The study of the adaptive origins of human behavior patterns is called
A)comparative psychology.
B)pragmatic epistemology.
C)interpersonal attraction.
D)evolutionary psychology.

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Evolutionary psychology focuses on understanding how human behavior patterns have developed and adapted over time due to evolutionary pressures. It seeks to explain psychological traits as adaptations, that is, as the functional products of natural selection or sexual selection.

The Study of the Adaptive Origins of Human Behavior Patterns