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标题：Using Tinbergen’s Four Questions (Plus One) to Facilitate Evolution Education for Human-Oriented Disciplines
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作者：Daniel Tumminelli O’Brien ; Andrew C. Gallup
期刊名称：Evolution: Education and Outreach
印刷版ISSN：1936-6434
出版年度：2011
卷号：4
期号：1
页码：107-113
DOI：10.1007/s12052-010-0305-2
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：Nikolaas Tinbergen provided an elegantly comprehensive guide to behavioral research with his Four Questions.Unsurprisingly, these questions summarize the different aspects that are vital to an evolutionary perspective.In this article, the authors describe how they use these Four Questions (plus one they have added regarding the role of culture) to facilitate evolution education in the human-oriented disciplines.The use of evolutionary theory in these fields is young, and educating new members of these fields in evolutionary theory is an even newer idea.Tinbergen’s Four Questions (Plus One) make the goals of an evolutionary perspective clear and the application of the mechanisms of evolution apparent.It can effectively dispel myths that surround evolutionary theory, like genetic determinism and hyperadaptationism, and can help ameliorate other ideological concerns.Finally, it is suggested that it is a heuristic that encourages students to make the transition from understanding the mechanisms of evolution in biology to applying this knowledge in cross-disciplinary research.
关键词：Evolution education;Interdisciplinary approaches;Evolutionary psychology;Animal behavior