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, Evolutionary Psychology -


Lectures IVV van
Night) & book (Buss 2024),




(1 + C1


mind works
evolutionary psychology using ero
theory
to understand why & how the
=
.




the evolution of traits ( pre-darwanian)
= >
-




wrong of....
-

Lamark ( -1800) +
. 3 key points :




1
. Inheritance of acquired characteristics (eg gym muscles pass on

. the
2 use& disuse of traits

. the
3 come-back kid

Cuvier( -1800) catastrophism
·


- +

.




-Creatonism (gods]
-
> no scientific evidence for this
-
Seeding theory Caliens
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Darwin (1809-1882) :
Natural Selection

wrote The
Origin of Species in 1852
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-


his theory started with adaptive radation ('same' birds have different finces for eating different type of foods
Survival of the fittest Jaka the most adapted)
=
Natural selection 3 .

key elements keep in mind that NS never intentional is ; there can be


.
1 Variation within species period of punctuated equilibruum( long =
time no
changes and then


.
2 inheritance of traits suddenly
.
3 selection I differential reproductive success


↳ there's variation in traits that causes better resources . These survive and those traits are inherited. Over
generations al


individuals will have this trait




social brain hypothesis Crelation between
group
&
size neocortex ratio I sine of frontal lobe)
-


increased brain size bc of ecological technological
, ,
social & cultural factors



2
sexual selection ( = certain trait causes higher mating ratel .




types
mate
.
1 Inter-sexual competition :
traits passed on be it's
good for attracting the opposite sex
leg peacock feathers)( =
preferential Choice!


.
2 Intra-sexual competition : traits passed on be its good for winning same sex competitions for mates (eg . antlers of deers)

sexual selection than 1 runaway selection)
happens way faster NS =

, Mendel gene variation
:
1- a mechanism for evo .

1953 DNA
discovery/particulate gene inheritance
:




1.
mixing parental genes through sex


C . recombination of genes (- double helix) >




. random mutations
3
I within a population this is called a
genetic drift



founder effects =
when a small portion establishes a new
colony

genetic bottlenecks :
when a population suddenly shrinks leg . be of a catasrophe)

He showed that inheritance particulate , be
·




was not blended of dominate
genes

-gene-smallest discrete unit that's inherited by offspring intact

all genes in
genotype individual
-

=
a




Modern Synthesis
=
Movement in 1930's that discarted misconceptions in biology


Lorenz (1965)
:

ethology
the
study of the proximate mechanisms and adaptive value of animal behaviour Interested in immediate & developmental
=




influences on- , functions and orgins of behaviour




Hamilton (1960's) : inclusive fitness theory
NS favors traits that to pass with direct offspring
-




cause on even no
genes ,




inclusive fietsstee
-individualiown reproductie succestowninfunconSuccess
=




22 + C10203


Behaviour =
DNA + environment +
learning
>
-


Genetic determinim :
behaviour-genes >
-




wrong of




just be
something is
evolutionary doesn't mean we can't change it !



biological innate/mechanism (adaptions through NS)
-




Leg .

language capacity , desire for food

culturally acquired
-




leg speaking
. mandarin , liking pinzal

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