Martin Seligman’s theory of Prepared Learning offers a fascinating insight into the evolutionary aspects of learning and phobia development. Introduced in the 1970s, this theory posits that humans and other animals are innately predisposed to rapidly learn to fear certain objects or situations that have historically posed significant threats to […]
Evolutionary psychology is a theoretical approach to psychology that seeks to explain mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, i.e., as the functional products of natural selection. The theory posits that just as physical traits have evolved to help organisms survive and reproduce, so too have psychological […]
