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Evolution Psychology

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Evolution Psychology

For many years , personality psychology and behavior studies have always viewed individuals as risk indisposed or risk seekers . However , recent studies in the field of evolution psychology are changing these convectional assessments of individuals risk taking . There is evidence that risk taking in individuals is domain specific . This understanding of human behaviors has brought about a better understanding of the inter individual and intra individual variations in the risk taking tendencies . The

basic arguments of evolution psychology are that the human brain has the ability to adapt in order to solve the recurrent problems and cannot be as static as a computer . The domain in the adaptation of the mind in this case is the problems , challenges or pressures faced by the individual . The psychological adaptations of human being to the recurrent problems have been compared to the physiological evolution when an adaptation occurs to solve challenges in a specific domain . Consequently , psychological evolution is domain specific . Recent studies have therefore indicated that risks and challenges that individuals are exposed to results into development of mental algorithms that provide a solution to the risks related to the domain (Kruger , 2007

Human beings have faced various problems and challenges in the history or evolution . These challenges are reflected by the risk taking domain There are several domains that have been studies in evolution psychology . One of the most important domains is group competition . The human race was able...

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