PSY BEH 104S Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Naturalistic Fallacy, Sexual Selection, Pleistocene
14 Dec 2016
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Applies logic of darwinism natural selection to understand human mating behavior . Some things to keep in mind about the evolutionary perspective: historically controversial. Nature vs nurture, genes vs culture: evolution not goal directed no leap from is to ought. Naturalistic fallacy: adaption to pleistocene era pressures, not necessarily conscious/explicit but affective/implicit, difficult to test, best evidence is cross-cultural consistency *** One controversy: accused of explaining and even excusing the patriarchal status quo, accused of explaining, even excusing the patriarchal status quo. Makes arguments for the adaptiveness of certain inequalities/injustices: emphasizes the need for you to be an intelligent, critical consumer of research. Natural selection: characteristics will be selected for that improve organism"s chances of survival. Sexual selection: characteristics will be selected for that improve organism"s chances of reproductive success. Darwin focused on natural selection, but later research suggests that.
