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Louisiana State University Evolutionary Psychology Questions
Topic 1: Evolutionary psychology tends to focus on what appear to be universal aspects of so-called human nature, including language/thought, sexuality/mating, and aggression. In what way has evolution played a role (or not) in how language/thought, sexuality/mating, or aggression manifest in your personality and behavior?
Topic 2: When you analyze and identify your own behaviors, what are the positive reinforcers that behaviors, what are the positive reinforcers that maintain these behaviors. What are the maintain these behaviors. What are the punishments that also influence your behaviors? punishments that also influence your behaviors? Do you think these reinforcers and punishments Do you think these reinforcers and punishments are influences on your behavior that you are are influences on your behavior that you are consciously responding to (seeking out or consciously responding to (seeking out or avoiding) or are you unconsciously responding avoiding) or are you unconsciously responding to them.
Topic 3: Approach-avoidance conflicts refer to a person experiencing competing tendencies to avoid and approach the same goal. Dollard and Miller also theorize that when there are two competing responses, the stronger of the two will occur; e.g. if you have feelings of attraction for someone, yet you are also fearful of rejection, you will be in conflict. Describe an approach-avoidance conflict you may experience, the competing responses associated with this conflict, and the response(s) that actually occurred.
