PSYC 385 Lecture 4: Psyc 385 – Lecture 4 notes
Psyc 385 – Lecture 4 notes
Li at al.
Change in input intensity: More people now so harder to commit to
relationships? Specific mechanisms for this?
Missing input: No support offered in surrounding gives you info on whether
you can have a family
Table lays out some mismatches and their possible impacts
Second table lays out mismatches and consequences for reproductive fitness
Some other potential mismatches
From an evolutionary and life history perspective, if environment is not safe,
mature and reproduce earlier
Question 6
Mismatch happens when environment changes faster than adaptations can
take place
Frankenhuis et al. on inputs
If high mortality environment, individuals are highly motived to reproduce
- Higher fitness means more helpful genes will be passed on in the future
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