A set of psychological theories that emphasize the adapted nature of the mind. The really big movers in this school of psychological thought are are Leda Cosmides and John Tooby; it's also allied with the Cognitive Science crowd, and of course all of those "hip" modern day evolutionists (lots of Richard Dawkins' _The Selfish Gene_ shows up in evolutionary psychology.)

Essentially, a comprehensive theory of everything in psychology, just like Freud's stuff, Skinner's stuff, etc.. an