ACCTG 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Sexual Selection, Second Voyage Of Hms Beagle, Comparative Psychology
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111-116 historical and conceptual issues in psychology (brysbaert & rastle) An example of darwin"s influence: galton: organisms do not become better or stronger. Galapagos finches: after drought, less supply of small seeds. Competition for food caused medium ground finches to die because their beaks could not crack larger seeds that remained after the drought. Darwin"s role in psychology tanner (2008: humans and animals were descended from a common ancestor, field of comparative psychology increased in popularity. Inferences about human behaviours like learning, memory, and emotions, based on observations & experiments with animals: darwin"s research also led to psychology of individual differences. Intelligence = an area where many researchers focus on individual differences. Interest in what human traits make some people more successful than others. Darwin, dover, and intelligent design: he instead used the term transmutation (more neutral) Intelligent design = alternative to evolution (formerly known as bible-science , creation-science )
