PSYC14H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Norbert Elias, Physical Attractiveness, Inflectional Phrase
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He talked about how current manners have diverged form the past. Small differences can have large effects sometimes what might seem to be small variations n ecologies can lead to dramatically diff cultures, esp as they unfold over time. Proximal factors: those that have direct/immediate relations w their effects. Distal factors: initial differences that leas to effects over long period, often through. Natural selection: the evolutionary process that occurs when the following. 1. indiv variability exists among members of species on certain traits (some antelopes can run faster than others) 2. those traits are associated w diff reproductive rates (faster antelopes are better able to outrun predators t& thus are more likely to produce surviving offspring) Many cultural ideas spread even though they are quite maladaptive. Useful ideas spread ppl want to be the ones that share useful info: by doing this, we make ourselves more useful, & thus valuable as a relationship partner.
