Task 4 Darwins biggest problem Flashcards

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Altruism

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where behaviour effects the reproductive success of the actor negatively but positively for the recipient

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Extinction of Altruism

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altruist going to extinct because they are disadvantaged as individual relative to their competitors within their group

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Mutual-benefit behaviour

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Where a behaviour affect the reproductive success of the recipient and the actor in a positive way

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Cheating

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profits from the work of others while he/she lays back

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By-product benefit

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benefits to other arise simply as side effect of the benefits of the actor

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Direct reciprocity

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Individual A helps individual B in some way and individual B returns the help at a later time
o Formula: c< wb where c is the cost of for the actor, b is the benefit of the recipient and w is the probability of the recipient of reciprocating in the future

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Indirect reciprocity

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it might be advantageous to help people who we have seen helping others.
o More about the reputation
o Formula: C< qb where q is the probability of having right information about the helping behaviour of a person

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Kin selection within individuals

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E.g. cancer, caused by mutations that lead so less correlation factors and having their own interests (favour their own expansion rather than the bodies fitness)

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Ultimate explanations

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concerned with why behaviour exists (why is the trait favourable)
o Concerned with the !fitness! consequences of a trait whether it is (or is not) selected

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Proximate explanation

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How does behaviour works (behaviour generators)
o Concerned with the mechanisms that underlie these traits or behaviour
o Reason could be for example the avoidance of guilt

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Proximate and Ultimate explanation

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• They are distinct from each other and complementary but you should consider both
• If we wish to offer an ultimate explanation for the existence of some trait, we must make a reference to how that trait contributes to inclusive fitness
• Often proximate mechanisms are used to address issues of ultimate explanations
o E.g. evolution of cooperation explained by proximate mechanisms  not suitable
• Because proximate explanations are usually what research is after  question of ultimate functionality often not raised
• Because some terms have two different meanings at different levels (e.g. altruism as behaviour & psychological state)
• Because intentional language fosters confusion (intentional language)

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Observed by others

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• If we are observed by another person we are more likely to act altruistic (Article)
o They had conditions with sound and eye like screens on a pc to generate a feeling of observation. In the non-silent/eye condition participants gave the most money away

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Influence of environment

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the decision making processed is influenced by many factors arising from our environment

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Evolutionary stable strategy

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a behavioural policy that, once common in a population, cannot be completed by any other behavioural strategy (Selfishness is such an ESS)

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Levels of selection debate

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From whom should we expect adaptions to be optimized: the organism, the group the population, or the species?

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Group selection

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behaviours might exists because they benefit the group

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Kin selection

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the extent to which it would be adaptive for individuals to invest in the copies of their genome that are inside bodies other than her own

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Hamilton rule

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Formula: c < rb where c is the reduction in the actors reproductive success, b is the increase in the recipients reproductive success, and r is the coefficient of relatedness

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Inclusive fitness

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is the number of offspring equivalents that an individual rears, rescues or otherwise supports through its behaviour (regardless of who begets them)

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Alloparenting

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Supporting siblings or later offspring of parents rather than reproducing by themselves

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Cooperation

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Behaviour that results in benefits for others than the actor

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Eusociality

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o Overlapping generations: means that multiple generations live together, and that older offspring might help newer one
o Cooperative brood care: when other individuals than the parents care about the offspring
o Philopatry: When individuals remain in their birthplace
o Reproductive altruism: when some individuals give up their own reproductive success to increase the one of others

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Indirect fitness

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Investing in your relatives (e.g. children of your sister)

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Direct fitness

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About your own bloodline

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Frequency of a trait
The frequency of a trait in a population does not only depend on personal fitness, it depends on indirect fitness for other members of the population as well
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Strong reciprocity
acting altruistic even though there is no clear benefit for the actor
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Parochial altruism
: altruism within group o Altruism would’ve facilitated the coordination of raiding/ ambushing in wars while parochialism fuelled the antipathy toward outsiders  winning group increases reproductive fitness overcoming the disadvantage o The more parochialists the higher the chances of winning of a group o Parochialism and altruism combined makes sense
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tit for tat
o Cooperating in first round o After that, always copying what other person does o “Nice” strategy because it never defects first o Can never win, just lose or tie, depending on whether opponent defects in last round
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Generous tit for tat
o The opponent defects twice than you defect as well before you cooperate o Can lose if people learn about strategy and take advantage of it
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Win-stay/lose-shift
o Sticking with current strategy until losing, then shifting strategy o Most successful