PSY 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Evolutionary Psychology, Natural Selection, Casual Sex
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Difference between behavior geneticists and evolutionary psychologists differences between humans. Behavior geneticists : they explore the genetic and environmental roots of the. Evolutionary psychologists : focuses on what makes each other alike as humans. Many of them uses charles darwin"s natural selection . Natural selection basics: roots of behavior and mental processes. Organisms" different offspring(s) all compete for survival (survival of the fittest) Specific biological and behavioral combinations increase an organism"s reproductive and survival chances in their specific environment. The offspring(s) that survive are/is more likely to pass their genes. In the big picture: everyone"s lives are remarkably alike i. ii. Example : when at an airport, all one can see are people arriving to see the excited faces of their loved ones. It doesn"t matter what color skin or ethnicity they are; they all show emotions of the same.
