According to John Dewey, the notion of “fitness,” as used in evolutionary thinking to account for current behavior in terms of ancient adaptations, was inappropriate as an account of behavior in the modern human world. Why?

a. modern human fitness has to consider and include social adaptations
b. the current human environment is changing too rapidly for past adaptations to be serviceable to current adjustments
c. biological evolution does not consider the fact and importance of civilization
d. all of the above


Answer: d. all of the above

Psychology

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