PSYB30H3 Lecture 3: lecture 3 notes - proper!
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Part i: the structure of evolutionary theory: the evolutionary process, products of the evolutionary process, personality as a product of evolutionary process. Part ii: the attachment system: the attachment system, romantic love as an attachment process. Part iii: the rank system: the rank system, strategies in daily interaction, the adaptive function of depression. Part i: the structure of evolutionary theory: evolutionary theory traces itself back to the work of charles darwin, darwin was born in england, 1809, he was 50 when origin of species was published. 3 basic elements to the evolutionary process: variance, inheritance, selection: variation: the idea that we differ in our design features. We all come into the world differently physically and psychologically. we will pass on some genetic features we possess onto our children. ex: a scar obtained at the age of 12 won"t be passed down.
