Empathy and Human Rights
... • How acting on behalf of another is contrary to the theory of evolution – Natural selection being the passing on of an individual’s genetic material • Identify acts of altruism in humans – Identify as existing almost exclusively in humans – Identify the few examples in other animals • Identify the ...
... • How acting on behalf of another is contrary to the theory of evolution – Natural selection being the passing on of an individual’s genetic material • Identify acts of altruism in humans – Identify as existing almost exclusively in humans – Identify the few examples in other animals • Identify the ...
Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity
... 2: What is heritability and how does it relate to individuals and groups? 3: What is the promise of molecular genetics research? Evolutionary Psychology 4: How do evolutionary psychologists use natural selection to explain behavior tendencies? 5: How might an evolutionary psychologist explain gender ...
... 2: What is heritability and how does it relate to individuals and groups? 3: What is the promise of molecular genetics research? Evolutionary Psychology 4: How do evolutionary psychologists use natural selection to explain behavior tendencies? 5: How might an evolutionary psychologist explain gender ...
Lecture 2
... Critique of the SSSM 1. A blank slate could not respond to experience because it would have no rules for responding. 2. The nature/nurture (genes/environment, innate/learned) dichotomy is false with respect to ontogeny (development). 3. General-purpose learning mechanisms cannot explain behavior. ...
... Critique of the SSSM 1. A blank slate could not respond to experience because it would have no rules for responding. 2. The nature/nurture (genes/environment, innate/learned) dichotomy is false with respect to ontogeny (development). 3. General-purpose learning mechanisms cannot explain behavior. ...
What is Behavior?
... • Male prairie voles help to care for the young which is unusual since few mammals are monogamous ...
... • Male prairie voles help to care for the young which is unusual since few mammals are monogamous ...
Can a population of animals continue to reproduce without
... Nature determines which animals survive and reproduce. Only organisms with certain genetic traits will survive. Example: Food source determined which finches survived on each island. ...
... Nature determines which animals survive and reproduce. Only organisms with certain genetic traits will survive. Example: Food source determined which finches survived on each island. ...
Ecology
... • monogamous -one male mates with one female • polygamous -an individual of one sex mates with several individuals of the other sex • intersexual selection, members of one sex choose mates on the basis of certain traits • Intrasexual selection involves competition between members of the same sex for ...
... • monogamous -one male mates with one female • polygamous -an individual of one sex mates with several individuals of the other sex • intersexual selection, members of one sex choose mates on the basis of certain traits • Intrasexual selection involves competition between members of the same sex for ...
The overviews in Chapter 1: 1. How natural selection shapes
... have much more food available, and leave more genes in the next generation. If the reproductive success of the individuals with that allele was just 1% more than “normal” snakes, in 10,000 years the coastal population would be composed almost entirely of slugs-are-OK snakes. ...
... have much more food available, and leave more genes in the next generation. If the reproductive success of the individuals with that allele was just 1% more than “normal” snakes, in 10,000 years the coastal population would be composed almost entirely of slugs-are-OK snakes. ...
Biological Psychology CH1
... Materialism – only the physical world exists, all mental experiences can be explained by physical reactions Mentalism – the opposite of materialism, only mental events exist & the physical world is dependent on our belief in it Identity position – the physical world exists, but we have mental experi ...
... Materialism – only the physical world exists, all mental experiences can be explained by physical reactions Mentalism – the opposite of materialism, only mental events exist & the physical world is dependent on our belief in it Identity position – the physical world exists, but we have mental experi ...
DiscBio: C17 Vocabulary Definitions
... 1. evolutionary process by which a population as a whole becomes better matched to its habitat 2. genetic characteristics that enable individuals to function well in a competitive environment & become more common among descendants 3. DNA variants produced by mutation 4. shared characteristics due to ...
... 1. evolutionary process by which a population as a whole becomes better matched to its habitat 2. genetic characteristics that enable individuals to function well in a competitive environment & become more common among descendants 3. DNA variants produced by mutation 4. shared characteristics due to ...
QS039--Ch21--Mechanisms of Evolution
... a. ____________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ b. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________ ...
... a. ____________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ b. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________ ...
Dr Juliane Kaminski Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary
... capacities are widely referred to and summarized with the term “Theory of mind”. One goal in comparative psychology is to investigate to which degree the cognitive capacities underlying these human skills are uniquely human or shared at least to some degree with other species. This might help us to ...
... capacities are widely referred to and summarized with the term “Theory of mind”. One goal in comparative psychology is to investigate to which degree the cognitive capacities underlying these human skills are uniquely human or shared at least to some degree with other species. This might help us to ...
Fundamental Concepts in Sociobiology
... Preconditions for Reciprocal Altruism For reciprocal altruism to have come into existence, there are two necessary preconditions: 1. There has to be way of identifying ...
... Preconditions for Reciprocal Altruism For reciprocal altruism to have come into existence, there are two necessary preconditions: 1. There has to be way of identifying ...
Sex, sociality and behavior (social behavior)
... Altruism • Best examples involve individuals that do ...
... Altruism • Best examples involve individuals that do ...
Motivation and biology
... • Those roles imply conflict in sexual behavior • Sexual behavior is also strongly influenced by culture • However, culture is affected by evolution/biological determinism as well ...
... • Those roles imply conflict in sexual behavior • Sexual behavior is also strongly influenced by culture • However, culture is affected by evolution/biological determinism as well ...
Chapter 41 vocab - Pravda Quinones
... Adaptive Behavior- Any behavior that promotes the survival of an individual and is passed on to offspring. Instinctal Behavior-A particular behavior that is performed without having been learned by experience. Imprinting- In animal behavior, a rapid form of learning in which an animal learns, during ...
... Adaptive Behavior- Any behavior that promotes the survival of an individual and is passed on to offspring. Instinctal Behavior-A particular behavior that is performed without having been learned by experience. Imprinting- In animal behavior, a rapid form of learning in which an animal learns, during ...
General Psychology (PSY2200 MBAC)
... Even complex human traits are determined by a single gene. ...
... Even complex human traits are determined by a single gene. ...
Genetics, Evolution, and Personality
... – Peer, friends, social networks – Complementary, but diverging, roles within families – Parental preference ...
... – Peer, friends, social networks – Complementary, but diverging, roles within families – Parental preference ...
Heredity, Environment, and Evolution
... Environment Nature vs Nurture debate Nature – genetic or biological Sets the possibilities for behavior Nurture – environmental factors Determines how the possibilities will be realized ...
... Environment Nature vs Nurture debate Nature – genetic or biological Sets the possibilities for behavior Nurture – environmental factors Determines how the possibilities will be realized ...
Animal Behavior - Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School
... Behavior – action that can be observed and described. Genetic influence ...
... Behavior – action that can be observed and described. Genetic influence ...
ch12kinquizkey
... • A) is called Fisher’s Fundamental Theorum • B) is called Hamilton’s rule • C) describes the conditions under which a gene affecting social behavior will experience positive selection • D) only applies in animals that live in social groups where each one knows the relatedness to each other • E) B a ...
... • A) is called Fisher’s Fundamental Theorum • B) is called Hamilton’s rule • C) describes the conditions under which a gene affecting social behavior will experience positive selection • D) only applies in animals that live in social groups where each one knows the relatedness to each other • E) B a ...
Papers:
... Geary, D. C. (1995). Sexual jealousy as a facultative trait: Evidence from the pattern of sex differences in adults from China and the United States, Ethology and Sociobiology, 16, 355-383. DeSteno, D, Bartlett, M. Y., Braverman, J. & Salovey, P. (2002). Sex Differences in Jealousy: Evolutionary Mec ...
... Geary, D. C. (1995). Sexual jealousy as a facultative trait: Evidence from the pattern of sex differences in adults from China and the United States, Ethology and Sociobiology, 16, 355-383. DeSteno, D, Bartlett, M. Y., Braverman, J. & Salovey, P. (2002). Sex Differences in Jealousy: Evolutionary Mec ...
lecture26
... 2 frequency of deleterious genes is now high because natural selection has been artificially reduced ...
... 2 frequency of deleterious genes is now high because natural selection has been artificially reduced ...
Introduction to Psychology
... Nature & Nurture Genes & experience both important Environment reacting to & shaping what nature predisposes ...
... Nature & Nurture Genes & experience both important Environment reacting to & shaping what nature predisposes ...
PowerPoint Presentation - The Genetics of Behavior
... The view is that nature has selected psychological traits and social customs that ...
... The view is that nature has selected psychological traits and social customs that ...