“…These mechanisms are termed EPMs (Buss, , ) and represent the initial component within us that motivates behavior (Kenrick, Schaller, & Simpson, ; Pinker, ; Ruth, ; Spohn, ; Wilson, , ); they can be viewed as “first‐in‐line” responsive mechanisms because they represent the most innate set of motivational forces that prompt human behavior (Kenrick, Ackerman, et al., ; Pinker, ; Ruth, ; Spohn, ; Wilson, , ). EPMs are not nurtured, and they are also not volitional; instead, they are part of our nature, and they particularly motivate those behaviors that satisfy favorable psychological feelings that make us contend.…”