Chad explains his irresponsible spending by speculating that he shares genes with ancestors who had no need to save for the future because their lives were brutish and short. which field of psychology is most consistent with his view?

Surprisingly, Chad's view is most consistent with what is knows as the evolutionary psychology. This psychological approach seeks to study the and explain the psychology of humans through evolutionary perspective; looking at what traits of our behavior were the result of gene selection through stuff like sexual reproduction and natural selection.