Evolution, Psychology, and a Conflict Theory of Culture. Evolutionary
... culture as it relates to the control of human behavior in economically advanced societies. This perspective does not require any additional evolvability theory beyond previous work — in particular, Boyd and Richerson’s (1992) article showing that with punishment anything can evolve. The emphasis on ...
... culture as it relates to the control of human behavior in economically advanced societies. This perspective does not require any additional evolvability theory beyond previous work — in particular, Boyd and Richerson’s (1992) article showing that with punishment anything can evolve. The emphasis on ...
Darwin in Mind: New Opportunities for Evolutionary
... an environment of evolutionary adaptedness (EEA)—and are not necessarily adaptive in a contemporary world that has changed radically in recent millennia. From this vantage point, genetic evolution simply could not keep pace fully with the extraordinary rate at which human technology transformed envi ...
... an environment of evolutionary adaptedness (EEA)—and are not necessarily adaptive in a contemporary world that has changed radically in recent millennia. From this vantage point, genetic evolution simply could not keep pace fully with the extraordinary rate at which human technology transformed envi ...
Behavior and the General Evolutionary Process
... predators to detect a mouse against the ground. All phenotypic effects are environmental effects, because they facilitate exploitation of resources, survival, or reproduction. The point becomes clearer if we focus on genetic effects on behavior. Building a better nest alters the environment of the n ...
... predators to detect a mouse against the ground. All phenotypic effects are environmental effects, because they facilitate exploitation of resources, survival, or reproduction. The point becomes clearer if we focus on genetic effects on behavior. Building a better nest alters the environment of the n ...
The Evolution of Behavioral Institutional Complexity
... parts,” as the old cliché puts it. Such an idea can be traced as far back as Aristotle, with many since contributing to it. We shall see below that not all the items on Seth Lloyd’s list might agree with this, particular the many that relate to computational complexity, arguably the sub-category of ...
... parts,” as the old cliché puts it. Such an idea can be traced as far back as Aristotle, with many since contributing to it. We shall see below that not all the items on Seth Lloyd’s list might agree with this, particular the many that relate to computational complexity, arguably the sub-category of ...
Slideshow for Ethics and Responsibility in Business Workshops
... • Ethical code (ethics v principles based) v rules and regulations • Does Kantian responsibility support self-regulation? • Transparency and enforcement of a universal law • Compliance and enforcement • Prisoners’ Dilemma: comply or not comply to a universal law? • Changing ‘global’ nature of doing ...
... • Ethical code (ethics v principles based) v rules and regulations • Does Kantian responsibility support self-regulation? • Transparency and enforcement of a universal law • Compliance and enforcement • Prisoners’ Dilemma: comply or not comply to a universal law? • Changing ‘global’ nature of doing ...
Tribal Social Instincts and the Cultural Evolution of Institutions to
... interactions (Boyd and Richerson 1985). In such environments, information about the costs and benefits of alternative behaviors is costly, or sometimes impossible to acquire. In such environments social learning strategies, which include heuristics like ‘copy the most successful’ or ‘copy the majori ...
... interactions (Boyd and Richerson 1985). In such environments, information about the costs and benefits of alternative behaviors is costly, or sometimes impossible to acquire. In such environments social learning strategies, which include heuristics like ‘copy the most successful’ or ‘copy the majori ...
The Construction of Visual Reality
... construction is done so quickly that we are fooled into thinking that there is no construction at all, that we are simply taking a snapshot of the world as it is. Why does the visual system bother to do all this construction? Why does it not simply take a picture and be done? That would certainly re ...
... construction is done so quickly that we are fooled into thinking that there is no construction at all, that we are simply taking a snapshot of the world as it is. Why does the visual system bother to do all this construction? Why does it not simply take a picture and be done? That would certainly re ...
Darwin`s changing views on evolution: from
... of faunas. C.H. Eigenmann of Indiana University related the rise of the Andes to vicariance in freshwater fishes. Knud Andersen of the British Museum produced vicariance analyses of bats in work that is still widely used. This research programme came to a halt with the First World War and the death ...
... of faunas. C.H. Eigenmann of Indiana University related the rise of the Andes to vicariance in freshwater fishes. Knud Andersen of the British Museum produced vicariance analyses of bats in work that is still widely used. This research programme came to a halt with the First World War and the death ...
Ch3
... 2•2•2=8. To describe the strategies accurately, we must specify a player’s action at each decision node. Scarecrow decides at nodes 1, 3, and 5, so we will label a strategy by listing the action and the node number. For example, to describe Scarecrow choosing N at each node, we write (N1, N3, N5). A ...
... 2•2•2=8. To describe the strategies accurately, we must specify a player’s action at each decision node. Scarecrow decides at nodes 1, 3, and 5, so we will label a strategy by listing the action and the node number. For example, to describe Scarecrow choosing N at each node, we write (N1, N3, N5). A ...
Bolt ModEP7e LG45.153-156
... 4. Explain how psychology’s definition of aggression differs from everyday usage, and describe various biological influences on aggression. In psychology, aggression is any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy. This definition of aggression has a more precise meaning than it does ...
... 4. Explain how psychology’s definition of aggression differs from everyday usage, and describe various biological influences on aggression. In psychology, aggression is any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy. This definition of aggression has a more precise meaning than it does ...