Essays on Evolutionary Theory

It is redundant to acknowledge what a crucial role technology plays in our lives today. Over the last century, such scientist as Gerhard Lenski, Leslie White and Alvin Toffler introduced their theories trying to break down the issue into smaller pieces and offered their view on the evolution of the technologies, the reasons that stand behind and perspectives for the future. Gerhard Lenski was a scientist that produced one of the theories about the types of societies that can be defined by their technologies. He was a true believer that technology is the main force that drives change and ...

Evolutionary theories have been deep rooted in the field of Biology. Much of modern day Biology is what it is due to the knowledge and application of evolutionary theories. Study of evolutionary theories have made it possible for many areas of Biology to advance including medicine. However, there are limitations to evolutionary theories. This, however, does not mean that the evolution itself can be renounced, as many non-biologist believe. This paper discusses the advantages and limitations of evolutionary theories rooted in Biology. As for advantages of evolutionary theories for Biology as a field, there are many. Medicine is probably ...

I. Introduction The implementation of effective communication channel is vital if people from different organizational levels will be able to communicate well towards the achievement of its goal. An effective communication is achieved when those involved in the process have a higher level of awareness; as Norton pointed out, in “understanding your personal style of communicating, you will go a long way towards creating good and lasting impressions with others” (Norton, n.p). Basically, a one on one communication necessitates that both parties give their undivided attention, and be active listeners in order to arrive at a better understanding. In ...

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Personality is considered as a combination of all the attributes characterizing a specific individual. These attributes may include temperamental, behavioural, mental, and emotional characteristics. A lot of psychological experts started showing increased interest in the study of personality during the past several decades, and presented many theories on personality. Researches on personality and constant evaluation as well as review of emerging theories and models have helped in further understanding of personality. Dispositional and evolutionary or biological personality theories are among some of the most important theories. These theories are different from many other personality theories in ...

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Charles Robert Darwin was a naturalist born on 12th February 1809 at a place called Shrewsbury in England. However, he died on 19th April 1882 in London. In his lifetime, one of his greatest achievements is about the evolutionary theory of living organisms (Bowler). He was able to achieve this success through the voyage he embarked in 1831. He traveled for five years all over the world with the HMS Beagle. Through his traveling, he was able to study different specimen and thus his evolution theory was developed. This fact caused him to write the book titled as On ...

There are several theories on altruism. Among them is the social theory, evolutionary theory, and the social norm theory. These theories have both similarities and differences. The social exchange theory holds that humans seek to maximize rewards at a minimal cost. In this respect, an individual would make a decision whether to help or not based on whether the actions would yield rewards by analyzing the pros and cons. It follows that if the cons are more than the benefits, the person does not help. On the other hand, the social norm theory holds that individuals’ behavior results from ...