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Lecture 13 Flashcards

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What is Evolution?

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Change over time in frequency with which genes, and characteristics they produces, occur within an interbreeding population

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What do Mutations do?

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Continually introduce new genetic variation

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What are Adaptations?

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Changes that promotes survival/reproduction

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What allows Adaptations to become more frequent in the population?

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Natural selection

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What do domain specific adaptation?

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Solve particular problems (e.x. mate section, finding safe food, avoiding particular environmental hazards)

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What are Broad Adaptations?

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General, multi purpose, and versatile (e.x. language, logical reasoning)

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How does the environment help?

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It provides input to evolutionary mechanisms that predispose infants to learn particular things

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What does Evolutionary Psychology ask?

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How behaviour and tendencies have evolved in response to environmental demands

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How much variance in personality is attributed to genotype differences?

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40-50%

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What does the Five factor model of personality suggest about genotype?

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Genotype contributes to 40-50% of the difference in personality

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What does the Genetic contribution to personalities imply?

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There is an evolutionary role in shaping personality

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What is the Basis for the Evolutionary Personality theory?

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There is an evolutionary role in shaping personality

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Why do some extremes for personality get selected by evolutionary mechanisms?

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Because there is always some natural variation and some traits are adaptive in different environments

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What do different environments exert?

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Different evolutionary/selection pressures. And different environment are always changing

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What do many different characteristics and behaviours have to potential to become?

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Adaptive or maladaptive in different times/places

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What is Parental Investment?

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The resource investment (time, effort, energy etc) and risks associated with caring for each offspring

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What does Variation in parental investment reflect?

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Different strategies that have been optimized by particular selection pressures

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What is the range of Parental investment?

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Some species produce many offspring and invest little and some invest large amounts of resources in few offspring

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What did Trivers predict for parental investment?

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1) The sex with the grater parental investment will be more discriminating when choosing mates
2) The sex with the lesser parental investment will more aggressively compete for potential mates

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What does Sexual Dimorphism refer to?

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Difference in characteristics between males/females within a species

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What is Sexual Dimorphism shaped by?

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Differences in evolutionary selection pressures for males/females

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What is Polygyny?

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One male with many females

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When is Polygyny predicted to occur?

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If female investment in offspring high, male investment is low

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What do Polygynous species tend to have?

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Greater sexual dimorphism

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What is Polyandry?

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One female mates with many males

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What do Females of Polyandrous species tend to be?

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Larger than the males, in line with Trivers prediction

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What is Cooperation?

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One individual helps another and each gains some advantage

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What is Altruism?

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One individual helps another but there are costs involved and no apparent advantage to the helper

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What is Kin selection theory?

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Applies to helping one’s relatives

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What does Kin Selection theory do?

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Increases the survival of relatives, promoting survival of common genetic material

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What is Reciprocal Altruism theory?

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General helping, not based on genetic relatedness

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Why might some physical/behaviour attributes like aggression be chosen?

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Because they can carry certain benefits

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What can Dominance Hierarchies do?

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Can reduce conflict

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