PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mark Leary, Social Class, Unconditionally
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Expectancy (car goes fast) x value (i want to go fast) Certain characteristics allowed our ancestors to survive and to reproduce and those people 10, 000 years ago that reproduced the best passed those genes along and those are the characteristics we have today. Certain characteristics might become wired in, built into the organism. The humans who survived were those who thought good things about themselves. Masterywired to feel good when we are competent. Ancestors who found it reinforcing to learn to master the environment were the ones most likely to survive and procreate. To survive as a human, it helps to be capable. Social rankwired to feel good when dominant, high status. Animals develop hierarchies (some are dominant, have more group status than other members of the group e. g. , alpha males) Facilitates survival because you are getting more resources if you are at the top of the heap. More likely to have more ready access to mating possibilities.
