PSY424H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Derogation, Pair Bond, Hypervigilance
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Evolutionary psychology, natural selection: variation, inheritance, and selection. Adaptations are what increase: forms of selection include sexual selection and natural selection (increased survival). Living in groups was beneficial as you could rely on others in the event of your failure. Group parenting: those who formed groups more likely to survive and reproduce, an inherent need to belong is evident across cultures. Jealousy at threat of loss: while in a relationships, need to balance cost and reward. Those that satisfy safety from threat and provisioning of rewards should best satisfy our need to belong: closeness present in other mammals, suggesting evolutionary reasons, humans unique in information processing capabilities: Representation of the self is able to be made. Understanding that we can change the representation of the self. We can project the self into the past and future. Cultures dictate our norms and ourselves: desire for a connection influenced by both cognition and culture.
