ANTH 7 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Standard Social Science Model, The Blank Slate, Tabula Rasa
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Lecture ppt 1: introduction overview snake spider . Blank slate (standard social science model) vs. specialized mechanism: blank slate view- john locke, the mind is a blank slate learning system written on by the hand of experience. It comes pre-equipped with an organization built by evolution. Implemented as a recognition system based on invariant cues: structured learning process: this is an embodied strategy, social but not blank slate, learning by instinct; innate structure activated. Innate idea implemented as a recognition system based on invariant cues. Summon help: fear induced changes, goals and motivational weights change, safety becomes the priority over hunter, start to hear better and perceive more, heart rate speeds up. 2 components of evolutionary change: chance and natural selection. Environmental inputs + brain mechanism behavioral outputs: the environmental input causes the output, behavior is not just environmentally determined though. The same input does not always generate the same output.
