The Fundamentals of Social Behavior.
Chapter 2: The Fundamentals of Social Behavior
READING—Chapter 2: The Fundamentals of Social Behavior. Please focus on the following Learning Objectives for Chapter 2: LO 1: Explain the role of variability and competition in the process of evolution by natural selection. LO 2: Describe the role of the environment as it relates to “survival of the fittest.” LO 3: Outline different ways that sociability contributes to human evolution. LO 5: Give examples of the hierarchy of goals. LO 6: Explain how emotions are involved with regulating and communicating our motivations Define the following terms in Chapter 2: The Self (not really defined, tell me what you think this term means), automatic processes, controlled processes, motivation, needs, goals, hedonism, hierarchy of goals, culture, cultural beliefs, norms, cultural diffusion, cultural transmission, collectivistic & individualistic cultures, self construals, cultural world view, self-esteem, cultural trauma and acculturation.