C/PS/31. Describe how evolutionary psychology has contributed to our understanding of social behaviour. Comment on the possible limitations of these explanations of social behaviour

The perspectives of evolutionary psychology would be important in analysing social behaviour and show how human behaviour could be explained in terms of evolutionary processes. The qualities of men and women, the processes of social manipulation, the dating behaviour among humans, and the cognitive and social skills relate to the principles of social psychology. The concept of modular minds to explain social behaviour and the sexual strategies used by humans are also part of this discussion. The importance of social contracts, development of cognitive capacities and evolutionary perspectives of emotions show how evolutionary psychology has contributed to the understanding of human social behaviour in all respects.