PSYC14H3 Lecture : lecture 2
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Cross cultural: lecture 2: nauural selection- we are more likely to survive. Sexual selection- what traits make you more advantageous in surviving and replicating your genes- what traits make you more attractive in finding a mate. Communicable ideas- body languages or movement indicating something communicable- ideas that are acceptable, has to be socially acceptable before it comes out of your mouth, have to be within a close proximity and accessible. Minimally counterintuitive- say something that a bit unusal but not completely freakish and ppl are more likely to remember it: 15-40 ppl, used different strategies. Stems from one dynamic group of ppl who did these dynamic things: homo erectus similar to us in the biological sense but differen in the sense that we have culture, art, religion. 7. 5- standard of living- life expectancy, literacy rate, nutritional intake, ses- more objective, can have a operational definition.
