Week 4 Flashcards
Study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in
organisms
genetics
Plastic Surgery, Genetic Screening, Genetic
Engineering (designer babies), Physical Perfection
(reduces human diversity), Increase Socio Economic
Inequality
genetics
Long term plasticity of the human genome.
evolution
terms related to evolution
variation, adaptation, and inheritance
Biological similarities and differences originated at the creation characteristics of life forms were seen as immutable.
creationism
After each destructive event, God had created again leading to contemporary species.
Catastrophism
Father of Geology
Charles Lyell
States that the present is the key to the past.
Principle of Uniformitarianism
Explanations for past events should be sought in the long-term action of ordinary forces that still operates today.
Principle of Uniformitarianism
The earliest widely accepted Hominin Genus.
Ardipithecus
Adaption to open grassland or savanna.
bipedalism
Compared with contemporary humans, they had very small brain; trait that has been lost during subsequent human evolution big back teeth.
Early Hominins
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.
Homo Habilis
ound 1964 near lake turkan kenya . This is the most complete homo erectus ever found.
Nariokotome boy; homo erectus
The earliest members of our species, along with the
—— of Europe and the middle east.
Neanderthal
The stone-tool techniques that evolve 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
Divided into three stages copper, bronze and iron age. During these stages men made and used variety of metal objects.
Age of Metals
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
Who created the Models of Personality?
Sigmund Freud
Represents the human being’s basic drives or biological and physical needs which are unconscious and demand for immediate satisfaction.
Id
Refers to the cultural values and norms internalized by
an individual, through its values and norms it opposes the self-centered ID.
Superego
A person’s conscious efforts to balance innate pleasure
– seeking drives (ID) with the demands of society
(superego).
Ego
(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 ages seven and eleven) First see casual connection in their
surroundings.
Concrete Operational Stage
(about age twelve)
Individuals think abstractly and critically.
Formal Operational Stage
A child above fifteen (15) years but below eighteen (18) years of age shall likewise be exempt criminal liability
Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 (RA 9344)
Who created the Theory of Social Self?
George Herbert Mead
Product of social experience; not guided by biological drives or biological maturation. Imitation, Play, Roles.
Theory of Social Self
Refer to widespread cultural norms and values we use
as references in evaluating ourselves.
Generalized other
Looking glass self; Mean to self-image based on how we think others to see us. As we interact with others, the people around us become a mirror.
Charles Horton Cooley
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 on socialization modern societies
Mass Media
