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Genetics
Genes
Evolutionary Psychology
Selection
Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology
Major tenets
humans and
non-humans
You cannot experiment and those in this field begin with the
effect and work backwards to come up with an explanation
Evolutionary psychology does not take current socio-cultural
factors into account when constructing explanations nor does
it emphasize the fact that much of who we are is not hardwired
Over emphasizes gender differences and downplays contrary
evidence
Criticisms of Evolutionary
Psychology
The
Nature-Nurture
Debates
Extreme biological position
Heritability
A statistical estimate of the percentage of the
variability of a trait within a group that is
attributable to genetic factors. (Note: the
percentage depends on the environment)
Heritability
O
100 % down
to
environment
Intelligence (50%)
Height (90%)
1
100 %
down to
genes
Heritability means
Identical Twins
Adoption Studies
Jim twins
Similarities:
Gender:sexuality
A Great Divide?
In
the area
_________________
men and
How
AreofMen
and Women, Different?
women report different attitudes and behaviors,
with men, in general, expressing more interest in
sex.
Physical aggression
In the area of _____________________, men
generally are more physically aggressive
compared to women.
In the area of _____________________
Cognitive Abilities
, males tend
to do better on tests of math and spatial abilities
and females typically score higher on tests of
verbal skills.
Gender: A Great
Divide?
puberty.
Why Do These
Differences Between
Environmental
Perspectives
Malesand
and females
have different
Men
Women
Exist?life experiences
Gender Schemas
Origins of Homosexuality
A survey of gay men and their twins and adopted brothers found
that 52 percent of the identical twins were gay, while only 22
percent of fraternal twins and 11 percent of adoptive brothers
were gay.
Sexual Orientation
Bems developmental theory of
Daryl Bems Developmental Theory
homosexuality states that genes
determine childhood behaviors
that later affect adolescents
attraction to either the same sex
or the other sex.
Other theorists view sexual
orientation as developing from
both nature and nurture.