Chapter 2 (2nd sem)

"process whereby most members of a species that survive and reporduce most effectively are the ones that pass along their genes to future generations."

What am I defining?

• psyche

• evolution

• natural selection

• nature

select the two ways to prolong life

• survival

• reproduction

• interpersonal relations

• communication

why did the human braine evolve?

• to enable humans to have rich, comples social lives

• to enable humans to communicate better

• to enable humans to capitalize on culture

• to enable humans to function well in complex social structures

select ALL types of challenges within the social life that are cruicial for survival

• individual competition

• challenges in nature

• survival

• natural selection

"the view that evolution shaped the human psyche so as to enable humans to create and take part in culture"

what theory am I talking about?

• cultural animal theory

• natural selection theory

• social animals theory

• cultural theory

"humans find meaning through connecting with others and people act the way they do and change their behaviour based on the info they get from culture"

which feature of culture am I explaining?

• shared ideas

• culture as a social system

• culture as praxis

• culture, information, and meaning

select ALL traits of cultural animals

• work together

• learn things from one another

• use extensive divisions of labour

• may help kin

"the part of the mind that performs complex operations and is characterised as slow and effortful"

what am I describing?

• deliberate system

• autonomic system

"Deliberate system overrides the automatic impulse. Therefore you restrain yourself."

what concept am I describing

• conscious ovverride

• cultural animal theory

• work together

• culture

Which challenge of social life does this describe:

"this is in dealing with challenges in the environment, such as making a fire. This is the biggest challenge."

• me vs you

• me vs nature

• us vs nature

• us vs them