PSYC 3420 Lecture Notes - Classical Conditioning, Tabula Rasa, Postpartum Depression

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Sep 16, 13 - overview of darwinian theory. In humans it applies to consciousness, intelligence, etc: evolutionary subconscious is saying that everything evolves in the way that any organ evolves - natural selection, approximate causes o o remote causes immediate causes. The concept of what"s out to be comes from the heart: what is natural is unchangeable. This theory led to the concept of social darwinism. Why darwin: all sciences share the same goal, and that is to understand the causes of things, we can calculate cause in terms of, ex. You give an approximate cause (comes from the clouds: ex. That they eat too much: but it raises another ultimate question, so why do they eat too much, so each ultimate answer leads to another question, ex. Because they tend to be extremely approximate with their approach: ontogenetic development - development from the day you are born to the day that you die.

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