Social psychology as a branch of specialization of biology. A sample of interest in evolutionary psychology through the google search index
Keywords:
evolutionary social psychology, social sciences, biology, behaviourAbstract
During the past 100 years the social and biological sciences expanded our understanding of human beings. However, these two Sciences were developed inisolation, what has brought them both, many epistemological limitations. Evolutionary social psychology provides a consistent structure for the understanding of the bases of behavior in an integrat ed manner. The theory of evolution a bridge of union between the biological and Social Sciences of unrivalled heuristic value for the understanding of social behavior. In this work with the Google Trends tool, we measure the interest in social psychology and developmental psychology in the world, the results suggest that especially in countries of Central, the interest in evolutionary psychology is present.
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