PSYC14H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Internment Of Japanese Americans, High Fidelity, Cultural Evolution
Document Summary
There is relationship between cultural and biological evolution. Natural selection - revolution of genes, certain things are being reproduce for the benefit of the environment. There must be another replication of dna. Natural selection - increase of gene frequency. Gene from one brain to another is one generation. Fecundity - how rapidly it is being spread out. Communicable ideas spread - easy to understand. Emotional ideas spread - emotions are adaptive. We mostly remember minimally counterintuitive ideas compared to maximally counterintuitive and intuitive. We usually do not share maximally counterintuitive. Allows transmission of ideas in a cultural way rapidly (things going viral) Immunity against bad ideas is them as the vaccines to avoid getting viruses. Humans either reject/accept ideas (we have defenses for toxic ideas) If the ideas are funny or have humor. Rituals are segmented or cut down into units, makes it easier to remember. Rituals have high fidelity due to its features.
