PSYCO333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Assortative Mating, Sociobiology, Evolutionary Psychology
9 Feb 2018
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View that humans are a product of evolution leads to the possibility that ancient evolutionary processes have a major influence on present-day human behaviour tied to several labels, including sociobiology and evolutionary psych. Behaviors seen in people are present because in the evolutionary history of the human species, these behaviors were helpful or necessary for survival: ex. Sociometer theory of self-esteem: our feelings of self-esteem evolved to monitor the degree to which we are accepted by others. P(cid:396)o(cid:272)ess of e(cid:448)olutio(cid:374) is(cid:374)"t e(cid:374)ti(cid:396)el(cid:455) a (cid:373)atte(cid:396) of i(cid:374)dividual survival what ultimately matters is a gene pool in a pop. If one group in a population survives, prospers, and reproduces at a high rate, its genes move onward into su(cid:271)se(cid:395)ue(cid:374)t ge(cid:374)e(cid:396)atio(cid:374)s (cid:373)o(cid:396)e tha(cid:374) othe(cid:396) g(cid:396)oups" ge(cid:374)es. Inclusive fitness- the passing on of genes through the survival of relatives; sometimes called kin selection. Evolutionary psychology- the idea that human behavioural tendencies have a basis in evolution.
