-
Describe the key features of
evolution by natural selection.
-
Define and provide an example of an
adaptation.
-
Describe the key features of
evolution by sexual selection. Differentiate between intrasexual
competition and intersexual competition. Provide examples of each of
these two types of sexual selection.
-
Discuss the concept of “differential
gene reproduction.”
-
Describe “inclusive fitness theory.
-
Discuss and provide examples of the
three key products of the evolutionary process—adaptations,
by-products of adaptations, and noise or random variation.
-
Identify and discuss the three key
premises of evolutionary psychology.
-
Discuss the different levels of
evolutionary analysis, differentiating between general evolutionary
theory, middle-level theories, and specific hypotheses and
predictions.
-
Differentiate between deductive
reasoning and inductive reasoning, and discuss how modern
evolutionary scientists use each strategy.
-
Discuss how evolutionary
psychologists approach the human nature level of analysis. Include
in your discussion brief reviews of theory and research on the need
to belong, helping and altruism, and universal emotions.
-
Discuss how evolutionary
psychologists approach the sex difference level of analysis. Include
in your discussion brief reviews of theory and research on sex
differences in aggression, jealousy, the desire for sexual variety,
and mate preferences.
-
Discuss how evolutionary
psychologists approach the individual differences level of analysis.
Include in your discussion a review of the three primary strategies
for addressing individual differences: Environmental triggers of
individual differences, adaptive self-assessment of heritable
individual differences, and frequency-dependent strategic individual
differences.
-
Identify and discuss the key
limitations of evolutionary perspectives on personality.