BUS 312 Lecture 1: Chapter 8
13 Mar 2018
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Group social interactions is more cognitively complex than most other behaviours. Hyper cooperation for a shared goal is made us successful. Gorillas can do it as well but doesn"t come easy. Theory of mind: understanding what others are thinking. Consume our emotions and individual intentions for the. These things takes a big brain which causes natural selection for big brain. The role of complex language of teaching and learning process which made us successful. Among hunter and gathering groups, men cooperated on hunts and to hunt successfully they need language. But they don"t talk because everyone knows what their roles are. Create technology and have the group better adapted. Allow individuals to accurately express their desires and intentions. Problem: the trend of encephalization predates development of language. We heavily relied on tools so we had to free up our front limbs to use them and walked on our hind limbs.
