Basic concepts of applied behaviour analysis
... you were not aware responsible for the change? The manipulation of independent variables (teaching strategies) to change dependent variables (the target behaviour) ...
... you were not aware responsible for the change? The manipulation of independent variables (teaching strategies) to change dependent variables (the target behaviour) ...
Lab review 1-6
... (p,q) should be the same from generation to generation (H-W equilibrium) Analyze genetic drift and the effect of selection on a given population Manipulate parameters in model: Population size, selection (fitness), mutation, migration, genetic drift AP Biology ...
... (p,q) should be the same from generation to generation (H-W equilibrium) Analyze genetic drift and the effect of selection on a given population Manipulate parameters in model: Population size, selection (fitness), mutation, migration, genetic drift AP Biology ...
LabReviewS13 Labs1-6-2
... (p,q) should be the same from generation to generation (H-W equilibrium) Analyze genetic drift and the effect of selection on a given population Manipulate parameters in model: Population size, selection (fitness), mutation, migration, genetic drift AP Biology ...
... (p,q) should be the same from generation to generation (H-W equilibrium) Analyze genetic drift and the effect of selection on a given population Manipulate parameters in model: Population size, selection (fitness), mutation, migration, genetic drift AP Biology ...
Course Outline
... which Darwin developed the theory of evolution Outline the process of natural selection by which populations evolve Express that the theory of evolution is supported by multiple, verifiable scientific studies and explorations ...
... which Darwin developed the theory of evolution Outline the process of natural selection by which populations evolve Express that the theory of evolution is supported by multiple, verifiable scientific studies and explorations ...
1 - Wofford
... 9. Explain Timberlake and Allison’s response-deprivation hypothesis. 10. Explain the concept of a behavioral bliss point. How can it be measured? 11. Explain how reinforcement schedules are constraints on the normal allocation of behavior. 12. What is behavioral regulation theory? 13. Explain Staddo ...
... 9. Explain Timberlake and Allison’s response-deprivation hypothesis. 10. Explain the concept of a behavioral bliss point. How can it be measured? 11. Explain how reinforcement schedules are constraints on the normal allocation of behavior. 12. What is behavioral regulation theory? 13. Explain Staddo ...
Does evolution lead to maximizing behavior?
... life-cycle of individuals in this population consists of the following events that occur over one demographic time period. (1) As an outcome of interactions with others, each adult individual produces (asexually) a very large number of offspring and then either survives into the next demographic tim ...
... life-cycle of individuals in this population consists of the following events that occur over one demographic time period. (1) As an outcome of interactions with others, each adult individual produces (asexually) a very large number of offspring and then either survives into the next demographic tim ...
Eugenic
... The publication by his cousin Charles Darwin of The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859), (1859) changed Galton's life and ideas First chapter on "Variation under Domestication" concerning the breeding of domestic animals. Applied Darwinian science to heredity and “good birth”. The ...
... The publication by his cousin Charles Darwin of The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859), (1859) changed Galton's life and ideas First chapter on "Variation under Domestication" concerning the breeding of domestic animals. Applied Darwinian science to heredity and “good birth”. The ...
Chapter 7 - Science of Psychology
... Classical conditioning: Ivan Pavlov, J. B. Watson; works on reflexes and emotional behaviors through the repeated pairing of two stimuli. Operant conditioning: E. L. Thorndike, B. F. Skinner; works on all other behaviors by following a response with reinforcement or punishment. Cognitive Learning: A ...
... Classical conditioning: Ivan Pavlov, J. B. Watson; works on reflexes and emotional behaviors through the repeated pairing of two stimuli. Operant conditioning: E. L. Thorndike, B. F. Skinner; works on all other behaviors by following a response with reinforcement or punishment. Cognitive Learning: A ...
Expression analysis of Arc in mouse brain Theresa Köhler
... hybridization and immunohistochemical staining were performed. These showed slow but constant increase of Arc mRNA after pup exposure, so it can be assumed that one feature of maternal behavior is induction of Arc. The ARC protein was mainly found in the cortex, medial preoptic area (MPOA) and brain ...
... hybridization and immunohistochemical staining were performed. These showed slow but constant increase of Arc mRNA after pup exposure, so it can be assumed that one feature of maternal behavior is induction of Arc. The ARC protein was mainly found in the cortex, medial preoptic area (MPOA) and brain ...
- Digital Commons @Brockport
... thinking ofnature as going to extremes. This is extremal thinking, but is it optimization? Evidently not, because the physicist does not add to this description a concept of better or worse. It is neither good nor bad that light acts in this way; nor does light behave as it does because this behavio ...
... thinking ofnature as going to extremes. This is extremal thinking, but is it optimization? Evidently not, because the physicist does not add to this description a concept of better or worse. It is neither good nor bad that light acts in this way; nor does light behave as it does because this behavio ...
Social Constructions of the Environment
... a highly social activity depending not on some objective observation of reality, now ...
... a highly social activity depending not on some objective observation of reality, now ...
Ernst Mayr, 1904-2005
... geography in cladogenesis, putting evolutionary theory in three dimensions— one or two more than the population geneticists of the 1930s had been playing with. (His long-time paleontologist colleague, George Gaylord Simpson, receives credit for adding the fourth dimension, deep time.) Mayr, inspired ...
... geography in cladogenesis, putting evolutionary theory in three dimensions— one or two more than the population geneticists of the 1930s had been playing with. (His long-time paleontologist colleague, George Gaylord Simpson, receives credit for adding the fourth dimension, deep time.) Mayr, inspired ...
On reciprocal causation in the evolutionary process
... of evolution’’ that is a ‘‘co-contributor, with natural selection, to the evolutionary process itself’’ (p. 370). This argument is based on the somewhat disingenuous contention that evolutionary biologists view natural selection as an abiotic entity that is not influenced or changed by living organi ...
... of evolution’’ that is a ‘‘co-contributor, with natural selection, to the evolutionary process itself’’ (p. 370). This argument is based on the somewhat disingenuous contention that evolutionary biologists view natural selection as an abiotic entity that is not influenced or changed by living organi ...
Plasticity in Human Life History Strategy
... Plasticity in Human Life History Strategy Implications for Contemporary Human Variation and the Evolution of Genus Homo by Christopher W. Kuzawa and Jared M. Bragg The life history of Homo sapiens is characterized by a lengthy period of juvenile dependence that requires extensive allocare, short int ...
... Plasticity in Human Life History Strategy Implications for Contemporary Human Variation and the Evolution of Genus Homo by Christopher W. Kuzawa and Jared M. Bragg The life history of Homo sapiens is characterized by a lengthy period of juvenile dependence that requires extensive allocare, short int ...
Behavioral Theory of Timing Applied to a DRL
... occur even though they appear to show no contribution to survival (Falk, 1971). After an animal receives reinforcement, the animal often performs behaviors not related to feeding such as grooming and pacing, which are called interim behaviors. As the interval progresses and the time for reinforcemen ...
... occur even though they appear to show no contribution to survival (Falk, 1971). After an animal receives reinforcement, the animal often performs behaviors not related to feeding such as grooming and pacing, which are called interim behaviors. As the interval progresses and the time for reinforcemen ...
The effect of mitochondrial DNA on behaviours and life history traits in
... importance for activity and life history traits. If mtDNA does have a substantial effect on behavior and life history traits it would indicate that the ability for these traits to evolve is lower as opposed to non-mitochondrial related traits. The reasoning behind this would be a non-additive geneti ...
... importance for activity and life history traits. If mtDNA does have a substantial effect on behavior and life history traits it would indicate that the ability for these traits to evolve is lower as opposed to non-mitochondrial related traits. The reasoning behind this would be a non-additive geneti ...
The Promise of Comparative Genomics in Mammals
... small segment of mouse chromosome 16, homologous to human chromosome 21, has implicated not just one gene but the cluster of genes that together contribute to the developmental consequences of trisomy 21, Down syndrome (30). There are many additional examples of similar interactive reasoning in huma ...
... small segment of mouse chromosome 16, homologous to human chromosome 21, has implicated not just one gene but the cluster of genes that together contribute to the developmental consequences of trisomy 21, Down syndrome (30). There are many additional examples of similar interactive reasoning in huma ...
Darwinism and Meaning
... The more urgent question, therefore, is not the meaning of life, or whether it even has any intrinsic meaning, but rather, why are humans—including Darwinists, who apparently should know better—so readily compelled to seek it impulsively? Answers can be found in the “universal acid” (Dennett 1995) o ...
... The more urgent question, therefore, is not the meaning of life, or whether it even has any intrinsic meaning, but rather, why are humans—including Darwinists, who apparently should know better—so readily compelled to seek it impulsively? Answers can be found in the “universal acid” (Dennett 1995) o ...
Chapter draft for book on the evolution of morality
... that they tend to play Pareto-dominant equilibria in mixed-motive games. In evolutionary terms, a moral person is one who pursues their ultimate genetic self-interest through psychological adaptations that embody a genuine, proximate concern for others (de Waal, 1997; Nesse, 2001). All three of thes ...
... that they tend to play Pareto-dominant equilibria in mixed-motive games. In evolutionary terms, a moral person is one who pursues their ultimate genetic self-interest through psychological adaptations that embody a genuine, proximate concern for others (de Waal, 1997; Nesse, 2001). All three of thes ...
Darwinian and teleological explanations
... Jack’s stealing of the car, I said, may be intentionally explained by pointing out that Jack wanted to impress his friends, but also, non-intentionally, by pointing out that he had a deprived childhood. In this case too, it would seem, there is both an immediate and a remote cause. In contrast with ...
... Jack’s stealing of the car, I said, may be intentionally explained by pointing out that Jack wanted to impress his friends, but also, non-intentionally, by pointing out that he had a deprived childhood. In this case too, it would seem, there is both an immediate and a remote cause. In contrast with ...
Observational Learning – (Technical definition) Learning
... provide a basic understanding of commonly used training terms. Where possible, the technical definition (developed by the scientific community with the goal of precise communication) is listed. Some commonly-used terms do not have a technical definition. Others are commonly used in ways that diverge ...
... provide a basic understanding of commonly used training terms. Where possible, the technical definition (developed by the scientific community with the goal of precise communication) is listed. Some commonly-used terms do not have a technical definition. Others are commonly used in ways that diverge ...
Prominent Theorist Research
... positively. So, because Skinner provided food after pressing the lever the rats continued to do it in their environment. When the rats were taken from that environment because of generalization the rats would press any lever that they saw. However, if pressing that lever were not rewarded with food ...
... positively. So, because Skinner provided food after pressing the lever the rats continued to do it in their environment. When the rats were taken from that environment because of generalization the rats would press any lever that they saw. However, if pressing that lever were not rewarded with food ...
Extinction
... • Negatively reinforced behavior is difficult to extinguish: – escape behaviors take long time to go away – e.g.: rat in 1-way shuttle still runs when light comes on-even after hundreds of EXT trials ...
... • Negatively reinforced behavior is difficult to extinguish: – escape behaviors take long time to go away – e.g.: rat in 1-way shuttle still runs when light comes on-even after hundreds of EXT trials ...
Reprint - Queen`s University Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
... into patches containing exactly N individuals each (i.e., Wright’s island model of population structure). It might seem paradoxical to construct a model that purports to have implications for theories of speciation by using an assumption of asexuality, but my goal here is to explore how population s ...
... into patches containing exactly N individuals each (i.e., Wright’s island model of population structure). It might seem paradoxical to construct a model that purports to have implications for theories of speciation by using an assumption of asexuality, but my goal here is to explore how population s ...
evolutionary inferences from the analysis of exchangeability
... large number of populations in different locations and environments can be used to infer evolutionary processes. For instance, high exchangeability (high misclassification) of individuals between independent populations in similar environments, but low exchangeability (low misclassification) of indi ...
... large number of populations in different locations and environments can be used to infer evolutionary processes. For instance, high exchangeability (high misclassification) of individuals between independent populations in similar environments, but low exchangeability (low misclassification) of indi ...