Hrdy Gould Wilson Flashcards
Gaulin & McBurney, 2004
Innate rules necessary to respond to the environment during development
Behaviour is not divided between nature & nurture they work togheter
SSSM Drives a wedge between natural sciences and humaninties
Primate Social behavior in changing world
Gray langur
Infant mortality is 83% at crowded sites
But not this high in less crowded sites
Evolutionary Psychology
Human behaviour explained in terms of fitness
Data about human evolution
Comparing human behavior with that of evolutionary-related species
Heuristic value of evolutionary explanation
Basic Ehtological theory
Konrad Lorenz, Niko Tinbergen, Karl von Frish
Releasers: Specific signals that prompt specific behavior
Fixed action patterns
Innate releasing mechanisms
Motivation & Drive
Learning
Conscious thought & inductive reasoning
Fixed action pattern
Highly stereotyped behavior
species specific
All or none response to releaser
Innate releasing mechanism
Innate neural system
Activated by releaser
Genetically determined & inherited
Motivation and drive
Determines priority of behavior Energetic view of behavior Pyschohydraulic model Vacuum activities Displacement activity
Learning
Conditioning
Imprinting
Cultural learning
Conscious thought & inductive reasoning
Use of tools in animals
Gould
Benadrukt potentionaliteit inplaats van determinisme van menselijk gedrag
Gelijkaardige gedragingen betekent niet causaliteit
Homoloog vs analoog
Sociale gebruiken zijn aangepast maar daarom niet genetisch bepaald