Intro Flashcards
is social learning theory empiricist qualitative?
empiricist
is constructivisim empiricist qualitative?
qualitative
who critiqued the standard social science model
tooby and cosmides
straw man…
why is evolution a mathematical inevitability?
-Random variation
Recombination in gametosis
Sexual reproduction
Mutation
-Systematic selection
Natural selection
Sexual selection
how does fixation occur? e.g. in a girraffe?
- selection for length of neck
- stabilizing selection
means can’t get ridic long
what is a proximal cause?
A proximate cause is an event which is closest to, or immediately responsible for causing, something.
what is a ultimate cause?
usually thought of as the “real” reason something occurred.
what is the difference between phylogenetic vs ontogenetic
Ontogeny is about the development of an individual. Phylogeny is about the evolutionary history of a population, and how it is related to others.
what 4 things to critics assert?
biological determinism
- the naturalistic fallacy
- over-reliance on -Western gender roles
- ‘defaulting to biology’
what is the naturalistic fallacy
when the conclusion expresses what ought to be, based only on actually what is more natural.
what is biological determinsim
all human nature is innate
what are the theoretical approaches to social psychology?
Social learning and constructivism
Cognitive constraints and models
Evolutionary (Social) Psychology
how is social psychology investigated?
- lab experiements
- observations
- questionnaires
- interviews and focus groups
define quantitative
sing numeric data and inferential statistics to test hypotheses
what do experiments do?
Experiments manipulate an element of a situation and observe the outcome
