PSY 1 Lecture Notes - Coccyx, Lamarckism, Wisdom Tooth
Document Summary
Continuity of life forms - tree of life where all stems of life branch off of one another. Every creature is part of this great tree of life. Brain are tools that evolve to help us solve lives problem - varies by animals. Mechanism in which mates find each other - biological. Wrote about sex when nobody else did and sex was very under the table and seen as shameful. Forced people to think about sex like they never had done - medical sexology developed. Gloria parti - religious song that brought darwin to believe what he believed. Religion was how darwin learned about how the world was. Couldnt be a doctor, lawyer or priest - parents set him off on 5 year voyage all around the world. Darwins purpose was to be a science officer - find specimen not usually seen in london, to be sent to zoo. Creature reproduce exponentially where food does not.
