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Clinical psychology is an applied evolutionary science
Steven C Hayes1, Stefan G Hofmann2, David Sloan Wilson3
1University of Nevada, Reno, NV, United States of America.
Abstract:
Historically there has been only a limited relationship between clinical psychology and evolutionary science. This article considers the status of that relationship in light of a modern multi-dimensional and multi-level extended evolutionary approach. Evolution can be purposive and even conscious, and evolutionary principles can give guidance and provide consilience to clinical psychology, especially as it focuses more on processes of change. The time seems ripe to view clinical psychology as an applied evolutionary science.
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