Jan 02, 2025  
2024-2025 Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Catalog

PSY 340 - Evolutionary Psychology

3 Credits


Students examine how human behavior has been shaped by the processes of evolution. The course provides a brief overview of relevant psychological theories and evolutionary principles. Students spend the bulk of the term reviewing specific topics in depth:  problems of survival, mating and sexuality, familial relationships, cooperation, aggression and warfare, sex differences, and social hierarchies.
Prerequisites: PSY 110