Studying the impact of natural selection on the development of behaviors and mental processes that we humans have in common is of most central interest to

A) humanistic psychology.
B) social psychology.
C) community psychology.
D) evolutionary psychology.

Evolutionary Psychology

A theoretical approach in psychology that attempts to explain useful mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, i.e., as the functional products of natural selection.

Natural Selection

A process in biology by which organisms that are better adapted to their environment tend to survive longer and transmit more of their genetic material to succeeding generations.

Mental Processes

Internal, covert activities of the mind or brain, such as thinking, problem-solving, and imagining.