PSYCH 1F03 Lecture 2: WEEK 2 LECTURE NOTES
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The way our brains, hands, etc. work are how they worked for our ancestors to survive. Traits and characteristics that work best for survival passed down to next generation. Traits that allow us to survive and reproduce in our environment. Human mating behaviours that seek out positive genetics. The theory of evolution uni es biological sciences including psychology. Their goal is to elucidate the adaptive design of living things. Functional systems and sub-systems that make up the design of living things. Biological traits that help an individual to survive and reproduce in its habitat. Perform speci c functions that make an organism better suited to environment. E. g. bats evolved echo-location system that allow ying without sight. Adaptations usually described as serving some function in the life of the individual. Enable organisms to interact with a complex physical environment. Cognitive psychologists study higher mental processes that act as adaptive functions. E. g. selective attention, memory encoding, memory retrieval.
