Evolutionary Psychology

Evolutionary psychology is the theoretical view of psychology that explains relevant psychological and mental traits like language, perception or memory. The notion focuses on ways evolution has shaped the behavior and mind. According to evolutionary psychology, the human brain contains various functional mechanisms like agent detection, cheater detection, incest avoidance and language acquisition mechanisms (Buss, 2015).

World View

When I look at humans, they love nature much. In humans’ evolutionary history, our ancestors mostly spent their time outside. They depended on natural things found outside for their survival. The current human mindset is a product of our ancestors’ experiences. Thus, people today perform better when they have outdoor time and activity. People find it hard to hit the gym no matter the health benefits. Our ancestors were compelled to walk miles away during human evolution, searching for basic needs like food and herbal medicines. Unlike nowadays, where a sedentary lifestyle is typical, this behavior was not an option for our ancestors. As our ancestors evolved, they did not carry this kind of lifestyle in mind; thus, nowadays, people must force themselves to go to the gym (Buss, 2015).

Nowadays, people love and spend more time with their kids. Before modern healthcare, people sired many children, but they died at a young age. Humans evolved with that mindset; hence, people get few children and take a close look at them not to lose them. When I look at the birds, they learn how to sing their species’ songs during short critical times in early life. These creatures produce the songs correctly following breeding season without practicing it. More so, birds detect the aspects of poisonous foods in a one time trial of their life.

Compatibility

Evolution psychology is compatible with my world view. Evolution psychology focuses on ways evolution has shaped the behavior, feelings, and mind. From my worldview of why human beings love nature, the concept was passed from our ancestors to the current generation. People avoid the gym because the idea was not recorded in the ancestors’ minds. The birds learn songs and detect smell after birth since their parents’ memories were passed. Thus, as people evolve, they carry their ancestors’ mindset that shape how they behave (Buss, 2015).

Strengths of evolutionary psychology

Evolution psychology can clearly understand human beings than various approaches while connecting the concept with other animals. For example, the notion can portray how human beings fight for their mates, like how the bonobos relate. Scientists have various approaches to explaining human beings’ dynamics and their diversified characters through evolutionary psychology. For example, few people love the gym, and parents get few kids with a close attachment. The evolution psychologists claim that the ultimate cause knowledge is crucial for predicting the proximate cause consequences (Buss, 2015). The same concept is contradicted by their hypotheses that mimic learning theory.

Weaknesses of Evolution Psychology

One of the weaknesses of evolutionary psychology is the complexity of supporting various arguments as the notion happens over long periods making it difficult to assess the evidence. Evolutionary psychology may find challenges in some populations as it works contrary to some human traditions. Evolution psychology acknowledges the work of politics and ideology in the support and formation of scientific paradigms but does not accept the same influence in its paradigm. The conflicts are exacerbating where some evolutionary psychologists do not portray the paradigm as coexisting but replacing the paradigm. The notion alienates the epistemological diversity advocates (Buss, 2015).

Reference

Buss, D. (2015). Evolutionary psychology: The new science of the mind. Psychology Press.