这个就是发展心理学，你可以看维基百科的发展心理学的这一段的第二小节：

Developmental psychology generally focuses on how and why certain changes (cognitive, social, intellectual, personality) occur over time in the course of a human life. Many theorists have made a profound contribution to this area of psychology. One of them, Erik Erikson developed a model of eight stages of psychological development. He believed that humans developed in stages throughout their lifetimes and that this would affect their behaviors.[8]

In the late 19th century, psychologists familiar with the evolutionary theory of Darwin began seeking an evolutionary description of psychological development;

大意：十九世纪熟悉进化论的心理学家试图用进化论来解释心理的发展

我仍然相信翻译是因为不了解心理学才会到处翻译“进化”的。这个是不可能的，因为那是19世纪人们刚刚认识达尔文的进化论的时代。今天已经是21世纪了。