PSYC14H3 Lecture Notes - Tangled, Australopithecine, Homo Habilis
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Evolution = innate & culture = learned. Nature = replication of genes & nurture = replication of ideas (in the cultural psych point of view) Biological genes = similar to cultural ideas: needs to be transmittable. Anytime an idea is transferred it gets morphed, just like diseases (epidemiology: study of diseases: communicable ideas spread, can be communicated easily (i. e technology enables easy communication, ex. Having an unacceptable thought (doesn"t get communicated) because it"s socially unacceptable. Hunter-gathers: small groups, nomadic, high mortality, 10-30 people in a group, most activities are in highly social contexts etc: adapt to functions as a group (inter-dependent, oxytocin helps mom and infants bond. Homosapiens capacity for language/ share ideas/ possibility for learning. Domestication of animals and plants = monumental! Industrial evolution: crop growing, farming communities, using animals for transport/ food/ labor, farming communities- more food therefore no longer nomadic. Now more time on their hands because of the food surplus.
