Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
18 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
How do industrialized societies differ from horticulturalist/pastoralist?
|
can't produce own:
-food -medicine -contacts -shoes -shelter -sanitation systems |
|
|
culture
|
transmission of info by non/extra-cellular means
-any way of acquiring or learning info from others |
|
|
culture causes info to be spread...
|
horizontally to friends, relatives, etc., not just vertically thru the generations
|
|
|
how does culture reduce the usefulness of our instincts?
|
-food
-bc -day care -teenagers -firearms -armies -money |
|
|
food production/distribution
|
can get us any food we want
--> instinct to eat food in large quantities if possible and to eat food before it rots not useful |
|
|
birth control
|
reduces risk of cuckoldry- even if woman sleeping around, doesn't necessarily have to result in pregnancy
--> extreme jealousy maybe not necessary |
|
|
day care
|
reduced need for parental investment
-anyone can feed, raise child |
|
|
mixed messages for teens
|
body saying have babies now! culture says no-wait.
|
|
|
firearms
|
reduce need for physical strength
-but even w/ this lethal power, women still commit way fewer crimes |
|
|
armies
|
fight our battles for us- why?
-culture of nat'l pride, concept of justice |
|
|
money
|
reduces reliance on others
-nullifies our instincts for reciprocal altruism |
|
|
culture very efficient at...
|
changing our environment- so much so that genes can't keep up= mismatch
|
|
|
constrained learning- mouse experiment
|
mice can learn to associate noise/lights w/ shock and weird taste w/ nausea but not other pairing
|
|
|
conclusion of mouse experiment
|
organisms have genetically coded hypotheses for making associations btwn stimuli- "if i feel sick, it's probably something i ate"
|
|
|
"sauce bernaise" phenomenon
|
our learning constrained by biological realism- prepared learning is a constraint on culture
--> brains not prepared to make every possible connection |
|
|
prepared learning illuminates...
|
leash of biology reigning in culture's ability to shape behavior
|
|
|
fundamental reproductive equation
|
sex = pregnancy = maternal childcare = loss of female economic opp = loss of female political power
|
|
|
how rubber (culture) messes up fundamental reproductive equation
|
-rubber makes condoms
-pregnancy isn't given with sex (abortion) -bottles can feed baby (doesn't have to be mom) -maternity leave= $ -still vote, get elected |
