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P8 Evolutionary perspectives on personality
Discuss the evolutionary…
P8 Evolutionary perspectives on personality
Discuss the evolutionary psychology approach to individual differences. Give examples from important empirical studies.
About the evolutionary psychological perspective and human nature: Explain how evolutionary psychology can explain general human needs, emotions and behavioral tendencies.
2 KEY FORCES (?) 1) SURVIVAL, 2) REPRODUCTION
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Critical limitations of evolutionary psychology
- lack of precise knowledge about the environments in which humans evolved and the selection pressures our ancestors faced
- limited knowledge about the nature, details and workings of evolved mechanisms, including the features that trigger their activation and the manifest behaviour that they produce as output