Psychology 3228A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Life History Theory, Heavy Object, Sex Machine
4 Mar 2020
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Scenario 1: denise: denise is a passenger on a train whose driver has fainted, the main track has a sidetrack off to the left, denise can turn the train, killing 1, or not turn the train, killing 5. Scenario 3: ned: ned sees that an approaching train is out of control, 5 people are on the tracks. Five ppl are dying in a hospital, each as a result of different organs failing. In the waiting room is a healthy man w fully functioning organs. Childhood is (ultimately) for reproduction: caterpillar = eating machine, butterfly = sex machine, traits seen in childhood may not be of immediate benefit to the child, but might be beneficial to the adult it will become. Life history theory (chisholm: at any point in time an individual should invest effort in maximizing fitness, somatic effort, survival, maintenance, preparation for reproduction i. e. growth, development, learning, maturation, reproductive effort, reproduction, production of offspring.
