PSYC 3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ontogeny, Breastfeeding

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3100
• Professor: Pat Barclay

Document Summary

There are different ways of asking question, some answers are not mutually exclusive , more than one answer to a questionmechanism vs function. E. g. why does the heart beat ?- both answers (acts as a pump to keep us alive- function) vs brains ending signal to nerves (mechanism) (function- why do we have hunger because by eating we gain the nutrient we need to survive) vs mechanism (hunger) Something that occurs within an individual or its lifetime. Mechanism- physiological, physical, cognitive process that trigger behaviour @ time they are performing that behaviour. Developmental causes (ontogeny) - the processes that cause that mechanism to develop within ivnvduals lifetime. Occurs over the history of the individual. Function- effect on reproductive success (rs) - why have a proximate mechanism that causes that behaviour ? eatings effect on rs is it provides the nutrients so u can have babies.