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| Title |
Why isn't everyone an evolutionary psychologist?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, August 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00910 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Darren Burke |
| Abstract |
Despite a widespread acceptance that the brain that underpins human psychology is the result of biological evolution, very few psychologists in any way incorporate an evolutionary perspective in their research or practice. There have been many attempts to convince mainstream psychology of the importance of such a perspective, mostly from those who identify with "Evolutionary Psychology," and there has certainly been progress in that direction, but the core of psychology remains essentially unevolutionary. Here I explore a number of potential reasons for mainstream psychology continuing to ignore or resist an evolutionary approach, and suggest some ways in which those of us interested in seeing an increase in the proportion of psychologists adopting an evolutionary perspective might need to modify our tactics to increase our chances of success. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 72 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 11 | 15% |
| United States | 6 | 8% |
| Spain | 5 | 7% |
| Canada | 3 | 4% |
| Japan | 2 | 3% |
| Sweden | 2 | 3% |
| Ghana | 1 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| Georgia | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
| Unknown | 37 | 51% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 53 | 74% |
| Scientists | 10 | 14% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 8 | 11% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 158 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 3% |
| Canada | 3 | 2% |
| Germany | 2 | 1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 147 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 36 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 19 | 12% |
| Professor | 15 | 9% |
| Researcher | 14 | 9% |
| Other | 28 | 18% |
| Unknown | 24 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 86 | 54% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 3% |
| Arts and Humanities | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 16 | 10% |
| Unknown | 28 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 49. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 May 2023.
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