UCSP quiz 4 Flashcards
study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.
Genetics
examples? or cause?? of genetics
Plastic Surgery
Genetic Screening
Genetic Engineering
Physical Perfection
Increase socio-economic inequality
Reduce human diversity
Physical Perfection
Long term plasticity of the human genome.
Evolution
Three parts of evolution
Variation
Adaptation
Inheritance
Biological similarities and differences originated at the creation, characteristics of life forms were seen as immutable.
Creationism
After each destructive event, god was created again, leading to contemporary species
Catastrophism
- Father of Geology
- he defines the uniformitarianism
Charles Lyell
States that the present is the key to the past. Explanations for past events should be sought in the long term action of ordinary forces that still operate today.
uniformitarianism
- Compared with contemporary humans, they had very small brains.
- Their trait that has been lost during subsequent human evolutions big back teeth.
Early Hominins
The earliest widely accepted hominin genus. (5.8-4.4 million years ago)
Ardipithecus
Adaptation to open grassland or savanna
Bipedalism
She was one of the first hominin fossils to become a household name. Her skeleton is around 40% complete - at the time of her discovery, she was by far the most complete early hominin known.
Lucy: Australopithecus Afarensis
- Team led by scientists Louis and Mary Leakey uncovered the fossilized remains of a unique early human between 1960 and 1963 at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania.
- The word habilis is based on a Latin word meaning ‘handy’ or ‘skilful’. This species is known as ‘handyman’ because stone tools were found near its fossil remains and it is assumed this species had developed the ability to modify stone into tools.
Homo Habilis
The extinct ancient human _____ is a species of firsts. It was the first of our relatives to have human-like body proportions, with shorter arms and longer legs relative to its torso. It was also the first known hominin to migrate out of Africa, and possibly the first to cook food.
Homo Erectus
found 1964 near lake Turkan, Kenya. This is the most complete homo erectus ever found.
Nariokotome Boy
The earliest members of our species, along with the neanderthals of Europe and the middle east.
Neanderthal (H. Sapiens Neanderthalensis)
The stone tool techniques evolved out of the oldowan or pebble tool tradition that lasted 15,000 years ago.
Paleolithic
The final stage of technological development among prehistoric humans.
Neolithic
During these stages men made and used a variety of metal objects.
Age of metals
Three stages when age of metals
copper, bronze and iron age
Is the lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture.
Socialization
A person’s fairly consistent patterns of acting , thinking and feelings
Personality
Another term for socialization.
Enculturation
“In every man’s brain, there were always be a woman”
Sigmund Freud
Freud’s Model of Personality
ID
Superego
Ego
- Represents the human being’s basic drives or biological and physical needs which are unconcious and demand immediate satisfaction
- it seeks drives
ID
A person’s concious efforts to balance innate pleasure
Ego
- Refers to the cultural values and norms internalized by an individual, through its values and norms it opposes the self centered ID.
- it demands of society
Superego
Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
Sensori Motor
Preoperational Stage
Concrete Operational Stage
Formal Operational Stage
- First two years
- know the world only through the five senses
Sensori Motor
- Age two to seven
- first use language and other symbols
Preoperational Stage
- Between the ages of seven and eleven
- First see a causal connection in their surroundings.
Concrete Operational Stage
- About age twelve
- Individuals think abstractly and critically
Formal Operational Stage
- Part of our personality and includes self-awareness and self-image
- Product of social experience
- Not guided by biological drives (freud) or biological maturation (piaget)
Self
He formulates the theory of self
George Herbert Mead
Three stages of development self
Imitation
Play
Roles
children initially can only mimic the gestures and words of others
Imitation
beginning at age three, children play the roles of specific people
Play
plays them out to gain an understanding of the different social roles.
Roles
Refer to widespread cultural norms and values we use as references in evaluating ourselves
Generalized Other
he formulates the “looking glass self” theory
Charles Horton Cooley
- Meaning to self- image based on how we think others see us. As we interact with others the people around us become a mirror
- If we think others see us clever, we will think of ourselves in the same way.
Looking Glass Self
Agents of Socialization
Family
Schools
Peer Group
Mass Media
First setting of socialization has the greatest impact on attitudes and behavior.
Family
Teach knowledge and skills needed for life and expose children to greater social diversity.
Schools
Takes on great importance during adolescence.
Peer Group
Huge impact of socialization in modern societies.
Mass Media
