Chapter one Flashcards
What are the two Hypothesis and two W’s of Evolutionary psychology
p.3
What does Buss mean when he says Evolutionary psychology can ‘synthesize’
p.3
Pre Darwin Evolution included…
p.3-4
Lamarck
What did Lamarck do?
P.4
What were the main puzzle pieces to natural selection
p.4-5
What are Darwin main points for the argument for evolution
p. 5-6
- Variation
- Inheritance
- Selection
What is sexual selection
P. 6-7
-Runaway sexual selection?
What are some feature of evolution powered by natural selection
p. 7
Any other causes of evolutionary change?
p.7
Why was Darwin’s theory criticised
p8-9
What is blended inheritance
p 9-10
What is particulates inheritance
p9-10
What is ethology
p-10-11
What are the four whys of behaviour and what fixed action patterns are
p.11
What is classic al fitness/inclusive
p-11-13
Genes eye thinking
? p.11-13
What are the three products of evolution
- Adoption
- By products
- Noise
Define adoptions criteria
p 35-38
What is the environment of evolutionary adaptedness
p35-38
What are the three theories on the origin of species
p34-35
Why is Evolutionary theory the best
P. 34-35
Describe the cognitive revolution
Lacuna
Incorrect assumptions
domain generality
What was Garcia research
p22-27
What research suggested behaviourism was a little inadequate with respect to human behaviour?
p22-27
What and what did Margaret mead do
p25-26
Main points that relate Evolutionary psych and psychology in general
p21-29
Frauds class of instincts
Take from notes
James and instincts, the behaviourist argument
How it is wrong
EP and the cognitive revolution
Toby/commodes
-how were information processing theories similar to the old behaviourism
Milestones in human development
p18-21
Know boxes
Box 1.1
OOA vs MRC
Adoptions don’t require conscious calculations
They tend to work on an unconscious level
Misunderstandings of evolutionary psychology
p16-18
Are most adoptions optimally designed, explain
NO
-Malaria
Wilson and sociobiology
p15-16
Who is Trivers
p15
What is reciprocal altruism
p15
By far the most influential critics of EP and socio-biology have been leftists, explain
Feminist too
From notes
What is the group selection idea
p13-15
What is Williams contributions to E theory
p13-15
Why do some see group selection as highly suspect as a motor force in evolution
Think of the selfless unsuicidal guy vs the one who porks out
What are the conditions that regard a true adaptation stats
-reliability
-efficiency
-economy
p13-15
Clarification of adoption
p 13-15
