ANTH 196 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Stone Age, Noxious Stimulus
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21: intro to human behavior & evolutionary psychology. Many human behaviors are environmentally determined and/or culturally specific. Like genetically based & products of our evolutionary history. To provide a universal and theoretical framework for understanding fundamental human behaviors. Evolutionary psychologists: focus on the brain as the unit of study the brain dictates our behaviors. Traditional view: same circuits process different information & generate specific behaviors. Evolutionary psychology view: different circuits process different information & generate specific behaviors. Neural circuits exist because they solved problems in the past (ex. solved day-to-day problems of our hunter-gatherer ancestors) We are more scared of snakes than cars. Emotions & stereotypical facial expressions found in all cultures: Disgust: e(cid:454)) ne(cid:449) e(cid:374)gla(cid:374)ders lo(cid:448)e lo(cid:271)ster, (cid:271)ut (cid:449)ould(cid:374)"t eat gru(cid:271)s. In paraguay, they like insect larvae, not lobster (cid:862)disgust fa(cid:272)e(cid:863) (cid:449)ill (cid:271)e displa(cid:455)ed (cid:449)he(cid:374) prese(cid:374)ted (cid:449)ith (cid:374)o(cid:454)ious stimuli. Used to prevent pollution & disease form entering the body.
