PSYC 3350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Flynn Effect, Cultural Learning, Sexual Selection
19 Apr 2016
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Cultural ideas and norms don"t necessarily emerge to address universal. 15/01/15 problems they result from local cultural learning: ie: the new cellphone (texting) culture. Culture are fluid and dynamic, and in most cases will change over time: ie: norms regarding blowing your nose, spitting, farting, and burping (things that are normal in your own family isn"t with everyone else) Big picture: human timeline is very recent. Time line: agricultural revolution (brought about 1st huge cultural change, industrial revolution, started in africa. Haven"t been in certain parts of the world for that long (through. After the ice age: different societies emerged: Some illiterate agriculture culture (i. e. : mennonites) Some hunter gatherers retaining stone tools (suruwaha of the amazon jungle) Where does culture come from: to survive, people had to meet biological needs (eg: reproduction) And social motives (eg: affiliation and negotiating hierarchies; have to find your place in pacts) We"re naturally drawn to others to survive.
