USC Social Psychology (MWF 1:30-2:30 class)

[annaktyl]

WHAT IS EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY??

Evolutionary Psychology is an open-access peer-reviewed journal that aims to foster communication between experimental and theoretical work on the one hand and historical, conceptual and interdisciplinary writings across the whole range of the biological and human sciences on the other.

>>Evolutionary Psychology

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[jasminesebache]

Next question for 10 points. Why is Evolutionary Psychology important in the study of human behavior?

sir, i still want to answer though late lang kaayu. .

Evolutionary Psychology is important in the study of human behavior beacause with the help of Evolutionary Psych, we can, in a way, control a behavoior of human because in the process, we can now easily predict a humans behavoir. For short, it helps us study and answer all the mysteries about why human behave in that particular way. .

Evolutionary Psychology- The study of the psychological adaptations of humans to the changing physical and social environment, especially of changes in brain structure, cognitive mechanisms, and behavioral differences among individuals.

Source: Ask.com meaning of Evolutionary psych.
the rest, .my own understanding

[josheene_cavero]

sir, gud day! just a follow-up about the top20 students. .
am i one of the top20 sir?? just so you know, im one of the first students to register. .
jasmine sebache here!

with regards to the first question sir. . ,
Genes, culture and gender are under social influence because as what the meaning says, Social influence occurs when an individual's thoughts or actions are affected by other people. so, these three important factors come into play, the genes, culture and gender.

People have different types of genetic combinations wich means, everyone has its own way of attitude (human nature) and that includes how you influence others or even yourself. This type of influence is biologically based influence.

Culture seems to be present around the world. People live with cultures everyday and that makes up mostly in their everyday living. cultures are enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes and traditions shared by a large group of people and TRANSMITTED FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT. It simple means that every generation is to be taught to learn a culture and that is due the influence of a parent for example or any close to you. In that way, you have been influenced.

And lastly, gender. Females and males have emerged from the ideas that one is superior and the other is inferior. But it cant be avoided for others to still think that way. One factor of this is the influence of gender roles the society. This also involves culture. Example, With a society whose population is mostly feminist, one can't deny that s/he is not ,in a way, influenced on how s/he treats a person especially a female. .

Source: wikipedea and social psych book: meaning of social psych and culture
the rest, my own understanding

na answeran na nmu tnan bunchin

[glazzer91]

Next question. Name the great psychologist who was influenced by Charles Darwin and what was his school of thought in Psychology? I need 5 students to answer this!

This is good for 2 points!

As what I've read...the great psychologist who was influence by Charles Darwin is William James, the first American psychologist. William James school of thought is all about functionalism,to emphasize the study of “function” in the sense of what good was some trait — how did it function — in the struggle for survival that was natural selection. Its emphasis on the individual's adaptation to the environment helped establish the "functional" view of the mind and of human behavior.
James opposed the structuralism focus on introspection and breaking down mental events to the smallest elements. Instead, James focused on the wholeness of an event, taking into the impact of the environment on behavior.
Subversion of science: how psychology lost [Charles] Darwin

[glazzer91]

Next question. Name the great psychologist who was influenced by Charles Darwin and what was his school of thought in Psychology? I need 5 students to answer this!

This is good for 2 points!

As what I've read...the great psychologist who was influence by Charles Darwin is William James, the first American psychologist. William James school of thought is all about functionalism,to emphasize the study of “function” in the sense of what good was some trait — how did it function — in the struggle for survival that was natural selection. Its emphasis on the individual's adaptation to the environment helped establish the "functional" view of the mind and of human behavior.
James opposed the structuralism focus on introspection and breaking down mental events to the smallest elements. Instead, James focused on the wholeness of an event, taking into the impact of the environment on behavior.
source:
Institute for Historical Review

[GONZALEZ_jeza]

As what I've read...the great psychologist who was influence by Charles Darwin is William James, the first American psychologist. William James school of thought is all about functionalism,to emphasize the study of “function” in the sense of what good was some trait — how did it function — in the struggle for survival that was natural selection. Its emphasis on the individual's adaptation to the environment helped establish the "functional" view of the mind and of human behavior.
James opposed the structuralism focus on introspection and breaking down mental events to the smallest elements. Instead, James focused on the wholeness of an event, taking into the impact of the environment on behavior.
Subversion of science: how psychology lost [Charles] Darwin

manghud! 1st 3 students mani!! mana n xa..na answer na ni ug 3 students gabie n sir.. other questions nlng manhud..

[Yu-jin]

manghud! 1st 3 students mani!! mana n xa..na answer na ni ug 3 students gabie n sir.. other questions nlng manhud..

lol don't be so harsh oi

Uhm natong question worth 30 points. and katong 20. i forgot which page number. I think 18++ man siguro. Pero for now continue reading The Phenomenon of Man and give fresh insights not anymore the posted ones.

mura naman ko adviser ani

[nika_rianix]

Now...In Chapter 5, - Why are Genes Culture and Gender under Social Influence? this is open to any student which is good for 20 points!

Let the fun begin!

Genes is under social influence because they regulate sequences that contribute to the organization and functioning of neural circuits and molecular pathways in the brain that support social behavior. Social experience interact with information in the genome to modulate brain activity. There has been findings on identifying and understanding two key "vectors of influence" that link genes, the brain, and social behavior: Social information alters gene expression in the brain to influence behavior, and genetic variation influences brain function and social behavior. Conserved neural pathways can be tied to the evolution of social behaviors (Robinson et al., p. 896), and the conserved peptides oxytocin and vasopressin regulate social cognition and reproductive behaviors in many species (Donaldson and Young, p. 900). Genetics can help us understand why identical circumstances can elicit different behavioral responses among individuals. Genetic differences are reflected in variations in behavior; activation of distinct versions of a hormone receptor gene

As for culture, culture and mind constitute each other and are inseparable, thus there are no universal laws for how the mind works and that psychological theories grounded in one culture are likely to be limited in applicability when applied to a different culture. Infact, culture in psychology has its own field stating that Cultural psychology is the study of the way cultural traditions and social practices regulate, express, and transform the human psyche, resulting less in psychic unity for humankind than in ethnic divergences in mind, self, and emotion" (1991, p. 72). Cultural psychology is that branch of psychology, which deals with the study and impact of culture, tradition and social practices on psyche for the unity of mankind said Richard Shweder.

In gender, social influence is very prominent because it analyzes the ways gender shapes and is shaped by social interaction. This includes the cognitive processes through which gender influences the way we perceive, interpret, and respond to our social world; it also includes the mechanisms through which interaction defines and transmits meaning about gender. We should give importance and understanding of gender as a multilevel structure that includes cultural beliefs and distributions of resources at the macro level, patterns of behavior at the interactional level, as well as roles and identities at the micro level.

[GONZALEZ_jeza]

lol don't be so harsh oi

Uhm natong question worth 30 points. and katong 20. i forgot which page number. I think 18++ man siguro. Pero for now continue reading The Phenomenon of Man and give fresh insights not anymore the posted ones.

mura naman ko adviser ani

waaa d mana harsh kuya erwin! hehe manghud bya na nko! ako jd na pinangga!
tabangan mn nko xa pangita question gd kay krn pa xa naka sud OL...

[edrea]

Now...In Chapter 5, - Why are Genes Culture and Gender under Social Influence? this is open to any student which is good for 20 points!

Let the fun begin!

Edrea Danielle Roma MFW(1:30-2:30)

SIR..this is what i got in searching for a reason why genes,culture and gender is under Social influence..I hope you will read it because its quite complicated..there is also an illustration provided to make you understands better..hehe..

Environmentally modulated genetic expression in turn determines how much a certain brain structure will develop or how much of a particular hormone will be produced. The aforementioned factors and the feedback loop between them is best visualized by the diagram to the right.

nature-nuture-chartAt the end of the day all of the identifiable variables must be taken into account in order to best understand the differences between behaviors enviro-culturally (experience-environment) acquired and those acquired from our “fixed” genetic inheritance.

The research findings in the areas of gene-environment interaction(epigenetics) may even make it pointless to discuss behavior as coming from either inheritance or experience-environment (enviro-cultural).

Geneticists are finding out that foods or chemicals your grandmother was exposed to can affect not only her children, but her grandchildren as well. The question is at what point does the gene-environment interaction start and end?


Social Implications

With respect to male-female differences there are behavioral features that will always be either distinctly female or distinctly male. We know testosterone to be the masculinizing hormone and estrogen the feminizing one.

I will refer to distinct behavioral features as biologically stable.Those characteristics shown to be biologically stable must be understood and respected as such.

Attributes shown to be enviro-culturally inherited should be reviewed for their benefit to society and the individual.

The social merit or lack thereof will influence whether we choose to continue perpetuating questionable cultural traits or not. The enviro-cultural factor is both the natural environment(air, water, food quality) and the man-made environment (social setting, pollution, war). We are capable of affecting both kinds of environmental factors.

Western culture is grotesquely imbalanced towards the male perspective (brain) or strict and absolute patrist(male) leadership.

Therefore, knowledge gleaned from the studies of male-female differences will go along way to help us structure a more balanced society starting with personal relationships and ending with international relations.

High divorces rates, domestic violence, gender issues and the constant conflict between nations are symptoms indicative of a systemic problem–gender imbalance or patrist domination. [IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/tito/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg[/IMG][IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/tito/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg[/IMG]


source:
Emergent Culture – Social Building Block #1: Some Gender Behavioral Differences Related to Brain Differences.