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Exam 6 questions Flashcards

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according to the SSSM, this is a general purpose process used in all domains of knowledge

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learning

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psychological mechanisms are designed to solve these types of problems

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adaptive problems

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an example of this might be sexual behavior taking on a social communication function rather than just reproductive functions

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exaptation

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as opposed to “inherited”, this term refers to the degree that differences across organisms in a trait are due to genetic differences in these organisms

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heritable

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this term refers to individual fitness plus the effect of behavior on fitness of genetic relatives

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inclusive fitness

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evolved adaptations are solutions to these

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adaptive problems

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the majority of human adaptation occurred during this era

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pleistocene epoch

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it is inappropriate to assume that, in order for something to be considered an adaptation, it must be present at this time in the life history

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at birth

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beginning 40,000 years ago, humans began to live in towns and cities because of this

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agriculture

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this theory on the origin of adaptations is untestable

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seeding theory

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as a consequence of this specific process, existing organisms will be adapted to their environment and look like they have been designed

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natural selection

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choosiness in mates is strongly related to sex differences in this

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parental investment

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this characteristic of faces is correlated with facial attractiveness

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symmetry

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a wide variety of these can be derived from specific evolutionary hypotheses

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predictions

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this is defined as a spontaneous change in the structure of a piece of DNA

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mutation

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behavior may not be adaptive because this may change more rapidly than the organism can evolve

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environment

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Tooby and Cosmides say that this process is not an explanation, but a phenomenon that needs explaining

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culture

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the brain is a physical system that functions much like this mechanical device

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computer

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information processing by the brain frequently occurs in the absence of this, the “tip of the iceberg”

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consciousness

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what is a possible non-adaptive explanation of female orgasm?

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that it is simply a byproduct of male orgasm due to shared developmental stages while still in utero

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according to the outdated SSSM, what is the basic difference between humans and other animals?

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humans are governed by culture and animals are governed by biology

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what is the major cost associated with possessing a relatively large brain?

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a large brain requires a lot of calories to grow and maintain and it is difficult on the mother to birth (large skull, small birth canal)

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how did Williams (1966) define an adaptation?

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  1. adaptive
  2. functional
  3. heritable
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what is canalization?

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the name given to how people/organisms can be funneled into displaying different traits over the life course in response to different environmental events (e.g.: early puberty in girls with absent fathers)

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sex differences in this were used in class as an example of the “top-down” research strategy

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parental investment

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what is decoupled cognition?

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phenomenon in which it is possible to “place” oneself in the future or past instead of the here and now because we have the cognitive capacity to do so

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how is the smart phone a good analogy for the human mind?

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they have apps that perform specific functions just like the brain does

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what’s the difference between natural and sexual selection?

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natural selection operates on traits that make an organism more likely to survive while sexual selection operates on traits related to reproductive success (e.g.: peacock’s tail is sexually selected because it helps to attract mates)

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what is seeding theory?

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it says that adaptations on Earth were brought/left here by an extraterrestrial source and other life forms

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