PSY290H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Uracil, Messenger Rna, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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1. 1 is it physiological or psychological: modern science born out of renaissance scholars who were not content to follow the dictates of the church started to study things by directly observing them. Most psychologists supported the nurture side: ex. behaviourist john b. watson. 1. 3 problems with thinking about the biology of behaviour in terms of. Descarte"s philosophy came under attack after being sanctioned. 1. 3. 3 a model of the biology of behaviour. All behaviour is the product of interaction between three factors: organism"s genetic environment (a product of its evolution) b. c. V. fitness: ability of an organism to survive and contribute its genes to the next generation. 2. 1. 1 social dominance: males of many species establish a stable hierarchy of social dominance through combative encounters with other males a. b. In other species, there is mainly posturing and threatening until one combatant breaks down.
