get it, but progressive/generative theories notentirelyabsent...off top head evopsy theories: Natural Selection, Sexual Selection, Kin Selection, Reciprocal Altruism, Parental Investment, Parent-Offspring Conflict, Life History, Attachment, Sexual Strategies, Strategic Pluralism
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some hierarchy to theories, of course, but still...not absent nor stagnant in evo psy...from Ketelaar, T., & Ellis, B. J. (2000). Are evolutionary explanations unfalsifiable? Evolutionary psychology and the Lakatosian philosophy of science. Psychological Inquiry, 11(1), 1-21.pic.twitter.com/7HBw6fbRuS
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Agreed! That is why proper training in evo bio should be required in psych programs—it generates precise theories for psych. The field as a whole, however, is lacking precise, falsifiable theory.
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The article was primarily focused on the social/personality field of psych.
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we do have evolutionary theory and biology and a lot of even evolutionary theorists dont keep up eith that
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especially evolutionary psychologists who continue like they are ground breaking but use out dated ideas.
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It is an unfortunate consequence of the lack of biology education for psychologists...which is, in part, because the broader field of psychology is skeptical that evolutionary principles can be (and should be) applied to understand human psychology
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well. It should be central. And we should move with that field. Pinker et al have not responded to a lot of new data.
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Agree--proper training in evolutionary biology should be central to psychology training programs at all levels
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but it needs to be pluralistic because we are still finding things out. The chimpanzee models of human behaviour are questionable.
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people like wrangham and pinker have not revisited the hominid data in years.
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Denny Borsboom is AWESOME!
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We used to, back in 1500AD or so
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Nor a theory of human intelligence differences.
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