PSYC14H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Pluralistic Ignorance, Main Plot, Advantageous
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Chapter 3: cultural evolution: people are socialized differently across cultures; they learn different norms and customs, these norms and customs have, and continue to, change over time, ex. Manners of the aristocracy in western europe started to be used to govern the behaviour of the lower classes in addition to the upper classes. Ecological and geographical variation: physical environments can affect culture directly and indirectly, direct effects ex. In hawaii, the(cid:396)e a(cid:396)e (cid:374)o la(cid:396)ge i(cid:374)dige(cid:374)ous (cid:373)a(cid:373)(cid:373)als a(cid:374)d thus the(cid:396)e a(cid:396)e(cid:374)"t a(cid:374)y hu(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g traditions, compared to north american settlements. Living in harsh conditions encourages masculinity to help secure a living. Small differences can have large effects: proximal causes: causes that have direct and immediate relations with their effects, ex. Europeans had more advanced weapons and technology that allowed them to: distal causes: initial differences that lead to effects over long periods of time and often through indirect relations, ex.
