PSYCH 2800 Study Guide - Final Guide: David Buss, Maner Sharif, Physical Attractiveness
3 Sep 2016
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Reciprocal altruism: we don"t want people cheating on us, so we are more attuned to situation that might indicate cheating. Group selection and large group cooperation: groups of more altruism will pass on their genes because they fight harder, counter: the children more sympathetic of parents tend to have a higher likelihood to reproduce. We are all consequentialist: judging ethics by the consequence of action. We are also deontologist: judging ethics by the right and wrong of action. Our morals are accurate with members in the in-the-group but not as useful in the out-of-group. Broaden the moral circle, notice similarity of other people to us. Blue state (liberal: cares more about care/harm. Red state (conservatives: care equally about the 5 foundations of morality. If we understand the morality of other groups, we can communicate better. Interest in short-term mating research assistant went around campus to ask whether the person should be interested in different levels of commitment.
