Describe the evolutionary perspective in social psychology. Where ...

[lracut11]

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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Question 2

Many paraplegics who have had their spinal cords transected can experience orgasms.
 
  a. True
  b. False

[eliasc0401]

Answer to Question 1

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.

Answer to Question 2

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[lracut11]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[bulacsom]

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