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1		David Buss's interest in learning and understanding was sparked by the concept of .


2		laid the foundation for the modern theory of evolution.


3		The evolutionary process (natural and sexual selection and chance) results in three distinct outcomes: adaptations, by-products and .


4		are evolved strategies that solve important survival and/or reproductive problems.


5		are traits that happen as a result of adaptations but are not part of the functional design.


6		, also known as "random effects," occurs when evolution produces random changes in design that do not affect function.


7		David Buss is a professor of psychology at the , where he is currently Professor Emeritus.


8		The perspective of psychological thought and behavior was first introduced by Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer.


9		The merger of evolution and psychology began with the thinking of E.O. Wilson when he argued for a merger of the biological and social sciences and dubbed his movement .


10		The term was coined in 1973 by biologist Michael Ghiselin (1973), and later popularized by the anthropologist John Tooby and psychologist Leda Cosmides