Lecture: #18 (Flourishing in our alien, industrial environment)

Question 1

THIS ONE YOU ALWAYS FORGET THE NAME OF

the environment that that population is adapted to ….

Answer 1

Environment of evolutionary adaptedness (EEA)

For us our EEA is the hunter-gatherer world | Today’s environment is alien relative to our EEA.

Question 2

Culture

Answer 2

Transmission of information by extracellular means (teaching and learning)

Question 3

Biological

Answer 3

Transmission of information by biological means

Question 4

Instincts

Answer 4

Behaviors that do not require environmental input for their development. Instincts are present in all individuals in a population and do not vary much from one individual to another or over an individual’s life span; also known as innate behaviors

The degree to which behavior depends on the environment for expression varies greatly

Question 5

The Fundamental Reproductive Equation

Answer 5

Sex = pregnancy = babies = maternal child care often = Loss of female economic power = Loss of female political power

Question 6

prepared learning

Answer 6

Behaviors that are learned easily by all, or nearly all, individuals of a species