PSY321H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: High Fidelity, Degenerative Disease, Physical Attractiveness
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Transformation of manners over time; some reflect changing views of what is healthy (e. g. spitting, nose blowing), others are quite arbitrary. Cultures in which the environment is harsh and requires courage and physical prowess to secure a living, cultures of masculinity that value strength and toughness of males are likely to emerge. Cultures in which the environment is more benign and food is plentiful and more easily acquired, more androgynous sex roles are likely to emerge. E. g. pizarro, with 168 spanish soldiers, succeeded in overthrowing the incan empire. Proximal causes, those that have direct and immediate relations with their effects. Spaniards had the technology to build ships that allowed them to reach the americas, had steel swords, armour, and guns, and had horses. Distal causes, initial differences that lead to effects over long periods of time. Diamond"s book (1997); the fertile crescent that contained species of plants and animals that were especially suited for domestication.
