PSYC 305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Umbilical Cord, Heritability, Behaviorism
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The three unifying hallmarks: examination of cognitive processes. The study of cognition examines the how humans an animals acquire, store, and process information: experimental procedures. Cognitive abilities emerge through the same evolutionary processes that shapes physiological traits. Some researchers examine whether a given cognitive ability in humans is present in animals: others compare cognitive processes across species with the goal of understanding how and why these processes evolved. **not all researchers in cc study a variety of species (usually just one or two) Galef and the grouse and quails - wondered why some males got more mates. Actually had to do with the fact that the females are more attracted to ones they see interacting with other females. They just copy the choices of other females. 1. 2 - influence: theory of evolution by natural selection. "survival of the fittest" meaning "fitness" in terms of ability to survive and reproduce: this process is called natural selection.
