17.1 Classification
... Think about how things are grouped in a store or in your kitchen to help create order. ...
... Think about how things are grouped in a store or in your kitchen to help create order. ...
introduction to psychology and key people
... His social learning theory stressed the importance of observational learning, imitation, and modeling. "Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do," Bandura explained in his 1977 book ...
... His social learning theory stressed the importance of observational learning, imitation, and modeling. "Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do," Bandura explained in his 1977 book ...
interim summaries
... works, how people solve problems and make decisions, and similar questions. The primary metaphor originally underlying the cognitive perspective was the mind as computer (information processing). In recent years, many cognitive psychologists have turned to the brain itself as a source of metaphors. ...
... works, how people solve problems and make decisions, and similar questions. The primary metaphor originally underlying the cognitive perspective was the mind as computer (information processing). In recent years, many cognitive psychologists have turned to the brain itself as a source of metaphors. ...
Animal Behavior
... • This school of thought advocates the use of strict experimental procedures to study observable behaviors (or responses) in relation to environment (or stimuli) • Ethology (Zoologists) • This school of thought advocates studying behavior under naturalistic conditions. It explores animal behavior in ...
... • This school of thought advocates the use of strict experimental procedures to study observable behaviors (or responses) in relation to environment (or stimuli) • Ethology (Zoologists) • This school of thought advocates studying behavior under naturalistic conditions. It explores animal behavior in ...
Lecture 3
... Would the challenges of mate choice have been the same for ancestral males and females? Theory of sexual selection says probably not. Male reproductive success is less limited than female reproductive success. ...
... Would the challenges of mate choice have been the same for ancestral males and females? Theory of sexual selection says probably not. Male reproductive success is less limited than female reproductive success. ...
evolutionary theory of gender roles
... Women invest far more in parenthood as they only produce one egg a month and each offspring involves nine months of pregnancy, then childbirth and months of nurturing, possibly breast feeding. A woman can only produce a few children in a life time. Reproductive success for the woman is making sure t ...
... Women invest far more in parenthood as they only produce one egg a month and each offspring involves nine months of pregnancy, then childbirth and months of nurturing, possibly breast feeding. A woman can only produce a few children in a life time. Reproductive success for the woman is making sure t ...
Evolutionary Psychology
... random representative of the opposing school. Indeed, despite that fact that more than one-third of this book is devoted to notes, index, and bibliography, Francis rarely deigns to cite directly his opponent, rather being content to provide a broad description of the field in question. Typical is th ...
... random representative of the opposing school. Indeed, despite that fact that more than one-third of this book is devoted to notes, index, and bibliography, Francis rarely deigns to cite directly his opponent, rather being content to provide a broad description of the field in question. Typical is th ...
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... correlated with intelligence and health. (In addition, men who have more symmetric bodies are not only more attractive, they invest less effort in their relationships.) There may a reason for all this: during development many insults (infections, poisons) can affect how well the embryo develops and ...
... correlated with intelligence and health. (In addition, men who have more symmetric bodies are not only more attractive, they invest less effort in their relationships.) There may a reason for all this: during development many insults (infections, poisons) can affect how well the embryo develops and ...
Warm-up
... Ancestral vs. derived features Ancestral characters: a character that originated in the ancestor of the taxon Derived characters: character that is an evolutionary novelty to a particular clade ◦synapomorphies: derived characters shared with taxon (ex. Hair is a synapomorphy of mammals) ...
... Ancestral vs. derived features Ancestral characters: a character that originated in the ancestor of the taxon Derived characters: character that is an evolutionary novelty to a particular clade ◦synapomorphies: derived characters shared with taxon (ex. Hair is a synapomorphy of mammals) ...
Behavior Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology Nature vs. Nurture
... phenotype) increases (in next generation) ...
... phenotype) increases (in next generation) ...
History of Animal Behavior
... • This school of thought advocates the use of strict experimental procedures to study observable behaviors (or responses) in relation to environment (or stimuli) • Ethology (Zoologists) • This school of thought advocates studying behavior under naturalistic conditions. It explores animal behavior in ...
... • This school of thought advocates the use of strict experimental procedures to study observable behaviors (or responses) in relation to environment (or stimuli) • Ethology (Zoologists) • This school of thought advocates studying behavior under naturalistic conditions. It explores animal behavior in ...
Copyright Message Recap: Where we got to and where we
... Passing of genes from parent child not perfect Main sources of genetic variation ...
... Passing of genes from parent child not perfect Main sources of genetic variation ...
Nature and Nurture
... • Human evolution though to occur similarly • All modern humans’ ancestors faced similar adaptational challenges ...
... • Human evolution though to occur similarly • All modern humans’ ancestors faced similar adaptational challenges ...
Article discussion
... • Is 51% of modification due to natural selection? • Is 98% of modification due to natural selection? ...
... • Is 51% of modification due to natural selection? • Is 98% of modification due to natural selection? ...
Biological Psychology - Mrs. Tompkins' Summit High Classes
... experiences… like hunger? Anger? Sexual desire? Sadness? • What genes predispose some people to psychological disorders? • How does pre-natal development affect someone’s life as an adult? • Is there any hope for brain damage victims? • Why do we get goose bumps when we are afraid? ...
... experiences… like hunger? Anger? Sexual desire? Sadness? • What genes predispose some people to psychological disorders? • How does pre-natal development affect someone’s life as an adult? • Is there any hope for brain damage victims? • Why do we get goose bumps when we are afraid? ...
Evolutionary Forces on personality
... **psychological qualities have been retained in people over many years because they are adaptive 3 important points: ...
... **psychological qualities have been retained in people over many years because they are adaptive 3 important points: ...
Grounding cognition is the evolutionary past - PINS
... conflicting demands on the pelvis and provides an intuitively acceptable basis for the evolutionary claim. Other proposed design features, however, seem perfectly suited to broad debate. Is human beauty only a universal proxy for health and fecundity? Did language evolve to help us detect cheaters? ...
... conflicting demands on the pelvis and provides an intuitively acceptable basis for the evolutionary claim. Other proposed design features, however, seem perfectly suited to broad debate. Is human beauty only a universal proxy for health and fecundity? Did language evolve to help us detect cheaters? ...
MODS 14-15 NOTES Part 1
... What is the promise of molecular genetics research? Studies molecular structure and the function of genes “bottom up” research: what specific genes influence a behavior? The micro level of understanding (similar to Unit 5 and sensation/perception) What mechanisms control gene expression? ...
... What is the promise of molecular genetics research? Studies molecular structure and the function of genes “bottom up” research: what specific genes influence a behavior? The micro level of understanding (similar to Unit 5 and sensation/perception) What mechanisms control gene expression? ...
Outline principles that define the biological level of analysis Explain
... If we accept the principle that behavior is innate – genetically based – then it is logical to believe that evolutionary processes may have played a key role in genetic mutations and transmissions. Evolutionary processes include Darwin’s theory of natural selection – natural selection is the process ...
... If we accept the principle that behavior is innate – genetically based – then it is logical to believe that evolutionary processes may have played a key role in genetic mutations and transmissions. Evolutionary processes include Darwin’s theory of natural selection – natural selection is the process ...
shaping evolutionary history
... SHAPING EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY Evolutionary biology, the study of the origin and evolution of life on Earth, became recognised as a scientific field following the realisation that Mendelian genetics could explain the processes and causes of evolution and biodiversity, determine species relationships a ...
... SHAPING EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY Evolutionary biology, the study of the origin and evolution of life on Earth, became recognised as a scientific field following the realisation that Mendelian genetics could explain the processes and causes of evolution and biodiversity, determine species relationships a ...
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... be different in a family. So investigators ask: Do siblings have differing experiences? Do siblings, despite sharing half of their genes, have different combinations of the other half of their genes? ...
... be different in a family. So investigators ask: Do siblings have differing experiences? Do siblings, despite sharing half of their genes, have different combinations of the other half of their genes? ...
Hunting, Gathering and Co-operating
... contribution to these issues is the theory of evolutionary psychology, which attempts to apply Darwin's way of explaining biological evolution to human behaviour and psychology. Darwin's theory of natural selection explains how organisms change by adapting to their environment and so becoming more f ...
... contribution to these issues is the theory of evolutionary psychology, which attempts to apply Darwin's way of explaining biological evolution to human behaviour and psychology. Darwin's theory of natural selection explains how organisms change by adapting to their environment and so becoming more f ...
ENVI 30 Environmental Issues
... Concept of evolution predates Darwin by >2000 years (not widely accepted) Fossils known long before Darwin and recognized as remains of organisms Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) ...
... Concept of evolution predates Darwin by >2000 years (not widely accepted) Fossils known long before Darwin and recognized as remains of organisms Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) ...