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Introduction to psychology
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Jade Wilson Psychology Assignment 1 Describe the evolutionary psychology approach to explaining human behaviour and motivation. Evolutionary psychology is based on the discoveries of Charles Darwin (1809-82) and on his theory of evolution. It is based on three crucial principles: * How the environment changes and makes new demands on us, * How humans change through reproduction, * Humans who possess most adaptive genes are more likely to survive and reproduce. Darwin believed that if we are well adapted to our environment we are more likely to reproduce and are "fit to survive". Humans are born with certain social behavioural traits that are naturally selected to ensure our survival as babies. We are born being able to communicate by crying to let our mother know we need to be fed, changed etc. We are also born looking 'cute'. This is to help our mother get attached to us and make the bonding process easier. This again is...
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