November 30, 2022 MCFH Zoom Meeting

Jim and one of his colleagues would like to present some viewpoints from an upcoming paper on Evolutionary Psychology they are working on - IF no-one else has a presentation they would like to do. If someone has something they would like to present and discuss-Jim's talk can be rescheduled for a later meeting.
Their topic draws on Richard Wranghams work The Goodness Paradox which provides some theoretical ideas for how our modern psychology evolved. It should make for an interesting discussion. We can certainly also talk about the significant mid-term election results which I know are of great interest to all of us.
Hope to see u then!
Email me if you'd like to present a topic - otherwise we will go with Jim's talk.
Here is a short precis of his talk:

Speakers: Jim Walter and Aasma Khan
You know Jim; Aasma is a lecturer in psychology at Chicago State University and she is working on her Doctoral thesis.
We will be talking about evolutionary psychology, per Wrangham, again. We will address concerns raised from prior presentations. In addition, an opportunity has come up to write a paper (Intro below) for Research Outreach, a London online publisher. For a nominal fee, they help with writing and produce high-quality illustrations. In addition, they want to publish an on-line magazine on this topic in Sept of next year, which will include our article. We hope to zoom with researchers in the field for paper submissions. Zooms with Dawkins, Diamond and Zingrone (no charge) are already being planned.
Draft intro submission paper for Research Outreach
Three negative psychosocial behavior in hunter gatherer troupes: implications for human psychology
James Walter1.2, PhD and Aasma Khan3, MS (PhD candidate)
1, Emeritus, Department of Urology, Loyola Medical Center, Maywood Il 60153, USA; [JamesWalter889@gmail.com](mailto:JamesWalter889@gmail.com)
2. Emeritus, Research Service, Hines VA Hospital, Hines Il 60141, USA;
3 Department of Psychology, Chicago State University, Chicago Il 60628, USA; [cognitive-researcher@outlook.com](mailto:cognitive-researcher@outlook.com)
Research Outreach was privileged to speak to James Walter, PhD., and Aasma Khan, MS, about their perspectives and opinions on evolutionary psychology.

1. Introduction
   First, Richard Wrangham, PhD, The Goodness Paradox: ‘ ‘ [1] presents studies related to the late Pleistocene hunter gatherer [HG] troupe/tribes, which identifies three negative psychosocial behaviors of gossip, ostracism and executions (3 neg psy-soc behav in HG) that are important in producing highly egalitarian societies. This explanation is particularly important because this is the time during which human psychology evolved. Second, we present Wrangham’s arguments that these three neg behaviors produced the primary natural selection (NS) pressure for some of some psychological traits such as decreased aggression. Third, we want to extend the argument to include all of our psychological traits in the areas of intelligence, emotionality and personality. Fourth, we present further implications of this new understanding about our nature and address moral concerns.