CHAPTER 2

Question 1

Evolution

Answer 1

• How species have evolved
• nature of emotions

Question 2

Darwin evolution processes

Answer 2

1. Superabundance= produce more offspring
2. Variation= each one differs & differences are passed on
3. Selection= charact. that allow better adaptation are passed on

Question 3

Selection Pressures

Answer 3

• whether ppl survive & reproduce
• Intersexual competition
• Intrasexual competition
• female> investment
• male> stats
• fitness = surviving & reproducing successfully

Question 4

Adaptation

Answer 4

respond effectively and efficiently to selection pressures

Question 5

Gene Replication

Answer 5

• DNA > mRNA > proteins
• are part of our emotional responses
• genes pass themselves on

Question 6

Epigenetics

Answer 6

Genes + environment = emotional responses

Question 7

zoology

Answer 7

• primate relatives 95% DNA same
• Attachment

Question 8

zoology

Answer 8

• primate relatives 95% DNA same
• Attachment
• Hierarches
• Affiliation
• In & Out groups

Question 9

Symbolic Representation & language

Answer 9

• Language
• 200.000 years ago
• Words, syntax, semantics

Question 10

Dunbar’s hypothesis

Answer 10

emotionally intimate activity of grooming > replaced w/ conversations

Question 11

Joint goals

Answer 11

• ability to Cooperate

Question 12

Collective group goals

Answer 12

• 2nd face
• applied to whole groups
• morality & culture

Question 13

Bowlby Attatchment

Answer 13

• form of imprinting
• secure base, dynamic that continues throughout life
• important for emotional development
  as important as nutrition is for physical

Question 14

Preference for in-groups

Answer 14

• hatred against outgroups leads to dehumanization
• individual & selfish behavior