Chapter 3 Flashcards
1
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natural selection
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an evolutionary process that occurs when the following three conditions are present: 1) there is individual variability among members of a species on certain traits; 2) those traits are associated with different survival rates; 3) those traits have a hereditary basis.
2
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sexual selection
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“fecundity of the sexiest”; those individuals who can best attract the the healthiest mate are most likely to have the surviving offspring
3
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fidelity
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the accuracy of copying genes
4
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memes
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the smallest units of cultural information that can be faithfully transmitted
5
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fecundity
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in biological evolution, fecundity is determined by the number of offspring an individual organism has
6
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epidemiology of ideas
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7
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dynamic social impact theory
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theory that proposes
