Evolutionary Psychology in Sociological Theory

What is evolutionary psychology?

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Strengths of evolutionary psychology

• Can (at least try to) explain a large range of modern sociological phenomena (e.g. patriarchy, economic behaviour, reproduction)
• Is able to tie a range of academic disciplines (evolutionary biology, psychology, sociology) together quite neatly (unlike, for example, RCT)
• Has a real-world, evidence-based basis (unlike RCT, which has more of a purely mathematic/economic one), and is able to deal with and cope with real-world, everyday complexity
• Incorporates both the…