PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Natural Selection 2, Gene-Centered View Of Evolution, Natural Selection

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1XX3
• Professor: Christopher Teeter

Document Summary

Evolution biological traits that help an individual to survive and reproduce in its habitat they perform in a specific function to make an organism better to the environment. An example of this are eyes, our eyes suited to our environment whereas a raccoon"s eyes are sensitive, their front paws are especially sensitive and can virtually see with them. Adaptionists use their label to describe how hypotheses about adaptive function guide their investigations. You need to break down the problem into sub-tasks in order to look for processes that are capable accomplishing these tasks ( looking for relevant adaptions) ex. Seeing , how do you detect edges, how do you assess the speed of an object the adaptive functions are evoked through natural selection. These all refer to adaptive functions of mental activity that are needed for the mind to accomplish its jobs. Adaptions are a result of relevant genes in interaction with relevant aspects of the environment.