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Guidance: Applied psychology is about
understanding and solving problems including those in human behaviour (such as health, work, politics, and
behaviour change) and psychology’s approach to these. The challenge is to show
how Evolutionary Psychology can tackle an applied problem, e.g., behaviour in
the real world, and advance psychology as a practical science. You will be
focusing on at least one applied area relevant to contemporary evolutionary
psychology, selecting from the issues and debates that we follow in the module.
In the course of the second half of the module we shall further consider
and debate the following or equivalent as these emerge in discussion. E.g., we may examine what evolutionary psychology can
tell us about today’s social and political conflicts, behaviour
change, health, differences in life outcomes and how current policy or problems
may be addressed. In doing this, we may also cover what it offers to psychology’s
relevance and scientific practice or methods. These sessions are intended
as formative only, and it is then for you to work out your rationale for your choices in
the report.
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rationale at the start can help establish a basis for the choice of paragraphs
or sections that follow, and can help show how these contribute as you proceed
through the writing. This is an evaluative report so a suggestion is to perhaps
try in each section of it to set out a key issue to address (and say why it is
a useful test issue) explore this using the evidence, and then draw a direct
implication for the question before moving on to the next section. This may help
the journey towards your conclusion about evolutionary psychology’s ability to
contribute in the area you have chosen.
The topic should be based around Sex and Parenting, developing/improving the report I have previously written acknlowdeging the comments and making it relative to the new question in the assignment topic field. The report should adhere to the learning outcomes / instructions above, also with the marking criteria included, to a 2:1 standard.
Lecture slides have been included for background knowledge and understanding of how I developed my report. Notable references relative to the assignment can be used from there, with wider reading.
Previous Report Question –
‘Evolutionary psychology is a purely descriptive approach that has no practical application.’ How might you respond to this contention?