Psychology 3228A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hoverfly, Aposematism, Carnivora
17 Jan 2020
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Psych 3228 lecture 1: relatively new discipline, assumes that the human mind is the product of natural selection, just like any other trait, we gain a better understanding of the mind by understanding evolutionary pressures. Involves the splitting of a single evolutionary image into. Adaptation: many properties of living things are adaptations: Features that appear designed to serve a function. Examples: hoverflies are palatable to birds but are protected by their resemblance to wasps. Conspicuous aposematic color and pattern make it easier for predators to form an association between the distastefulness of hercules moth larvae and their appearance: aposematic: apo = away, sematos = sign. The sight of a feather in a peacock"s tail, whenever i see it, makes me sick (darwin, 1859: birds of paradise: https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=rx40mbb8bku. Hierarchical organization of life: many groups show minor variations within the group and large differences between groups. Phylum: chordata (vertebrate animals) class: mammalia (mammals: order: carnivora (meat eaters, genus: panthera (great cats)
