Evolutionsry Influence

Question 1

What is the statement

Answer 1

One assumption of the biological approach is that behaviour is determined by evolutionary influences

Question 2

Explain

Answer 2

The change of physical and behavioural characteristics overtime adapt to the demands of the environment
The theory of evolution is an explanation of how this happened through the process of natural selection.
This is the idea that any genetically determined behaviour that enhances an individual’s chance of survival and reproduction will be passed on and natural selection takes part at the level of genes

Question 3

Example

Answer 3

An example in psychology is biological preparedness
Evolutionary psychology suggests Certain fears are adaptive behaviours that helped ancestors survive.Seligman proposed t the concept of biological preparedness as an inherited predisposition to fear some animals like snakes this is an example of evolution for survival