PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Parental Investment, Work Ethic, Physical Attractiveness
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**note: okay so she didn"t go over the slides we didn"t finish from jan 27th so just add these to the end of those notes. Leftover slides from lecture 4 that weren"t covered. Genotype-environment correlation: differential exposure of individuals with different genotypes to different environments, genotype-environment correlations can be positive or negative, three types of genotype-environment correlations, passive, reactive, active: Behaviour genetics, science, politics, and values: because scientific research can be misused for political and ideological goals, scientists bear special responsibility, but, science can be separate from values, knowledge is better than operating in ignorance. Human nature: over evolutionary time, successful mechanisms spread through population and come to characterize all humans, examples of evolutionary analysis at the level of human nature, the need to belong. The most basic human motivators are status and acceptance. Social anxiety species typical adaptation to prevent social exclusion. Being part of a group has survival value: helping and altruism.
