Evolutionary Psychology
Course: Neuropsychology
Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology
            Title
        
        
            Evolutionary Psychology
        
    
            Code
        
        
            ОНД. 07
        
    
            Module type 
        
        
            Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
        
    
            Educational cycle
        
        
            Second
        
    
            Year of study when the component is delivered
        
        
            2021/2022
        
    
            Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
        
        
            1 Semester
        
    
            Number of ECTS credits allocated
        
        
            3
        
    
            Learning outcomes
        
        
            LO1. To search, process and analyze professionally important knowledge from various sources using modern information and communication technologies. LO 2. Ability to organize and conduct psychological research using valid and reliable methods. LO 7. It is accessible and reasoned to present the results of research in written and ordinary forms, to participate in professional discussions. 
        
    
            Form of study
        
        
            Full-time form
        
    
            Prerequisites and co-requisites
        
        
            1. Know the theoretical foundations of anatomy and physiology of higher nervous activity, zoopsychology, psychology of sexuality, social psychology and personality psychology.
2. Have basic skills in research, search, processing and analysis of information from various sources, the use of information and communication technologies.
        
    
            Course content
        
        
            The purpose of the discipline is to give students the theoretical knowledge necessary to use evolutionary theory to explain mental phenomena and human behavior, their determinants, the context of origin and development.
The content of the course is revealed in three modules. The first module deals with evolutionary explanations of cognitive processes, emotions, personality and behavior, their history and discussions of relevance, structure of analysis of psychological phenomena in evolutionary psychology, basic concepts of evolutionary psychology, including survival and reproduction, adaptation, byproduct of evolutionary process and
«mismatch». The second module focuses on the evolutionary view of human sexuality and family relationships. The topics of the third module are related to social psychology, considered from an evolutionary point of view, based on empirical research of recent decades.
        
    
            Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
        
        
            
2.	Vaal, F de. Nasha vnutrishnia mavpa: Dvoiaka pryroda liudyny / per. z. anhl. I. Mykhailovoi. — K.: Alpina Pablisher, 2021. — 374 s.
3.	Ridli, M. Chervona Koroleva. Stateve rozmnozhennia ta evoliutsiia pryrody liudyny / Per. z anhl. M. Soldatkina. — K.: KM-Buks, 2021. — 400 s.
4.	Sapolski, R. Biolohiia povedinky. Prychyny dobroho i pohanoho v nas / per. z. anhl. O. Liubenko. — K.: Nash Format, 2021.  — 672 s.
5. Buss, D. Evolutionary psychology: The new science of the mind (6th Ed.). — N.-Y. Psychology Press, 2021. — 996 p.
6. Jonason P. K., Schmitt D. P. Quantifying common criticisms of evolutionary psychology // Evolutionary Psychological Science. — 2016. — Т. 2. — №. 3. — P. 177-188.
7. Lewis, D. M. G. et al. Evolutionary psychology: A how-to guide // American Psychologist. — 2017. — Т. 72. — № 4. — P. 353-373.
        
    
            Planned learning activities and teaching methods
        
        
            Lection, seminar, Individual work
        
    
            Assessment methods and criteria
        
        
            Oral reports, discussion, presentation, analytical essay.
Semester assessment: answers and additions to seminars, analytical essay are evaluated.
The grade is formed as the sum of all points earned during the semester.
Oral answer - from 12 to 20 points.
Addition - from 6 to 10 points.
Analytical essay - from 24 to 40 points.
Evaluation organization:
0-59 - not credited, 60-100 credit.
        
    
            Language of instruction
        
        
            Ukrainian
        
    Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
                    Illia
                    Ihorovych
                    Yahiiaiev
                
                
                    Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology 
Faculty of Psychology
            Faculty of Psychology
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
                        Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology
                    
                    
                        Faculty of Psychology