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Evolution Flashcards

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Adaptations

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Traits/characteristics that help an individual survive and reproduce in their environment (rise from natural selection)

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Adaptive Functions of Mental Activity

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-Selective attention
- Memory encoding
- memory retrival

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What are the three components of natural selection?

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  • Heritability
  • Individual Differences
  • Differential Reproduction
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What does natural selection operate through?

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  • natural selection operates through selective transmission
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Stabilizating Selection

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  • keeps traits stable over generations (no big departure from the species-typical design)
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