PSYCH 3F03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Moralistic Fallacy, Naturalistic Fallacy, Ethology
18 Oct 2020
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Learning objectives: define and understand the importance of naturalistic and moralistic fallacies. Because of innate sex differences, women should cook. Naturalistic fallacy: a leap from is to should be. Moralistic fallacy: a leap from should be to is. Because everyone should be treated equally, everyone is equal biologically: learn the levels of analysis we must consider when trying to understand human behaviour. Immediate context: hormones and neurotransmitters, previous experience (responding a certain way like aggressively, genes, social constructs, evolution, clear up three basic misconceptions of evolutionary psychology, human traits are solely genetically determined. Truth: everything is an interaction between your genes and the environment so it can be changed. Men"s perception of sexual interest: current mechanisms are optimally designed. Evolutionary time lags (fear of snakes in canada) Learning objectives: two major principles of lamarck"s theory of evolution and why they"re flawed. Inheritance of acquired characteristics: advancement to higher forms, describe three major criteria required for natural selection to occur.
