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Mind Map by Emma Taurere , updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Emma Taurere
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WEEK 2 REVIEW
QUESTIONS -
EVOLUTIONARY THEORY
- EXPLAIN
DARWIN'S
THEORY
OF
NATURAL
SELECTION.
- 3 essential
components:
- - Variation,
- Inheritance
(heredity),
- Evolution by
natural selection
(Differential
reproductive
success)
- - Variation,
- Inheritance
(heredity),
- Evolution by
natural selection
(Differential
reproductive
success)
- Adaptions:
natural
selection
produces
designs for
reproduction.
- Some
animals
reproduce,
others don't.
- Those best
suited/fit to
environment
leave most
offspring
- Those best
suited/fit to
environment
leave most
offspring
- Heredity:
offspring
like
parents.
- Next
Generation
different from
current - cuz
born from
best breeders
- Natural
Selection builds
better & better
adapted
individuals
through
generations
- Natural
Selection builds
better & better
adapted
individuals
through
generations
- Next
Generation
different from
current - cuz
born from
best breeders
- 3 essential
components:
- WHAT IS KIN
SELECTION &
ALTRUISM &
HOW ARE THE
TWO RELATED?
- Altruism
accounted
for by
concept of
'selfish
genes'
- Two
selfish-gene
explanations
proposed:
- Kin selection & reciprocal altruism
- Kin selection & reciprocal altruism
- Two
selfish-gene
explanations
proposed:
- Altruism =
self-destructive
behaviour performed
to benefit others -
long been the
paradox for
evolutionary
psychologists.
- 2 interrelated principles
- Altruism
accounted
for by
concept of
'selfish
genes'
- EXPLAIN RAPE &
SEXUAL ASSAULT
FROM AN
EVOLUTIONARY
PERSPECTIVE.
- EXPLAIN SPOUSAL
ASSAULT FROM AN
EVOLUTIONARY
PERSPECTIVE.
- EXPLAIN CHILD
ABUSE FROM AN
EVOLUTIONARY
PERSPECTIVE.
- WHAT IS THE
ENVIRONMENT OF
EVOLUTIONARY
ADAPTEDNESS, &
WHY IS IT
IMPORTANT TO
EVOLUTIONARY
PSYCHOLOGISTS?
- ACCORDING TO
EVOLUTIONARY
PSYCHOLOGY, WHY
DO BLOOD
RELATIVES KILL EACH
OTHER SO RARELY?
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