PSY311H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ecological Niche, Schizophrenia, Sociobiology
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According to this view we are born prewired or predisposed to behave socially. This proposition is old and stems from evolutionary theory. Natural selection: organisms are well equipped to cope with environmental challenges. Genetic endowment: biological structure we receive for this purpose. The most fit species to meet environmental challenges are the ones to that will ultimately survive: i. e. , human beings are the most fit and more intelligent than the animal kingdom. Nowadays, some think that intelligence is importance, which is important as a predictor of success. An attempt to organize the facts about the adaptive significance of social behaviour in animals and, by extension, n human beings. She the parents still need to have the behaviour of knowing when the child is hungry or tired or needs milk. Therefore, having the physical apparatus isn"t enough; there is much more to know. Evolution concepts apply as much to behaviour as to structural characteristics.
