Blog 3: Evolutionary Psychology

2 Commentsby   |  03.06.13  |  Student Posts

The evolutionary theory, like all theories, is an attempt to make sense of what we see around us. It is simply another doorway that was opened with the intent of leading us to truth. Evolution’s impact on psychology is simply a reflection of what may have happened with our behavior that branches from the evolution of our bodies. I do not think evolutionary psychology is the key to understanding behavior, but it may explain why some phenomena occur. For instance, National Geographic release a documentary on babies’ development in the for 12 months of life, and they found that when you stand an infant up on its feet, it begins to walk. It seemingly loses the ability to do so around 3 or 4 months, but if you put it in water, it starts to walk again. It could be that the baby has some innate idea that it should walk, which could be explained through evolution. But like many other things, evolution still only explains “how,” but never gets to the core idea of “why.” Personally, I think some concepts in evolution could be helpful if they are accurate, but since no one can prove any theory of origin, for now, the theory evolution is just another possibility of life.

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  1. Forrest Norman IV
    9:10 pm, 03.06.13

    Just because you don’t know why, it dosen’t make it any less valuable. People didn’t know how gravity worked one thousand years ago but it still kept them from jumping off cliffs. Remember in class sometimes it dosen’t matter how something came to pass as long as it can be delt with in the present and future.

  2. Avia Gray
    9:31 pm, 03.06.13

    I didn’t say evolutionary psychology wasn’t valuable. In fact, I said it could be helpful. But even gravity is a still a theory. No one one really “knows” anything. We can only assume and test our assumptions.

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