PSY 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Casual Sex, Promiscuity, Psy
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The trait of being adaptable is built into the human genome. Our genes allow us to not be tied so much to our genes! We have minds which allow us to change behavior in response to the environment to a greater degree than other species. We shape our environments to suit our nature. Evolutionary psychology the human mind, traits and behaviors. Study of how evolutionary principles help explain the origin and function of. Men think about sex more and thing casual sex is acceptable. Natural selection is linked to greater male promiscuity because of risk. Genes to environment how environment and experiences affect brain development. Rat experiment rats were placed in either an impoverished or enriched environment and the enriched rat was found to have a much more complex cortex, more synapses and communication. Brain development growth and pruning are pruned away. To make our well used brain pathways work better, the unused connections.
