近二十年进化心理学研究述评

用进化的观点解读人类行为，分析心理的本质及其产生的根源是近20年来西方心理学中出现的新的研究范式——进化心理学的核心理念。当前进化心理学的研究主要集中于通过进化形成的心理机制，对人类的生存、择偶、抚育以及群居等方面的行为进行探讨，并取得了一定的成果。尽管存在方法论上的缺陷、认识论上的不足以及文化影响的忽视等问题，但进化心理学对于人性和心理的思考，对认知发展观的革新，尤真是在元理论方面的贡献将有望为心理科学提供一条全新的整合进路。

On Recent Twenty Years' Evolutionary Psychology

Understanding human behavior in an evolutionary perspective, analyzing the nature and origin of mind is the core belief of evolutionary psychology - a new paradigm emerged in western psychology field in recent decade. Current evolutionary psychology focuses on the discussion of human survival, mate choice, upbringing and living in groups and has achieved some accomplishments. Though there are still some deficits in methodology, epistemology and culture influence, evolutionary psychology indeed has and will continue to impulse more psychologists to make more explorations for its further investigation in human nature and mind, for its promotion to cognitive development, and especially for its contributions to the discipline integration.