the period of evolution of an organism, behavioural strategies that enable its successful survival and reproduction get selected and are passed on to succeeding generations. The result …
Home » Evolutionary psychology » Page 6Evolutionary psychology, as the name suggests, is the application of the principles of evolutionary theory to psychology. Before you can understand how evolutionary theory can be applied to human behaviour, you need to first have a firm grasp on the evolutionary theory itself. Theory of evolution It’s the year …
Home » Evolutionary psychology » Page 6Why do we laugh? Why do we smile? As much as I enjoy laughter and jokes, I also find these phenomena weird. I mean, if you think about it, laughter is creepy. You open your mouth wide open as if to engulf the earth and go ‘HAHAHA’ whilst shaking your body …
Home » Evolutionary psychology » Page 6When someone smiles at you, it tells you very clearly that the person acknowledges you and approves of you. No one can deny how good it feels to give and receive a smile. You can never expect harm from a smiling person. A smile makes us feel really good, secure, and comfortable. …