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Evolutionary Psychology

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Course ID:	WF-PS-EP-ER
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.4 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0313) Psychology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Evolutionary Psychology
Name in Polish:	Evolutionary Psychology
Organizational unit:	Institute of Psychology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczelnianych - Obszar nauk społecznych (I stopień i jednolite magisterskie) (in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczelnianych - Obszar nauk społecznych (studia II stopnia) (in Polish) Wykłady monograficzne - Psychologia Courses at UKSW Courses in foreign languages in the Institute of Psychology
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	6.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	English
(in Polish) Dyscyplina naukowa, do której odnoszą się efekty uczenia się:	psychology
Subject level:	advanced
Learning outcome code/codes:	PS_W02 PS_W03 PS_K03
Short description:	Psychology can be studied on different timescales. Some researchers study how conditions we experienced today lead to behaviors and attitudes. This field is called social psychology. Other researchers focus on how our childhood environment affects our functioning as children and adults. This is called developmental psychology. And others still focus on how conditions experienced by our distant ancestors--humans and otherwise--can leave residual behavioral and attitudinal features in modern psychology. This field is called evolutionary psychology; this is the focus of this class. Herein you will learn the basics about evolution and then go through a series of topics whereby you learn about how different ancestral tasks will have shaped modern traits in terms of family relationships, sexual relationships, and more.
Full description:	The class is an advanced seminar where over an accelerated timeline you will get a crash course in evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, behavioral ecology, and primatology. You will be given online quizzes for each section to test your knowledge. 1. Evolutionary Theory 2. Primatology 3. Psychological Foundations 4. Hostile Forces of Nature 5. Women’s LT Mating Strategies 6. Men’s LT Mating Strategies 7. Short-Term Sexual Strategies 8. Problems of Parenting 9. Problems of Kinship 10. Cooperation 11. Aggression and Warfare 12. Conflict Between the Sexes 13. Status, Prestige, Dominance 14. Unified Psychology 15. Papers due
Bibliography:	https://www.routledge.com/Evolutionary-Psychology-The-New-Science-of-the-Mind/Buss/p/book/9781138088610
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:	1. Basics of evolution and primate behavior 2. Basics of the application of evolutionary principles to human psychology 3. A deep and balanced understand of sex differences 4. A robust understanding of the range of topics under investigation in evolutionary psychology 5. The ability to generate and test evolutionary hypotheses
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Marks on online quizzes.

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span:	2024-02-15 - 2024-06-30	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU W WYK_MON TH FR
Type of class:	Monographic lecture, 30 hours, 15 places more information
Coordinators:	Jarosław Jastrzębski, Peter Jonason, Michał Sękowski
Group instructors:	Peter Jonason
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - examination Monographic lecture - examination
(in Polish) E-Learning:	(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy
Type of subject:	optional with unlimited choices
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:	(in Polish) PO - przedmioty ogólnouczelniane (bez obszaru)

Classes in period "Summer semester 2024/25" (future)

Time span:	2025-02-15 - 2025-06-30	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable
Type of class:	Monographic lecture, 30 hours, 15 places more information
Coordinators:	Jarosław Jastrzębski, Peter Jonason, Michał Sękowski
Group instructors:	(unknown)
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - examination Monographic lecture - examination
(in Polish) E-Learning:	(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy
Type of subject:	optional with unlimited choices
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:	(in Polish) PO - przedmioty ogólnouczelniane (bez obszaru)

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