PSYCH 112 Lecture Notes - Knowledge Organization, Hominini, Gregory Bateson
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The human brain is larger than the brain of any other species. Incredibly complex systems compared to simple celled organisms. Single celled organisms have not needed to evolve (cid:0) that is why they are still single celled. What information is and how to measure it. Any difference that makes a difference gregory bateson. One variant of a gene that makes a difference in the resulting organism. What occurs in biology and within the nervous system. Information = organization, arrangement, pattern, order, predictability. Can be communicated through space and time. Nervous system takes information from one place and moves it to another. Entropy causes disorder (cid:0) energy is needed for order. Living creatures have minds they invest energy (metabolic) to keep their nervous systems in order. Brain uses 25% of the bodies metabolic energy. Heredity ability to pass information on from one generation to the next. Adaptation occurs because information (dna) is passed on between generations.
