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what is a species

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animals that tend to make and produce fertile offspring

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what is a genus

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species that evolved from common ancestor (e.g., loins, tigers, leopards, jaguars are genus Panthera)

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what are human’s genus and species

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We are of genus Homo (man) and species sapiens (wise)

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what is the human family

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great ape.

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what is a family

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all genera originating from same ancestor

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what is the out of africa hypothesis

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that we all came from africa then travelled out of it

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human history had how any phases

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3

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what are the 3 phases of human evolution

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cognitive revolution
agriculture revolution
scientific revolution

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what was the cognitive revolution

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Drastic increase in brain size: our brain is about 2.5% of body weight, but consumes 25% of body resting energy (apes: 8%). We do not know what drove this dramatic brain development.

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what is the consequences of the cognitive revolution

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spend more time looking for food, and muscle atrophy, human premature birth (raising child by group) due to bigger brain and smaller pelvis (upright walk), cooking (handling fire), language.

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what are the benefits of the cognitive revolution

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Ability to communicate knowledge about world Planning complex actions (e.g., avoiding predators)
Ability to communicate about social structure 
Larger groups of humans can live together (up to 150, after that information cannot be share effectively about everyone).
Ability to communicate about things that do not exist 
Cooperation of strangers (myths, concepts); rapid innovation of social behaviour (laws, traditions).

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what is the agricultural revolution

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For 100K years hominids depended on hunting and gathering for survival. Humans followed their food around, camped around protective sites and waterholes. But 8K years ago agriculture emerged, animals were domesticated (or did they domesticate us?): concepts of ownership emerged, instead of kinship tribal bands, villages and cities and nations became default social structures
Diet change from wholesome to monocultural, nutrition related diseases.
Reduced knowledge about the wider surroundings, animals, plants, geography, etc than nomadic humans.
Sedentary life style. Spending more time on working for food than hunter and gatherers; work-related diseases

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what do Evolutionary Psychologists argue about our minds and the agriculture revolution

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Evolutionary Psychologists argue that our minds are hunter-gatherer minds and our behaviour reflects this

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who led the scientific revolution

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Galileo, Bacon, Descartes

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what was the scientific revolution

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development of scientific method to understand nature with the aim to control it (an old human dream)

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what is nativism

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Knowledge of the world is mostly innate, and determines certain abilities

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what are the two opposing views on what explains behavioural similarities and differences

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nativism and empiricism

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what vie is associated with nativism

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This view is associated with the idea that NATURE (i.e., genes etc) determines behaviour

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who is a famous nativist

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descartes

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what view is empiricism associated with

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This view is associated with the idea that NURTURE (environment) determines behaviour.

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what is tabula rasa

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a blank slate

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what is empiricism

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At birth mind is tabula rasa, nothing in terms of behaviour and knowledge is inherited, all is learned

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who is a famous empiricist

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Locke was an empiricist

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what is Interactionism

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Certain basic abilities and knowledge is innate, but can be influenced by experience, which in turn can change what innate behaviours are expressed, which influences what will be experienced, and so on. This view is supported strongly by the available evidence.

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which is more right, empiricism or nativism

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neither! it is Interactionism– s combination of both

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behaviour needs to be explained along how many dimensions

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2

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what are the 2 dimensions to explain behaviour

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proximate

ultimate

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what is proximate causes

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Proximate (=close) causes. Related to internal changes in an animal, such as hormones, learning, experience, etc. Explains “how” an animal produces a behaviour

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what are ultimate cases

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relates to the evolutionary causes of behaviour. Explains “why” an animal behaves as it does

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what is an example of ultimate causes

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For example, in classical conditioning, certain neural mechanisms and emotional states allow the association between a conditioned and unconditioned stimulus. These mechanisms are the proximate causes of the behaviour. Why animals are able to form such associations needs to be explained in evolutionary terms (e.g., increases their ability to survive).

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do genes “cause” behaviour

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Genes do not “cause” behaviour. They influence the development of the body, which gives rise or allows for certain behaviours to emerge

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what does PIAGET’S THEORY OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT say

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Certain knowledge and behaviours are innate
Babies use this knowledge to start exploring world.
If experience does not fit with existing conceptual knowledge (Disequilibrium), then the new experience needs to be accommodated by changing concepts of the world
New, knowledge-compatible experiences are then assimilated into existing concepts of the world

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who had an interactionism view

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piaget

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what is the sequence to piaget’s theory

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assimilation– when a baby incorporates new objects into the scheme
equilibrium
new situation
disequilibrium– when experience does not fit with existing conceptual knowledge
accommodation– when the new object does not fit the existing scheme

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what is the sequence of the levels of genes

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Cells contain nuclei, which contain chromosomes, which contain DNA

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what are chromosomes

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Hereditary transmission of traits requires chromosomes, i.e., DNA

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what does DNA stand for

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deoxyribonucleic acid

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what is dna

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complex molecule which contains the genes

DNA contains information allowing cells to function

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each human cell contains how many chromosomes

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46

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what kind of structure do DNA form

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DNA molecule forms a double-helix structure resembling a ladder

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what are the bases of DNA

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The steps of the ladder are made of the bases Adenine (A), Thymine (T), Cytosin (C), and Guanin (G)

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what pairs do the bases in DNA form

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These bases form the pairs: A-T, C-G.

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Sequences of the base pairs on the DNA form what

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Sequences of the base pairs on the DNA form genes

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what do genes provide coding for

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Genes provide the code for building proteins.

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how many genes are in a human genome

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The human genome contains about 20-30K genes

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what is DNA packaged around

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DNA is packaged around histones

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what needs to happen to the Histones to allow DNA to be accessible

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Histones need to unwrap to allow DNA to be accessible

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why are histones critical

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for regulating gene expression

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what are Epigenetic mechanisms

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Epigenetic mechanisms are processes that change gene expression, and operate on the level of the histones

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what are Gene expression and epigenetic related to

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Interactionism

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what is the noncoding DNA used for

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The non-coding DNA used to be labelled junk DNA, but it seems now essential for regulating gene expression

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what is DNA

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Deoxyribonucleic acid. Contains genetic code in terms of base-pair sequences. There are parts of DNA that code for genes, and other parts that do not. The non-coding DNA used to be labelled junk DNA, but it seems now essential for regulating gene expression

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what is transcription

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The process of copying a strand of DNA, i.e., producing a copy of a gene. During transcription, DNA polymerase copies one strand of DNA by producing messenger RNA (or mRNA). mRNA contains the copy of the base sequence of DNA

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what is Translation.

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The process of producing a protein out of mRNA. This is done by ribosomes, organelles that are able to use mRNA to produce a protein

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what is Nucleus.

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An organelle in eukaryotic cells that contains DNA

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what is Amino acid.

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The building blocks of proteins. On mRNA, each triplet of bases codes for a specific amino acid. These triplets of bases are called codons. Ribosomes detect codons and select the appropriate amino acid to build the protein the mRNA codes for

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what is Genotype.

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The complete set of an organism’s genes

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what is Phenotype.

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The overt characteristics of an organism (resulting from what genes are expressed) Phenotype is product of genotype and environmental factors, and experience

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what is an example of Phenotype

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extensive exercise can lead to enlarged muscles, because this activity leads to the expression of genes permitting muscle growth

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how does gene transmittion work

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Cells in human body generally contain 46 chromosomes (=23 pairs; diploid set).
Female egg and male sperm contain only 23 chromosomes (one half of each pair, haploid set).
Combining two haploid sets (one father, one mother) produces a diploid set in the offspring during conception

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what is one half of each pair of diploids called

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haploid

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how many diploids (sets) in a human

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23

63
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what are alleles

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We inherit the genes coding for the same features once from our mother and once from our father. These different forms are called alleles

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what are the 2 types of alleles

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homozygous

heterozygous

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what is Homozygous:

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the alleles code for the same phenotype

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what is Heterozygous:

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the alleles code for different phenotypes. The expressed phenotype reflects the coding in the dominant gene. The recessive gene is usually not expressed

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what is a fertilized cell called

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zygotes

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what are fraternal twins

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separate eggs fertilized by separate sperm– share only about half their genes

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what are identical twins

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single egg fertilized by single sperm, then splits in 2– share all of their genes

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do humans come with a set of inborn abilities

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yes

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Because of the way our species evolved, many abilities, tendencies, and characteristics are:

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either present at birth in all human beings, or

develop rapidly as a child matures

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what are some examples of the inborn abilities humans have

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inborn reflexes
an attraction to novelty
a motive to explore and manipulate objects an impulse to play
the capacity for certain basic cognitive skills

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what are 4 great examples of innate human behaviour

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crying
grasping reflex
feeding behaviour
smiling and laughing

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what is the crying and why is it an interesting innate human behaviour

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well-coordinate and highly effective inborn behaviour is crying
Crying is complex, requiring coordination of many muscles
Crying is a form of primal communication, but it is highly effective
One of the best tools a baby has available to promote its survival, as it usually elicits a caring response from the parents, for who these sounds are highly irritating.
Research has shown that human brains respond in a specific way to human babies cries, which have the potential to activate the amygdala and promote a fear response

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what is the grasping reflex and why is it an interesting innate human behaviour

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Human newborns are remarkably strong, being able to support their own weight with the grasping reflex.
Seems to reflex the fact that primates used to have fur, and grasping allowed the newborn to attach itself to the mother

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what is the feeding behaviour and why is it an interesting innate human behaviour

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Human babies know how to search for, find, and use a nipple to get food

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what is the smiling and laughing and why is it an interesting innate human behaviour

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Boy blind and deaf from birth can smile and laugh. Impossible to learn this by imitation

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what is the point of Inborn behaviours and behavioural tendencies

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Inborn behaviours and behavioural tendencies may serve to improve adaptation to environmental constraints

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what are Inborn behaviours and behavioural tendencies a form of

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These are a form of a post-hoc explanation, a shortcoming of some explanations put forward in evolutionary psychology

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what is a post-hoc explanation

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, a shortcoming of some explanations put forward in evolutionary psychology

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give examples of post-hoc explanation, a shortcoming of some explanations put forward in evolutionary psychology

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sensory and perceptual abilities learning
ethnocentrism
cognitive biases 
memory
emotions and emotional expressions
stress reactions
the tendency to gain weight when food is plentiful 
attachment to others
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what is the basic idea of natural selection

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Natural selection: Those organisms best adapted to their environment have a better chance of surviving and reproducing

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what factors does the theory of evolution involve

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This theory of evolution involves the following factors
Rapid multiplication
Limited environmental resources
Struggle for existence
Variation/Mutation
Survival of the fittest
Inheritance of the useful variation Formation of new species

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what is rapid multiplication

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Organisms reproduce more offspring than can survive (e.g., plants produce thousands of seeds; cod fish lay >million eggs).

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what is limited resources

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Increase of population requires mores resources (space and food), but both are limited and often relatively constant. Individuals compete for these limited resources.

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what is competition (struggle for existence; BUT SEE SYMBIOSIS!)

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The competition for the limited resources as well as for mates plays out on three levels: intraspecific (within species), interspecific (between species), environment (eg. flood, drought etc).

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what is Variation & Adaptation.

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Because environment changes, the more genetic variation (mutation) within a species, the more likely it will survive. Some traits in individuals allow them to adapt better to the environment than other organisms can

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wha is Survival of the fittest (natural selection).

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Individuals with most adaptive traits have higher probability to reproduce and pass on their genes. Natural selection acts on phenotype

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what is an example of the “survival of the fittest”

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Peppered moth

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how is the peppered moth significant

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At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in England, coal burning produced soot that covered the countryside in many areas.
White moths became easier to see, while the black moths became harder to see. The black moths were more likely to survive and pass on the gene for dark color to their offspring.
Over time, the black moths have become more common

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Evolutionary psychologists study our commonalities, such as…

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personality, emotion, sexual behavior, reasoning and trace these to the processes of evolution, especially the process of natural selection.

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what is the main job of evolutionary psychologists

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trace these to the processes of evolution, especially the process of natural selection
They draw inferences about the behavioral tendencies that might have been selected.
These tendencies are then argued to have helped our ancestors to solve survival problems and enhanced their reproductive fitness, which is why the trait is now present.
They then conduct research to see if such tendencies actually exist throughout the world.
Many evolutionary psychologists believe that the mind is not a general- purpose computer. It is viewed as a collection of specialized mental modules to handle specific survival problems

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what do Evolutionary psychologists argue about male and females and their sexual and courtship stuff

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Evolutionary psychologists argue that males and females have evolved different sexual and courtship strategies. These have evolved in response to survival problems faced in the distant past.

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what des the Evolutionary theoretical position argue

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males tend to be promiscuous

females to be monogamous

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wha does it mean by males tend to be promiscuous

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to be attracted to young partners, and to want sexual novelty because they do not need to invest into a partner in order to spread their genes

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what does it mean by females to be monogamous,

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to be choosy about partners, and to prefer security to novelty because of the high cost of investment into a pregnancy

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what is some criticism of mate selection

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Critics argue that evolutionary explanations of infidelity and monogamy fall short on many levels.
Usually, these explanations are based on simplistic stereotypes of gender differences.
The research method used to explore these traits is based on questionnaires, which often do not reflect real-life choices.
Due to limited research resources, convenience samples are often used in questionnaire studies that are not necessarily representative of people in general.
The focus on the human prototype behaviour stemming from the Pleistocene Age may not be warranted: Our ancestors probably did not have a wide range of partners to choose from. Evidence suggests that what may have evolved is mate selection based on similarity and proximity

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The focus on the human prototype behaviour stemming from the Pleistocene Age may not be warranted, what did people say against the sexual preference stuff

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Our ancestors probably did not have a wide range of partners to choose from. Evidence suggests that what may have evolved is mate selection based on similarity and proximity

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what is PROBLEMATIC EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY

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Often men care more about a partner’s chastity than women do, as predicted by evolutionary psychology. However, culture strongly moderates this. In China, both sexes prefer a partner who has not yet had intercourse, whereas in Sweden, this is not an issue

100
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According to the fossil record, the first cellular life forms were what

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unicellular prokaryotic cells

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what were the features of the unicellular prokaryotic cells

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These cells had no membrane-bound organelles, such as mitchondria, and had no nucleus (their name denotes that: “pro”=before, “karyon”=kernel)

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did the unicellular prokaryotic cells have basic features of plant to animal cells

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no

103
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what kind of cells are found in plant and animal cells

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Eukaryotic cells found in plants and animals contain specialised organelles, some of them surrounded by a membrane

104
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what is unique about mitochondria

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Mitochondria, for example, are organelles that also have their own DNA. The cell cannot make mitochondria, they reproduce independently by fission

105
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was the evolution of eukaryotic cells a result of mutation or natural selection?

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The evolution of eukaryotic cells may not have been the result of mutation and natural selection alone, but also symbiotic processes

106
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what is the Theory of symbiogenesis

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introduces evolutionary processes to explain the origin of species in addition to random mutation and natural selection. The theory proposes that eukaryotic cells arose from symbiosis of singly living prokaryotic life forms.

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who is associated with the Theory of symbiogenesis

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This theory is associated with the work of Konstantin Mereschkowski (1905) and Lynn Margulis (1967)

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what are twi major problems with evolutionary psychology

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Modularity

Confirmatory testing

109
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what is Modularity

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Plasticity in brain both during and after development hard to reconcile with modularity claim. However, primates, probably us included, have certain functions in place, such as a “snake detection module”.

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what is Confirmatory testing

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Evolutionary psychologist produce little research that allows to fairly test the influence of environmental factors and genetic factors.
Simple genetic model: If a trait exists, it does because it increased fitness. Thus, every behaviour humans as a species express must have produced increased fitness. How does suicide fit in here? Or homosexuality?

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