PSYC 2350 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: David Buss, Adaptive Behavior, Genetic Linkage
3 Jun 2020
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Natural selection is the evolutionary process by which those individuals of a species that are best adapted are the ones that survive and reproduce. Adaptive behavior is behavior that promotes an organism"s survival in the natural habitat. Def: emphasizes the importance of adaptation, reproduction, and survival of the fittest in shaping behavior. David buss said that evolution shapes our body but also our decision making, our degree of aggression, fears, and mating patterns. Evolutionary developmental psychology: mechanisms are domain specific; applies to only a specific aspect of a person"s make up. Evaluation evolutionary psychology: bandura acknowledged importance of evolution, bidirectional view: environment and biological conditions influence each other. Chromosomes: threadlike structures made up of dna. Dna: a complex molecule that has a double helix shape and contains genetic information. Genes: units of hereditary info; short segments of dna. Genome: complete set of developmental info for creating proteins that initiate the making of a human organism.
