Evolutionary psychology proposes ways of helping us to understand our cognitive processes by looking to the past.
Just like human beings have physically adapted to our environment in order to survive, evolutionary psychology suggests that we adapted cognitively the same way…
And that many mental and emotional reactions have served an important evolutionary purpose.
Now some psychologists are offering a new way to look at depression through an evolutionary lens.
Most of us will understand the concepts of evolutionary biology:
The theory that all species have developed from earlier species, and have continuously adapted to the environment through a process of natural selection.
Evolution has been instrumental to developments in our understanding of science and medicine, but it has also led to developments in ‘life sciences’, such as psychology.
And although evolutionary psychology has its skeptics, it can provide a foundation for understanding why we think, feel and behave the way we do.
These explanations can be particularly useful in creating self-awareness and acceptance in children.
Especially when it comes to anxiety.
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(*As of 24th July, 2019.)