CGSC 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Evolution Of The Brain, Memetics, Thumb
11 Apr 2014
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The change in the inheritance characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. Natural selection: more offspring are produced then can possibly survive, traits vary among individuals, leading to differential rates of survival and reproduction, and, trait differences are inheritable. Ex. hippo and whale or darwin"s finches. Hominin line as early as 7. 2 million years ago (2001) Evolutionary psychology"s tenets: the brain is a computer designed by natural selection to extract. Individual human behaviour is generated by this evolved computer in response to information it extracts from the environment: the cognitive programs of the human brain are adaptations. Allows a systematic understanding of cultural and social phenomena . The notion that mind may, at least in part, be composed of separate innate structures which have established evolutionarily developed functional purposes. Positive emotions motivate to take advantage of the environment. Emotions help to correspond to different adaptive challenges.
