PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Dunlin, Kin Selection, Eusociality
22 Jan 2014
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Adaptations: biological traits that help an individual survive and reproduce in its habitat, help an organism to be better suited to their environment. serve a speci c function! Ex: your eyes allow you to properly see your surroundings by detecting and analyzing. Ex: raccoons are primarily nocturnal, and their paws are so sensitive they can re ected light! practically see with them to scavenge for food! Adaptations are always for something. identi able changes that enable organisms to interact with a complex physical environment! Once these steps have been identi ed, you can look for processes capable of accomplishing those tasks or the relevant adaptations! Describe how hypotheses about adaptive function guide their investigations. Scientists who study development, behaviours or perceptual systems in the same manner are also adaptationists! Is the job really difference for higher mental processes? ! have adapted to them. Cognitive psychologists are also adaptationists as they identify processes and how we.
