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19 Cards in this Set
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Richard Dawkins made famous the idea that genes aim for one thing only – self-replication
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the selfish gene
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an organism’s overall ability to maximize the replication of the genes that designed it
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Inclusive fitness
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evolutionary origins of human life
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Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness (EEA)
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our primary mode of adapting to the challenges of the EEA was and continues to be the use of the human mind’s extraordinary cognitive powers
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Cognitive Niche
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- Mind is like a collection of specialized subsystems or ____, each designed to address a particular adaptive task that humans faced in the EEA
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modules
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Name the eight classes of reproductive problems
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1) Successful Intrasexual competition
2) Mate selection 3) Successful conception 4) Mate retention 5) Reciprocal dyadic alliance formation 6) Coalition building and maintenance 7) Parental care and socialization 8) Extraparental kin investment |
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– reason for human sexual activity is replicate the genes
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Distal (evolutionary)
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motivation for engaging in sexual activity is that it feels good
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Proximate (individual)
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– asserts that human beings are biologically predisposed to live in social groups that are variously organized into status hierarchies, “getting along and getting ahead”
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Hogan’s socioanalytic theory
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differences in sexual strategies come in restricted and unrestricted
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Sociosexuality
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– in Hogan’s socioanalytic theory, the person’s characteristic ways of displaying the self to family members, especially parents
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Character Structure
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the characteristic ways in which we display ourselves to this larger audience
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Role structure
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•The three faces of human nature are _______, _______, and, _______
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aggression, altruism, and attachment
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the tendency of human beings to ally themselves with their own groups
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•Ethnocentrism
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The origins of human morality can be traced back to three conditions of group life in the Pleistocene:
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group value, mutual aid and internal conflict
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individuals engage in one-on-one interaction, such as direct reciprocation of and reconciliation following fights
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Dyadic level
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about community aid and concern and, mediated reconciliation
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Higher levels
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– parents may sacrifice their own interests to benefit their children and thereby increase the likelihood of passing down their own genes
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Kin selection
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kin selection is most likely to occur:
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a) Among closely related rather than distantly related individuals
b) Among individuals who live in close-knit and geographically limited societies wherein they are likely to share kinship ties c) Among species capable of recognizing relatives and distinguishing them from nonrelatives |
