Describe and Evaluate the Evolutionary perspective of Psychology Jemma de Jonge IB Evolutionary psychology is an attempt to explain parts of human behaviour- such as perception‚ personality and language. It is an attempt to draw a valid conclusion by with logical connections from human behaviour to science. It is a basic attempt to explain why and how humans got to the way that they are today. A very famous English naturalist Charles Darwin put forth the idea of natural selection and adaptation
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interprets the theory of unilineal evolution as a hierarchy of evolutionary development. This evolutionary hierarchy begins at the stage of “savagery” then progresses to the stage of “barbarism” and finishes progressing at the stage of “civilization”. (Theorists 23) The concept of an evolutionary hierarchy is similar to the “linear” progression model used by Edward Tylor and other social evolutionists. However‚ Morgan subdivided the evolutionary stages of savagery and barbarism into upper‚ middle‚ and
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by Nigel Nicholson‚ is a very interesting read. The author talked about evolutionary psychology and how it affects the thinking and feeling as well the social living of human beings. It says that evolutionary psychology "offers a theory of how the human mind came to be constructed and that mind is hardwired in ways that govern most human behavior to this day". Human behavior is the way it is today according to evolutionary psychology because the same survival mentality of man’s Stone Age ancestors
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The evolutionary explanation of gender difference Evolutionary means organism developing from an earlier form in order to survive in their environment. Parental investment theory Trivlers put forward that women have to be choosy about the partner they choose because they are stuck with the child for much longer than the male is required for reproduction. This is meant to explain why men are so assertive and aggressive because it is best for him to have sex with lots of people; for a women
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Sexual selection was an idea proposed by Darwin and refers to the process in which males and females attempt to maximize their chances of reproductive success. Within a species there are certain characteristics that make individuals attractive to potential mates. An example of this is in peacocks‚ female peacocks are attracted to males with long brightly colored tails‚ even though this makes them easier to be spotted by predators. This characteristic then evolves within the species due to how males
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2013‚ Section 3 Prepared By Md Abdulla Al Mamun Fahim ID: 102 0366 030 Mahidur Rahman Khan ID: 102 0625 030 Md Nurul Azim Rifat ID: 101 0847 030 Tahsin Shahab Uddin ID: 101 0692 030 Prepared for Dr. S.M. Mostafa Kamal Khan Department of Biology and Microbiology North South University Date of Submission: 20th August‚ 2013 Sl | Topic | Page | 1 | Introduction | 2 | 2 | Description | | | 2.1 Impact on Air | 3 | | 2.2 Impact on Water | 3 | | 2.3 Impact on Soil Pollution | 5 |
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Aggression and Violent Behavior 18 (2013) 605–610 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Aggression and Violent Behavior Ethical‚ legal and social issues surrounding research on genetic contributions to anti-social behavior Colleen M. Berryessa‚ Nicole A. Martinez-Martin‚ Megan A. Allyse ⁎ Stanford University‚ Center for Biomedical Ethics‚ United States a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Received 26 March 2013 Received in revised form 27 June 2013
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Chapter 3 Adaptive radiation: it’s a cluster of closely related species that are each adaptively specialized to a specific habitat or food source. Adaptive zone: it’s the part of a habitat that can be occupied by a group of species that use the same resources in a similar way. Chapter 18 Explain the three modes of speciation (that make them become reproductively isolated). 1. Allopatric speciation: it’s the most common mode of speciation in large animals‚ and it occurs in two stages. First‚
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about genetics‚ also referred to as heredity. Then I will speak on hormones. Also in this essay I will discuss the endocrine system‚ identification of hormones and the glands responsible for secreting them‚ and genetics‚ behavior genetics‚ and evolutionary psychology. Hereditary To compare heredity effect on behavior you have to start with the old question is it nature or nurture? The importance of nature versus nature is simply your belief of the way a person was raised determines
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Understanding Evolution: A Simple and Easy Illustration by Adam Chandler on Saturday‚ June 23‚ 2012 at 5:54am Many people don’t understand what evolution is‚ and how it happens. Therefore‚ some of them might reject it based on not knowing what it is‚ or based on a wrong understanding of it. Because of that‚ I find it my duty to make an easy to understand illustration of evolution‚ as I believe I understand it well. I’ll try to make this illustration as easy as possible‚ and in many places‚ oversimplified
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