Lecture: #18 (Flourishing in our alien, industrial environment) Flashcards

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THIS ONE YOU ALWAYS FORGET THE NAME OF

the environment that that population is adapted to ….

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Environment of evolutionary adaptedness (EEA)

For us our EEA is the hunter-gatherer world | Today’s environment is alien relative to our EEA.

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Culture

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Transmission of information by extracellular means (teaching and learning)

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Biological

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Transmission of information by biological means

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Instincts

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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

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The Fundamental Reproductive Equation

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Sex = pregnancy = babies = maternal child care often = Loss of female economic power = Loss of female political power

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prepared learning

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Behaviors that are learned easily by all, or nearly all, individuals of a species

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