PSY 4130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: White Supremacy, Comparative Psychology, Developmental Psychology
23 Oct 2018
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Argues that the development of all aspects of the world is evolutionary. Applying the theory of evolution to human nature and societies. Human perfection is inevitable as long as there is no government intervention/ regulation. Idea that people and organizations should be left to develop in their own way. Any assistance will interfere with natural evolutionary processes. You shouldn"t help groups that will weaken societies. Let them parish and it is better for everyone. Synthetic philosophy- knowledge and experience can be explained with evolutionary principles. Book on the origin of species by the means of natural selection. Was reluctant to publish his work until someone else was coming with similar ideas. There are variations amongst individuals in a species. The individual difference is spontaneous, and natural selection is giving characteristics to make you survive your environment. Experimentally, the ground was laid for the founding of psychology as an experimental science.
