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13 Cards in this Set
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Finish this sentence:
"Mechanisms evolved to facilitate..." |
adaptation of our ancestors, not our current problems
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Two fundamental principles are...
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natural selection and sexual selection
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Natural Selection
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-survival
-benefits one's own genes, directly or indirectly ["inclusive fitness theory"] |
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What is an example of natural selection?
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Male cardinals have bright feathers while females are brown and not as pretty
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Sexual Selection
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-intrasexual competition and intersexual selection
-parental investment and parenthood probability |
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What are the selected domains of evolutionary study as applied to personality?
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Human nature [universal personality characteristics] and sex differences
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Human Nature
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-need to belong and protection of the group
-altruism -universal emotions: focus of lecture |
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Tomkin's Core Set of Emotions
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-"basic emotions theory"
-fundamental -unlearned -unique expression (facial features) -primary motivational systems community or signal (evolution addresses what emotions DO |
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"Basic" Emotions (there are 8)
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1) interest-excitement
2) enjoyment-joy 3) surprise-startle 4) distress-anguish 5) disgust-revulsion-contempt 6) anger-rage 7) shame-humiliation 8) fear-terror |
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What does evolutionary predicts?
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Single expression and single emotion, consistent across cultures, fundamental cannot be further deconstructed, cross-species similarity
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Evolutionarily speaking women are....
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people oriented, child oriented, monogamous
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Evolutionarily speaking men are...
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task oriented, self oriented, polygamous
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"Personality" from evolutionary perspective reflects....
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-adaptation over time
-universal characteristics -interactions among person and environment |
