Evolutionary Psychology Lab at Oakland University

Evolutionary Psychology Lab at Oakland University Evolutionary Psychology The discipline rests on a foundation of core premises:

1. Courtesy David M. Buss, www.davidbuss.com

Evolutionary psychology is a hybrid discipline that draws insights from modern evolutionary theory, biology, cognitive psychology, anthropology, economics, computer science, and paleoarchaeology. Manifest behavior depends on underlying psychological mechanisms, information processing devices housed in the brain, in conjunction with the external and internal inputs that trigger their activation.

2. Evolution by selection is the only known causal process capable of creating such complex organic mechanisms.
3. Evolved psychological mechanisms are functionally specialized to solve adaptive problems that recurred for humans over deep evolutionary time.
4. Selection designed the information processing of many evolved psychological mechanisms to be adaptively influenced by specific classes of information from the environment.
5. Human psychology consists of a large number of functionally specialized evolved mechanisms, each sensitive to particular forms of contextual input, that get combined, coordinated, and integrated with each other to produce manifest behavior.

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02/19/2024

Congratulations to Gavin, who successfully defended his dissertation today. Well done, Dr. Vance!!!

Congratulations to Virgil Zeigler-Hill and Todd Shackelford for their amazing achievements.
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Congratulations to Virgil Zeigler-Hill and Todd Shackelford for their amazing achievements.

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03/19/2023

Congratulations to Rachel Schepke, who successfully defended her MS thesis, "COVID-19 effects on menstrual cycle regularity, frequency of s*x, and s*xual motivation”.

Well done, Rachel!

03/19/2023

Congratulations to Rachel Morgenstern, who successfully defended her MS thesis, "Religiosity, personality, and the need to belong".

Way to go Rachel!

08/27/2020

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY, OAKLAND UNIVERSITY (QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS)

The Department of Psychology at Oakland University (www.oakland.edu/psychology) invites applications for a tenure-track appointment with expertise in QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS at the Assistant Professor level beginning Fall, 2021. Primary research interests should complement those of existing faculty in one or more of our graduate program areas: Behavioral Health, Social/Personality, Evolutionary & Comparative (https://www.oakland.edu/psychology/graduate-programs/). A market competitive salary plus excellent fringe benefits are provided.

Qualified applicants are expected to have a Ph.D. in Psychology at the time of appointment, have the ability to teach courses in basic and advanced statistics at the undergraduate and graduate levels, show evidence of a productive research program, demonstrate experience with or a commitment to diversity and inclusion, and be prepared to mentor graduate students in our rapidly expanding M.S. and Ph.D. programs (see https://www.oakland.edu/psychology/graduate-programs/). In addition to collaborative opportunities with the faculty of the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, well-developed mechanisms are in place for establishing and funding multidisciplinary research across Oakland University faculty and the William Beaumont Health System.

Oakland University is a nationally recognized doctoral university of high research activity located on 1,443 acres of scenic land in the cities of Rochester Hills and Auburn Hills in Oakland County, Michigan (see www.oakland.edu). The University has 142 bachelor’s degree programs and 138 graduate degree and certificate programs. Academics include programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business Administration, School of Education and Human Services, School of Engineering and Computer Science, School of Health Sciences, School of Medicine and School of Nursing.

Applicants must submit electronically a curriculum vitae; a cover letter; a statement of professional interests and goals regarding teaching and research; a diversity statement that describes their interest or efforts in furthering diversity and inclusion, e.g., through research, mentoring, pedagogy, or activism; and up to three representative reprints, preprints, or working papers at https://jobs.oakland.edu/hr/postings/19446. External reference letters should be submitted via the same job link. Inquiries should be directed to Andrea T. Kozak, PhD, Search Committee Chair, [email protected]. Review of applications will begin immediately. To receive full consideration, applications must be submitted by October 15, 2020. Oakland University is an equal opportunity employer, and women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply.

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