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Describe the evolutionary perspective in social psychology. Where does it look for the causes of social behavior? What is natural selection? What are adaptations? How are these important to the evolutionary perspective?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
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Answer: The evolutionary perspective is a theoretical viewpoint in social psychology that searches for the causes of social behavior in the physical and psychological predispositions that helped our ancestors survive and reproduce. Natural selection is the process by which characteristics that help animals survive and reproduce are passed on to their offspring. An adaptation is a characteristic that is well designed for survival and reproduction in a particular environment. Natural selection may be considered the driving force behind evolution (what makes evolution happen), and adaptations are the products of natural selection: they are essentially our evolutionary legacy.

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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