PSYC18H3 : TEXTBOOK NOTES FOR CH.2
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Similarity of human emotional expressions to lower animals. Human emotional experience have some primitive aspects. Specific analysis of facial expression gave birth to modern study of emotional expression. N selection pressures; features of the physical and social environment that determined whether or not individuals survived and reproduced. N 2 kinds of selection pressures that determine who reproduces: Intrasexual competition; occurs within sex for access to mates; most pronounced among males. Intersexual competition: process by which one sex selects specific kinds of traits in the other sex. preference for males of higher status by women. Males seek out mates who are fertile and of optimal reproductive age. N our capacity to cooperate is a powerful determinant of who reproduces and who survives: we accomplish survival and reproduction within relationships, groups, and communities. We are more likely to succeed at these endeavors when we behave in cooperative fashion. N accounts for evolution of moral emotions ; gratitude, anger, and compassion.
