PSYC 3402 Lecture Notes - Life History Theory, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Twin Study

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3402
• Professor: Shelley Brown

Document Summary

A strong theory is: parsimonious (use of the simplest or most frugal route of explanation available, clearly identifies the causal mechanisms and corresponding mediators and. Is testable and hence falsifiable via hypotheses and predictions. Is based on empirical data and is modified in response to new data. 4: possesses interdisciplinary compatibility, respects gender ethnicity and culture. Genghis khan considered most brutal conqueror of all time, but most successful in terms of amount of land he accumulated in his empire. In the case of khan brutish and violent methods led to status/accumulated power/wealth access to women. 8 percent of everyone in the world will have direct descendant to genghis khan. Violence, status and power can dramatically enhance ones reproductive fitness: keeping multiple wives ensured his genes would carry on. It is a distal explanation that applies to the whole species. Explaining why/how we think the way we do due to an evolutionary advantage.