1. Do Now
What role does natural selection play in genetics?

2. Unit 3C : Genetics, Evolutionary Psych, & Behavior
Evolutionary Psychology #s 4-6

3. Natural Selection & Adaptation
Evolutionary Psychology
Natural selection
Traits are passed on for survival and reproductive purposes
EX: seeing at dark helped one live so those that could see in the dark made babies
Mutation
EX: mutants in X-Men
Adaptation
Changing to the needs of the environment
Fitness
Our ability to survive and reproduce

4. Evolutionary Success
Behaviors that contribute to survival are found throughout cultures
Genetic traits which helped our ancestors survive may harm us today
The Second Darwinian Revolutionary
Takes evolutionary principles and applies them to psychology

5. Evolutionary Explanation of Sexual Behavior
Studies suggest that men have a stronger tendency towards sex
Gender Differences when it comes to mating
Male preferences
Women who look healthy
Have waist 1/3 smaller than hips
Women who are fertility peak
Typically younger
Female preferences
Men who are mature, dominate, affluent
Thus a little older

6. Critiques of Evolutionary Psych
Backwards theorizing
Start with the effect and work backward to explain
Fails to account for social influences
Gives little responsibilities for their sexual behavior

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