PSYC 3100 Lecture Notes - Electromagnetic Spectrum, Richard Dawkins, Behavioural Genetics
13 Jan 2013
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Chapter 1: clearing the way for an evolutionary psychology. Evolutionary psychology is an approach to psychology that takes seriously the idea that our own species is a product of evolution. John tooby and leda cosmides ( 1992) that many psychologists hold to a general set of beliefs called the standard social science model, or sssm, that has a pervasive influence on their research and theories. Assumption 1: the blank slate; tabula rasa. The blank slate embodies the idea that the human mind has no inborn tendencies or inclinations. An equally important supporting pillar of the sssm is the assumption that biological constraints on human behavior are minor and unimportant. With experience playing the leading role, biological influences fade to the vanishing point. Sssm, humans have few if any instincts and only a few basic, biological drives, such as hunger, thirst, and sex. According to the sssm, experience exerts its effects through the process of learning.
