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UCSP quiz 4 Flashcards

1
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study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.

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Genetics

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2
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examples? or cause?? of genetics

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Plastic Surgery
Genetic Screening
Genetic Engineering
Physical Perfection
Increase socio-economic inequality

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3
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Reduce human diversity

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Physical Perfection

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4
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Long term plasticity of the human genome.

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Evolution

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5
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Three parts of evolution

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Variation
Adaptation
Inheritance

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6
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Biological similarities and differences originated at the creation, characteristics of life forms were seen as immutable.

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Creationism

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7
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After each destructive event, god was created again, leading to contemporary species

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Catastrophism

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8
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  • Father of Geology
  • he defines the uniformitarianism
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Charles Lyell

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9
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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.

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uniformitarianism

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10
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  • Compared with contemporary humans, they had very small brains.
  • Their trait that has been lost during subsequent human evolutions big back teeth.
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Early Hominins

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11
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The earliest widely accepted hominin genus. (5.8-4.4 million years ago)

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Ardipithecus

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12
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Adaptation to open grassland or savanna

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Bipedalism

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13
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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.

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Lucy: Australopithecus Afarensis

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14
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  • 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.
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Homo Habilis

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15
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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.

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Homo Erectus

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16
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found 1964 near lake Turkan, Kenya. This is the most complete homo erectus ever found.

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Nariokotome Boy

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17
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The earliest members of our species, along with the neanderthals of Europe and the middle east.

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Neanderthal (H. Sapiens Neanderthalensis)

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18
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The stone tool techniques evolved out of the oldowan or pebble tool tradition that lasted 15,000 years ago.

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Paleolithic

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19
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The final stage of technological development among prehistoric humans.

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Neolithic

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20
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During these stages men made and used a variety of metal objects.

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Age of metals

21
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Three stages when age of metals

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copper, bronze and iron age

22
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Is the lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture.

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Socialization

23
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A person’s fairly consistent patterns of acting , thinking and feelings

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Personality

24
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Another term for socialization.

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Enculturation

25
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“In every man’s brain, there were always be a woman”

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Sigmund Freud

26
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Freud’s Model of Personality

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ID
Superego
Ego

27
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  • Represents the human being’s basic drives or biological and physical needs which are unconcious and demand immediate satisfaction
  • it seeks drives
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ID

28
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A person’s concious efforts to balance innate pleasure

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Ego

29
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  • 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
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Superego

30
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Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

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Sensori Motor
Preoperational Stage
Concrete Operational Stage
Formal Operational Stage

31
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  • First two years
  • know the world only through the five senses
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Sensori Motor

32
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  • Age two to seven
  • first use language and other symbols
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Preoperational Stage

33
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  • Between the ages of seven and eleven
  • First see a causal connection in their surroundings.
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Concrete Operational Stage

34
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  • About age twelve
  • Individuals think abstractly and critically
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Formal Operational Stage

35
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  • 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)
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Self

36
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He formulates the theory of self

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George Herbert Mead

37
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Three stages of development self

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Imitation
Play
Roles

38
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children initially can only mimic the gestures and words of others

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Imitation

39
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beginning at age three, children play the roles of specific people

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Play

40
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plays them out to gain an understanding of the different social roles.

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Roles

41
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Refer to widespread cultural norms and values we use as references in evaluating ourselves

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Generalized Other

42
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he formulates the “looking glass self” theory

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Charles Horton Cooley

43
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  • 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.
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Looking Glass Self

44
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Agents of Socialization

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Family
Schools
Peer Group
Mass Media

45
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First setting of socialization has the greatest impact on attitudes and behavior.

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Family

46
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Teach knowledge and skills needed for life and expose children to greater social diversity.

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Schools

47
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Takes on great importance during adolescence.

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Peer Group

48
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Huge impact of socialization in modern societies.

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Mass Media

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