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Why can't we all just get along? Integration needs more than stories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2014

Gordon M. Burghardt
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996. [email protected]://web.utk.edu/~gburghar/[email protected]://psychology.utk.edu/[email protected]
Gregory L. Stuart
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996. [email protected]://web.utk.edu/~gburghar/[email protected]://psychology.utk.edu/[email protected]
Ryan C. Shorey
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996. [email protected]://web.utk.edu/~gburghar/[email protected]://psychology.utk.edu/[email protected]

Abstract

As astutely noted by the authors of this provocative article, it is time for evolutionary psychology (EP) to be incorporated into clinical and educational interventions. However, two issues from this article are raised in the current commentary: some historical misconceptions of the evolutionary label and a lack of clear and specific guidelines for developing or improving interventions based on EP.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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