SOCI 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mate Choice
4 Jul 2016
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Life long process by which we learn our culture, develop our personalities and ideally become functioning members of society. Socialization is the process by which you become you. Nature vs. nuture debate is overly simplistic but is an interesting way to begin our analysis. Nature assumes a biological basis for social behaviour. Edward o. wilsons researches behaviour of ants (evolutionary psychology) Ants are born with their knowledge needed for life. The most important act for evolutionary success is to leave viable offspring. Anything that increases you offspring"s ability to survive is considered a selective advantage. This approach studies process of how natural selection shares the human mind (time article {august 15, 1994} our cheating hearts ) a black and white article. Women are more selective in their mate choice and like to select a mate best for their offspring. Male: fear of partner being impregnated by another make = greatest evolutionary threat.
