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PSYC 110 - Lecture 10 - Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Evolution and Rationality
Lecture 10 - Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Evolution and Rationality
Overview
This lecture introduces students to the study of psychology from an evolutionary perspective, the idea that like the body, natural selection has shaped the development of the human mind. Prominent arguments for and against the theory of natural selection and its relationship to human psychology are reviewed. Students will hear several examples of how studying mental phenomenon from an evolutionary perspective can help constrain theories in psychology as well as explain many prevalent human instincts that underlie many of our most basic behaviors and decisions.
Resources
Due to copyright restrictions, certain content has been removed from the PowerPoint slides.
Assignment
Gray, Peter. Psychology (5th edition), pp. 61-68, 345-351
Pinker, Steven. "How the Mind Works." In The Norton Psychology Reader. Edited by Gary Marcus. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006. pp. 39-44
Lecture Chapters
- The Modern Biological Account of the Origin of Psychological Phenomena [0]
- Avoiding Misconceptions When Applying Evolutionary Theory to Psychology [815]
- Claims against the Evolutionary Psychology [1359]
- Ways in Which Evolution Helps Describe the Mind [1602]
- Heuristics: Framing Effects, Base Rates, Availability Bias and Confirmation Bias [2388]
Lecture Chapters
- The Modern Biological Account of the Origin of Psychological Phenomena [0]
- Avoiding Misconceptions When Applying Evolutionary Theory to Psychology [815]
- Claims against the Evolutionary Psychology [1359]
- Ways in Which Evolution Helps Describe the Mind [1602]
- Heuristics: Framing Effects, Base Rates, Availability Bias and Confirmation Bias [2388]