Chapter 4 - Nature v. Nurture and Evolution
... Develop from separate eggs Person’s characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity Proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes Effect of one factor (environment) depends on another factor (heritability) Studies the molecular structure and function of genes Study of ev ...
... Develop from separate eggs Person’s characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity Proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes Effect of one factor (environment) depends on another factor (heritability) Studies the molecular structure and function of genes Study of ev ...
Sociobiology
... Primarily a biologist and most of his work has been involved with the examination of the social structure of ants – He founded the field of sociobiology, a science that connects biology to human social behavior – Wilson’s contention that social behaviors have genetic components has changed the study ...
... Primarily a biologist and most of his work has been involved with the examination of the social structure of ants – He founded the field of sociobiology, a science that connects biology to human social behavior – Wilson’s contention that social behaviors have genetic components has changed the study ...
Lecture #22 Date - Biology Junction
... •operant conditioning (trial and error)~ “Skinner’s box” ...
... •operant conditioning (trial and error)~ “Skinner’s box” ...
Ethology
... • Ethology: study of the evolutionary significance of behaviors of a species in its natural surroundings. – Sociobiology: genetic basis of human social behavior – Evolutionary Psychology: origins of cognition in our species adaptation to the environment ...
... • Ethology: study of the evolutionary significance of behaviors of a species in its natural surroundings. – Sociobiology: genetic basis of human social behavior – Evolutionary Psychology: origins of cognition in our species adaptation to the environment ...