PSYC14H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Coevolution, Cultural Learning, Natural Selection
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Evolution by natural selection: evolution by natural selection requires: Individual variability on traits within a species: e. g. , personality: people who are extroverted, introverted or in between, those traits are associated with differential rates of reproduction, e. g. Dna: trait has to be encoded in genetic material, environment genes culture, genes are influenced by environment, and in term those gene selections influence types of cultures, this evolution is a slow process. Gene-culture coevolution henrich (2015: the secret of our successes book by joseph henrich. Idea that at some point in our evolution history, cultural evolution became the primary focus for our specie"s evolution. If evolution has selected for the ability to learn from others, then we should expect: we should be prone to imitation, observe and imitating others, we should be sensitive to cues that signal the presence of important knowledge. Automatic imitation in the strategic context (cook et al. , 2012) Imitation is one way to learn from others.
