8 - Evolutionary Psychology Flashcards
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- Generation of Diversity - Selective Reproduction - Transmitted Change
3 Factor Required for Evolution to Occur
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Theorizing about evolutionary causes of phenotypes
Adaptionism
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Heritable genetic code, internal genetic makeup
Genotype
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How the genotype is expressed through observable traits and behaviour
Phenotype
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Traits that are determined by genetic code, cannot be changed by environmental factors (Ex: eye colour, race, hair colour, etc.)
Predetermination
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Traits that serve no purpose, but do not drain enough resources to be evolved out (Ex: male nipples, appendix, coccyx, etc.)
Vestigial Traits
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Something being evolved for one purpose, but ending up being used for a different purpose
Exaptation
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Genetic predispositions that can be changed and overridden
Overrideable
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Genetic predispositions to learn certain behaviours more easily due to evolutionary history (Ex: fear of snakes and spiders, taste aversions, etc.)
Baldwin Effect
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Novel cultural processes invade cortical areas that were initially devoted to different, but similar functions (Ex: brain being stimulated by sunlight now being stimulated by screens)
Cortical/Neural Recycling
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As animals/humans develop new ways of dealing with problems, evolution phases out unneeded traits (Ex: humans evolved to have no fur because we invented clothes)
Cultural Feedback Loop
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The delaying or slowing down of the physiological development of an organism
Neoteny
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Mate selection that involves ensuring an organism’s own traits are passed on (Ex: choosing a similar mate to oneself)
Selfish Genes
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Natural inclination to ensuring the reproductive success of relatives
Kin Selection
