PSYB01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Wisdom, Paternal Care, Exaptation
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Personality = reflects our individual variation basic evolved design. Each of us are unique take & unique experience. Nature has been shaped by evolutionary forces any theory must be consistent with evolutionary theory if it isn"t its wrong. Process think of personality as part of evolutionary process. Variation darwin organism manifest differences/variations, we come into world equipped with differences some tall/short, some smart, some athletic, better eyesight. Inheritance some designs are inheritable, some aren"t (scares u get at work, scares die with person) Evolutionary processes: natural selection 1st process of evolution. Evolution of adaptive characteristics because of survival benefits. Ex: giraffe long neck was selected form because it benefited giraffe = species typical universal to species. Giraffe with longer necks got food, shorter ones didn"t so their heritable material didn"t get passed on. Evolutionary processes: sexual selection darwin"s 2nd selection as evolutionary process. Evolution of a daptive characteristics because of reproductive befits.
