PSYCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ku Klux Klan, Language Development, Serena Williams

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Psychology & Brain Sciences
• Course: PSYCH 100
• Professor: tamararahhal

Document Summary

Ex: thumb bending, hand clasping (thumb on top) ((not connected to handedness)), tongue calisthenics, Explain human behavior/traits by examining the long term reproductive. Any two humans will have % genetic variation (99. 5% similarity) even if they look nothing alike. Ex: curly hair in dessert places hold water, keep it hydrated, skin color by equator. Fact: men and women differ in willingness to engage in sexual behavior. Men are less concerned about: having multiple partners, knowing their partners really well, their partner"s level of commitment. Study: attractive male asks random person of the other sex if she wants to go back and have sex with him. Evidence: male college students are more likely to think it"s okay to sleep with stranger. 50% males say yes almost 0% say yes . Study: attractive male & female would smile across the bar to a stranger. Evidence: men more quick to interpret attention as sexual intent, women think it"s.