File - Westpine Biology EOC
... A scientist wants to investigate male-guppy behavior in the presence of female guppies. She puts two longtailed guppies in the same fish tank. The male guppies appear to be indifferent to each other’s presence. However, when the scientist adds one female guppy to the tank, the male guppies become ag ...
... A scientist wants to investigate male-guppy behavior in the presence of female guppies. She puts two longtailed guppies in the same fish tank. The male guppies appear to be indifferent to each other’s presence. However, when the scientist adds one female guppy to the tank, the male guppies become ag ...
Dual-inheritance theory: the evolution of human cultural capacities
... holds ideas and how common the ideas or prac tices are. For example, because information is costly to acquire, individuals will do better if they preferentially pay attention to, and learn from, people who are highly successful, particu larly skilled, and/or well-respected. Social learn ers who s ...
... holds ideas and how common the ideas or prac tices are. For example, because information is costly to acquire, individuals will do better if they preferentially pay attention to, and learn from, people who are highly successful, particu larly skilled, and/or well-respected. Social learn ers who s ...
What is Natural Selection?
... 2. Natural selection and the struggle for existence “I should premise that I use the term Struggle for Existence in a large and metaphorical sense, including dependence of one being on another, and including (which is more important) not only the life of the individual, but success in leaving proge ...
... 2. Natural selection and the struggle for existence “I should premise that I use the term Struggle for Existence in a large and metaphorical sense, including dependence of one being on another, and including (which is more important) not only the life of the individual, but success in leaving proge ...
Chapter 3 : Skill themes, Movement Concepts and National Standards
... the upper elementary and beyond, on an awareness of importance of fitness concepts and development of skills and knowledge for regular participation Research indicates that the traditional approach to gains in fitness scores may have long term consequences such as lack of interest, motivation and ...
... the upper elementary and beyond, on an awareness of importance of fitness concepts and development of skills and knowledge for regular participation Research indicates that the traditional approach to gains in fitness scores may have long term consequences such as lack of interest, motivation and ...
pigs
... appears to be emerging: Sachs was right to be worried; we are all a little crazy, and for reasons that Darwin’s theory of evolution is alleged to reveal. What’s wrong with us is that the kind of mind we have wasn’t evolved to cope with the kind of world that we live in. Our kind of mind was selecte ...
... appears to be emerging: Sachs was right to be worried; we are all a little crazy, and for reasons that Darwin’s theory of evolution is alleged to reveal. What’s wrong with us is that the kind of mind we have wasn’t evolved to cope with the kind of world that we live in. Our kind of mind was selecte ...
Part I. Introduction Chapter 1. What is Human Ecology? Chapter 2
... Human ecology is the study of the interactions of humans with their environments, or the study of the distribution and abundance of humans. This definition is based directly on conventional definitions of biological ecology. Ecology is usually defined as the study of interactions of organisms with t ...
... Human ecology is the study of the interactions of humans with their environments, or the study of the distribution and abundance of humans. This definition is based directly on conventional definitions of biological ecology. Ecology is usually defined as the study of interactions of organisms with t ...
Maurice Godelier and the study of ideology
... forest. Human beings, therefore, are part of that totality which exists as an omnipotent and omnipresent person; they are, so to speak, part of the body of God (1975c:82). 'So to speak', yes, if we wish to insist on there being a god. The forest is the dominant category of Mbuti world view, the domi ...
... forest. Human beings, therefore, are part of that totality which exists as an omnipotent and omnipresent person; they are, so to speak, part of the body of God (1975c:82). 'So to speak', yes, if we wish to insist on there being a god. The forest is the dominant category of Mbuti world view, the domi ...
How is BioLogos different from Darwinism or Social
... "The aid which we feel impelled to give to the helpless is mainly an incidental result of the instinct of sympathy, which was originally acquired as part of the social instincts, but subsequently rendered, in the manner previously indicated, more tender and more widely diffused. Nor could we check o ...
... "The aid which we feel impelled to give to the helpless is mainly an incidental result of the instinct of sympathy, which was originally acquired as part of the social instincts, but subsequently rendered, in the manner previously indicated, more tender and more widely diffused. Nor could we check o ...
Philosophy of Social Robotics: Abundance Economics
... configuring the modes of life of the future. Two of the areas with the most significant potential impact could be economics and society. In an economic sense, social robots are one form of robotics, and more generally indicative of the move to the automation economy. A key contemporary concern is t ...
... configuring the modes of life of the future. Two of the areas with the most significant potential impact could be economics and society. In an economic sense, social robots are one form of robotics, and more generally indicative of the move to the automation economy. A key contemporary concern is t ...
Yes - Cardiff University
... Such figures had amongst their other recognised social functions, the poss ibility of accepting or having thrust upon them, at once blame for social mishaps and, perhaps less often, praise for facilitating necessary change which non-strangers could not easily, i.e. without become estranged, initiate ...
... Such figures had amongst their other recognised social functions, the poss ibility of accepting or having thrust upon them, at once blame for social mishaps and, perhaps less often, praise for facilitating necessary change which non-strangers could not easily, i.e. without become estranged, initiate ...
Lewontin on definition of fitness
... (3) This failure is a consequence of the fact that in different biological situations different algorithms must be used to connect temporal changes in type frequencies with quantitative information about reproduction and that in an important fraction of cases even complete information on reproductiv ...
... (3) This failure is a consequence of the fact that in different biological situations different algorithms must be used to connect temporal changes in type frequencies with quantitative information about reproduction and that in an important fraction of cases even complete information on reproductiv ...
Pop Anthropology, With Little Anthropology or Pop
... being troubled by the fact that many Americans are not taking evolution seriously enough, and being troubled as well, in this case, by the fact that many Americans are taking evolution a bit too seriously! Zuk’s anthropology is quite normative, including her punch line, that human microevolution can ...
... being troubled by the fact that many Americans are not taking evolution seriously enough, and being troubled as well, in this case, by the fact that many Americans are taking evolution a bit too seriously! Zuk’s anthropology is quite normative, including her punch line, that human microevolution can ...
1 ANTH 2: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Matthew Wolf
... complexity and evolution, where over time small bands of individuals eventually become modern states – a transition that takes thousands of years. These ideas are not solely anthropological, but also circulate popularly to shape everyday politics and action. But, recently, these models of social tra ...
... complexity and evolution, where over time small bands of individuals eventually become modern states – a transition that takes thousands of years. These ideas are not solely anthropological, but also circulate popularly to shape everyday politics and action. But, recently, these models of social tra ...
Kinship and Evolved Psychological Dispositions
... Kinship and Marriage (1971). The basis of their arguments was that marriage and kinship, as understood by social and cultural anthropologists, were not externally existing phenomena but merely glosses for loosely similar notions found in different cultures. As Needham put it, there was no such thing ...
... Kinship and Marriage (1971). The basis of their arguments was that marriage and kinship, as understood by social and cultural anthropologists, were not externally existing phenomena but merely glosses for loosely similar notions found in different cultures. As Needham put it, there was no such thing ...
Social Anthropology - Economic and Social Research Council
... What will I study at university? There are over 120 different social anthropology courses available. The subject can be studied as a combined degree with a range of other subjects: • Politics • Sociology • Archaeology • International relations • Media and cultural studies • History • Philosop ...
... What will I study at university? There are over 120 different social anthropology courses available. The subject can be studied as a combined degree with a range of other subjects: • Politics • Sociology • Archaeology • International relations • Media and cultural studies • History • Philosop ...
Networks of Social Influence
... summary of input evaluative information – Behaviors are discrete, are observable to others • Influence only from behaviors, not attitudes ...
... summary of input evaluative information – Behaviors are discrete, are observable to others • Influence only from behaviors, not attitudes ...
LEVELS OF SELECTION ARE ARTEFACTS OF DIFFERENT
... time to extinction or expected growth rate or more generally, following Bouchard (2008, 2011), as persistence through time. But whatever definition of fitness one decides to use, it is clear that the fitness of an entity can only be estimated empirically by measuring actual or realized reproductive ...
... time to extinction or expected growth rate or more generally, following Bouchard (2008, 2011), as persistence through time. But whatever definition of fitness one decides to use, it is clear that the fitness of an entity can only be estimated empirically by measuring actual or realized reproductive ...
ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES Introduction to Anthropology
... on non-western or 'tribal people'. For a long time, anthropologists assumed that non-European cultures were different enough to justify a different social science discipline to study them. This assumption seems less persuasive today. How are different people in different places similar and different ...
... on non-western or 'tribal people'. For a long time, anthropologists assumed that non-European cultures were different enough to justify a different social science discipline to study them. This assumption seems less persuasive today. How are different people in different places similar and different ...
1. Evolution, fitness and adaptations The ability of humans to
... elegant, if not always ultimately durable models for the workings of natural selection, adaptation and fitness. In the introduction to The Origin of Species he wrote: As many more individuals of each species are born than can possibly survive; and as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring st ...
... elegant, if not always ultimately durable models for the workings of natural selection, adaptation and fitness. In the introduction to The Origin of Species he wrote: As many more individuals of each species are born than can possibly survive; and as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring st ...
Mechanisms of Evolution
... ultimately, mutation is the source of genetic variation. Other forms of evolution on cannot occur without genetic variation. With regard to the fitness of alleles, mutation is random -- it may produce alleles that result in high fitness (rare) or low fitness (much more common), and the probability ...
... ultimately, mutation is the source of genetic variation. Other forms of evolution on cannot occur without genetic variation. With regard to the fitness of alleles, mutation is random -- it may produce alleles that result in high fitness (rare) or low fitness (much more common), and the probability ...
Although autism was first diagnosed by Kanner in 1943 (xx)
... Accepting theory of mind as a critical component of human cognitive development, what provoked this crucial change? Based on evidence of accumulated modifications to human cultural artifacts and traditions over time, Tomasello claims that humans do not operate as isolated individual cultures. Rathe ...
... Accepting theory of mind as a critical component of human cognitive development, what provoked this crucial change? Based on evidence of accumulated modifications to human cultural artifacts and traditions over time, Tomasello claims that humans do not operate as isolated individual cultures. Rathe ...
Scheme of work
... You will be assessed on your knowledge, understanding and skills relating to food and fitness through a written examination of two hours. There will be four compulsory structured questions which will include short-answer and free response items. These will require you to demonstrate and apply your k ...
... You will be assessed on your knowledge, understanding and skills relating to food and fitness through a written examination of two hours. There will be four compulsory structured questions which will include short-answer and free response items. These will require you to demonstrate and apply your k ...
Learning theories
... What is learning? - I • Learning is a continuous process of interaction between an organism and its environment. • Learning involves the perception and processing of information at a number of levels. • At a molecular level, learning can be seen as biochemically mediated changes in cellular structur ...
... What is learning? - I • Learning is a continuous process of interaction between an organism and its environment. • Learning involves the perception and processing of information at a number of levels. • At a molecular level, learning can be seen as biochemically mediated changes in cellular structur ...
Where did anthropology go?: or the need for `human nature`
... There has, however, been only one other really significant tendency which does not fit in the dichotomy between an evolutionary theory about human nature and a mentalist culturalist one about the hole where human nature used to be. This third theory I shall call functionalism here, although I includ ...
... There has, however, been only one other really significant tendency which does not fit in the dichotomy between an evolutionary theory about human nature and a mentalist culturalist one about the hole where human nature used to be. This third theory I shall call functionalism here, although I includ ...
Personality Theory and Research
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... Copyright (the Canadian copyright licensing agency) is unlawful. Requests for further information should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. The purchaser may make back-up copies for his or her own use only and not for distribution or resale. The author and the ...