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what are 5 mechanisms of biological evolution

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natural selection
sexual selection
mutation
gene flow
gene drift

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what are the 3 pillars of natural selection

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competition
variation
heritability

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what happens quicker, genetic heritability or natural selection

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natural selection

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what do genes contain

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proteins

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where are genes found

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on strands of dna

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what did gregor Mendel 1865 discover

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there are 2 versions of a gene in an organism, one from each parent

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what is genetic drift

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variation in frequency of different genotypes in a small population due to chance dissappearance of genes dying or not reproducing

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whats gene flow

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movement of genes into or out of a population, may lead to migration of organisms

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everyone has diff genetic makeup except?

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mono zygotic twins

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what does ricjard Dawkins say about genes

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-are a unit of selection in biological evolution
- genes are self interested

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what is it meant by biological fitness

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number of copies of genes passed onto future generation

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what is INTERsexual selection

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-when one gender makes mate choices based on a specific characteristic of the other gender
-gametic investment
prefferred mate choice

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what is INTRAsexual selection

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-the competition between members of the same species and sex for access to breeding stock
-status and hierarchy
-physical combat

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what type of animal gave the homo genus?

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australopithecus

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why did homo genus cause brain to get bigger

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-due to increase in energy consumption (food)

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when was agricultural revolution introduced

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-12,000 years ago (farming)

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when were homo sapiens alive

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200,000 years ago

18
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when was the cogntive revolution

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70,000 years ago

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physiology and biology are dependent on genes, what does this suggest?

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the forces that shaped our physical bodies also shaped out psychology

20
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what is evolutionary psychology

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-approach to understand design of human mind
-is not an area of study, is perception

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what does an evolutionary perspective suggest about natural selection

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its given us a privileged hypotheses about the world
-given us instincts

22
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whats the issue with EEA dangers nowadays?

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fears of EEA dangers are more common than modern day dangers
-e.g snakes compared to guns and cars

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why havent EEA changed evolved

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not been enough time for biological evolution to adapt to our modern environment

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what are some critisims to evoultionary psychology

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-stories
-major uncertainty about EEA pressures

25
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whats a few examples on interpretations of evolutionary psychology

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-non genetic explanations
- non adaptive explanations
-genetic determinism- behaviour is controlled by genes and physiology

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what is comparative evoultionary psychology

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-subfield that adresses evolutionary psychologys limitation:
-dependence on specualtion about EEA to make inferences about how traits may have evolved

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what can the comparative approach of evolutionary psychology help us to do

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helps us disentangle our learned cognition

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what does the developmental aspect of evoultionary psychology approach?

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-the earlier a trait emerges the less likely it is to be dependent on socio culturla learning to develop
-the later the emergence of trait the more likely it is to be dependent on socio cultural learning to develop

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what is the cross cultural approach in evoultionary psychology

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  • The similar the developmental trajectory of a trait, the less it is likely to be dependent on socio-cultural learning to develop.
    -The more different the developmental trajectory of a trait, the more it is likely to be dependent on socio-cultural learning to develop.
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whats natural selection

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selection for genes which enhance mating success

31
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whats the parasite theory

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-parasites account for most mortality than anything else
-a strong immune system should be attractive

32
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if the sex invests more in…

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-its offspring will be more selective when choosing a mate
-usually females more picky where male invest more

33
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what are the sex differences in mate preferences?

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-males value reproductive capacity more
-females value resource acquisition more

34
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what are some issues with evolutionary psychology

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-biased samples
-social desirability
-huge intra sexual variation in preferences

35
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how do women perceive low and high testosterone

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-high; strong immune system, considered to be more ‘nasty’
-low; weak imune response; perceived as a nice person

36
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what happens to women during fertile window

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-tend to look for mroe dominant healthier appearing men

37
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what is an example of the cycle shift

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women tend to look for more feminised faces but during fertile period look for more masculine faces

38
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what does mhc stand for

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major histocompatiblity complex

39
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what is MHC

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genes that control the immune response and effective resistance against pathogens, a known preference for males with MHC

40
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what did study of MHC show

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-when women were ovulating, prefered smell of men with higher MHC however this was reversed when women took contraceptives

41
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in a social aspect what does EP and SP display

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-evolutionary adaptations linked to psycholigcal sex differences
-social psychology linked to psychological sex differences

42
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what is the difference between EP and SP

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  • EP: sex differences in mate preferences stem from sex diffs in relative gamete size and parental investment
    SP: sex differences in mate preferences stem from gendered social roles

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