CrashCourse- PSYCH
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Conversation with Leda Cosmides and John Tooby (VIDEO)
/Based at the Center for Evolutionary Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Leda Cosmides and John Tooby are two pioneers and leading lights in the field of evolutionary psychology. This multidisciplinary approach seeks to develop a better understanding of human nature by taking seriously the idea that our brains evolved to solve a variety of adaptive problems routinely faced by our hunter-gatherer ancestors.
Evolutionary Psychology
/Professor: Leda Cosmides
“Leda Cosmides is an American psychologist, who, together with anthropologist husband John Tooby, helped develop the filed of evolutionary psychology.” 1.
Book: The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture