Lecture: #18 (Flourishing in our alien, industrial environment) Flashcards
THIS ONE YOU ALWAYS FORGET THE NAME OF
the environment that that population is adapted to ….
Environment of evolutionary adaptedness (EEA)
For us our EEA is the hunter-gatherer world | Today’s environment is alien relative to our EEA.
Culture
Transmission of information by extracellular means (teaching and learning)
Biological
Transmission of information by biological means
Instincts
Behaviors that do not require environmental input for their development. Instincts are present in all individuals in a population and do not vary much from one individual to another or over an individual’s life span; also known as innate behaviors
The degree to which behavior depends on the environment for expression varies greatly
The Fundamental Reproductive Equation
Sex = pregnancy = babies = maternal child care often = Loss of female economic power = Loss of female political power
prepared learning
Behaviors that are learned easily by all, or nearly all, individuals of a species