PSYC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Evolutionary Psychology, Uracil, Cytosine
28 Jan 2017
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Karina da rosa: genes, our biological blueprint i. Chromosomes: threadlike structures made of dna that contain the genes, made up of biochemical units called genes ii. Dna: complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes, two strands-forming a double helix , held together by bones of nucleotides i. Adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine, uracil: segments of dna can synthesize proteins iii. Genome: complete instructions for making an organism, every possible combination of genetic information in our iv. Natural selection entire species: among inherited trait variations, those who are the most fit (both in survival and reproduction) will pass along those traits, mutation, errors in gene replication that lead to genetic diversity vi. Evolutionary psychology: the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, uses the principles of natural selection vii. Gender: main focus in evolutionary psychology, characteristics (biologically or socially influenced) by which people define male or female viii.
