Evolution‚ in its most simple sense‚ is described as change over time. I believe it’s important that we understand how evolutionary thinking is relevant to understanding disease as an agent of natural selection because evolutionary thinking taps into two important fields: biology and medicine. It helps us understand the field of biology because evolution helps explain life; specifically differences‚ changes and developments to adapt. On the other hand‚ it helps us understand the field of medicine
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Evolutionary psychologists view human behavior and psychological traits as a result of evolutionary adaptation in response to reproductive needs – much like the concept of natural selection applied to reproduction‚ or sexual selection. Drawing from this perspective‚ evolutionary psychologists and professionals seek to explain the differences between male and female dating and mating rituals and sexual attitudes and how they have evolved throughout the centuries. For example‚ researchers employ the
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The evolutionary approach suggests that our behaviour is determined through natural selection; therefore it is coded into our genes through how we have adapted. It is a biological approach and states nature over nurture. A criticism of this approach is that it is determinist as it suggests that the way we behave is dictated through natural selection‚ for example in gender roles men being strong hunters and wanting a younger female partner. It ignores other suggestions‚ such as how we are brought
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Hypothesis: Prey that is camouflaged in its habitat are harder to spot‚ and get to live long enough to pass on their genes which means the colors of the population that don’t fit in with the environment will eventually die out. Therefore‚ white will survive‚ and red will die out. Color 1.__White__ 2.___Blue___ 3.___Black___ 4.___Yellow____ 5.__Red___ Generation 0 20 20 20 20 20 Generation 1 8 5 4 5 3 Generation 2 32 20 16 20
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The evolutionary perspective on relationships‚ while one of the most thought provoking and interesting‚ is also one of the more criticized perspectives in the field of relationship psychology. The father of evolutionary psychology‚ Charles Darwin‚ foresaw the importance of the evolutionary perspective but could have not predicted all of the faultfinding that would also be attached to this theory. In relation to relationships‚ the evolutionary theory revolves around the ability of men and women to
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Evolutionary explanations of aggression Evolutionary psychologists argue that reproductive challenges faced by our ancestors can explain the aggressive behaviour seen in people today. A man can never be certain that he is the father of his wife’s children unless he prevents her having relationships with other men. This can explain why male jealousy is often cited as a cause of domestic violence. In many countries it is seen as acceptable to murder an adulterous wife or her lover e.g. among the Nuer
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Evolutionary Psychology This paper addresses a fundamental limitation in most attempts to apply the findings of evolutionary psychology to the human condition. Most attempts focus on how our biological past constrains and limits our behavioural options (including our cognitive abilities). They generally fail to look at whether these constraints can be overcome in our future evolution. To date‚ evolutionary psychology has not satisfactorily addressed a key question: are we beings forever constrained
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Evolutionary (Darwinian) Medicine “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution” –Theodosius Dobzhansky Proximate vs. Ultimate Questions Biological causation: proximate vs. ultimate explanations Physiology‚ genetics‚ biochemistry‚ etc. generally concentrate on * proximate causation “What” & “How” questions Ultimate causation: How evolutionary processes (natural selection; adaptation) and evolutionary history shape traits “Why” questions Traits have both types
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SOCIAL SCIENCE I SOCIOLOGY IN PHILIPPINE SETTING SOCIETY‚ CULTURE WITH FAMILY PLANNING Why Study Sociology 1. To obtain factual information about our society and different aspects of our social life. 2. Enables us to learn the application of scientific information to daily life and problems. 3. Develop the capacity to see through some of the folk‚ traditional and conventional wisdom our of society. 4. Sociology performs its most important function when superstition and misinformation are replaced
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Cuttlefish Evolutionary History The cuttlefish are an amazingly developed animal species with many specialised traits that make them perfectly suited to most‚ if not all‚ types of underwater environments. This is the animal this presentation will be looking into. Evolution is commonly described as a theory‚ However that is a common misconception‚ all different types of evolution‚ e.g. Darwinism and Lamarckism‚ are actually considered both fact and theory. As palaeontologist Stephen Jay Gould says
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