Branch of psychology places a theory within the area of the field it was built to explain. Wikipedia states, "A theory is, in general, a set of propositions or ideas about something, developed in a variety of ways through any sort of reasoning," and a psychological theory applies that reasoning to mind and behavior. Browsing by branch groups theories that address the same part of psychology.
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Era of Emergence Branch of Psychology
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1. Wikipedia: Evolutionary Psychology
Wikimedia FoundationEvolutionary psychology, History sectionQuote, Evolutionary psychology, History section
The modern era of evolutionary psychology was ushered in, in particular, by Donald Symons' 1979 book The Evolution of Human Sexuality and Leda Cosmides and John Tooby's 1992 book The Adapted Mind.
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