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Evolutionary Psychology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:01.08.2024 08:58:31
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SUPK_136 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Psychology; Developmental Psychology | Target Audience: | Psychology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Anete Hofmane | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Social psychology, general psychology, biology and genetics, bio-medical aspects of human functioning, psychometrics, research in psychology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | By introducing the students to the concepts of evolutionary psychology and expanding the knowledge of the factors involved in evolution, their influence on human psychological processes, to develop the ability to use these principles in research, research, and counseling and treat the human psyche as a result of adaptation. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction, brief overview of evolution, adaptation, by-products, theory of evolution | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Human as a social being from the point of view of evolution - social roles, identity as a survival mechanism | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Evolutionary theories: Human desire to protect oneself and its manifestation in behavior | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Evolutionary theories: neuropsychology and cognitive processes | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Evolutionary theories: development of consciousness (mind). | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Evolutionary theories: emotions (including aggression theories) | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Evolutionary theories: gender differences | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Evolutionary theories: personality | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Evolutionary theories: sexuality | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Evolutionary Theories: Morality | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Evolutionary theories: love | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Evolutionary psychology in counseling, research | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Presentation on one of the phenomena in the explanation of the evolutionary theory. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Prepare a group presentation (50%) on one of the proposed topics, during which the theoretical and practical part of the presentation and its compliance with the set criteria are evaluated. Exam (50%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Knows the main principles of evolutionary psychology, their importance today. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Is able to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy adaptations in the functioning of the human psyche. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Treats the human psyche as an adaptive mechanism in a socially responsible and non-harmful manner. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Crawford, Charles (2013). Handbook of Evolutionary psychology: Ideas, Issues and Applications. Psychology Press. | ||||||||
| 2 | Barkow, J., Cosmides, L., Tooby, J. (1995). The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture. Oxford University Press | ||||||||
| 3 | Buss, D. (2014). Evolutionary psychology: The new science of the Mind, 5th ed. | ||||||||
| 4 | Workman, L. (2014). Evolutionary psychology: an introduction. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Pinker, S. (1997). How the Mind Works. NY: Norton. | ||||||||
| 2 | Williams, G.C. (1966). Adaptation and Natural Selection: A Critique of some Current Evolutionary Thought. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. | ||||||||
| 3 | Daly, M. & Wilson, M. (1984). Sex, Evolution, & Behavior. Second Edition. Boston: Willard Grant. | ||||||||
| 4 | Dawkins, R. (1976). The Selfish Gene. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Žurnāls „Evolutionary psychology” http://evp.sagepub.com/ | ||||||||
| 2 | Žurnāls „Evoution, Mind and Behaviour” http://www.editorialmanager.com/jep/mainpage.html | ||||||||
| 3 | Evolutionary Psychological Science http://link.springer.com/journal/40806 | ||||||||
| 4 | Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/ebs/ | ||||||||
