PSYC 2600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Frequency-Dependent Selection, Ego Depletion, Inclusive Fitness
9 Mar 2019
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What are two ways men and women differ in terms of adaptive problems: parental confidence, parental investment. What differs: similarity: both men and women focus on personality traits, differences: men focus on physical appearance, women focus on status, men have more interest in short-term mating. What is frequency dependent selection : effectiveness of strategy depends on how many people use it. What do callouses tell us about evolution and individual differences: depends on environment. According to freud, what are two basic instincts which provide. Parts of the mind: unconscious, pre-conscious, conscious, special interest in the unconscious, determinism. Structure of personality: id: pleasure principle, primary process thinking, ego: reality principle, secondary process thinking, super-ego: internalized morality, not realistic. Ego depletion: self-control may be a limited resource that requires. Psychic energy : can become tired, like a muscle. Deliberation without attention: complex decisions solved better with distraction: suggests a smart unconscious. Recent failures to replicate in large trials.
