PSYC 3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Psychological Adaptation, Ontogeny, Parental Investment
12 Apr 2014
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Why does the door open? (motion sensor automatic doors) Sensor that senses photons moving, triggers electrical response and moves. Other answer: it opens to let customers in . Addressing different aspects of the question: why does the door open and how does the. If there"s 2 answers, one has to be wrong, so which is wrong? but neither are door open: how= mechanism, why= function. Signal that sends a neural electric signal that causes contractions (mechanism) What would happen if we tried to study the heart knowing only the mechanism but not. To give us nutrients which give us strength (function) Empty stomach sends signal to brain = emotional sensation = i"m hungry (mechanism: some of our food desires/preferences are hardwired (ex. Sweets, fats: psychological adaptation: connection between taste buds and the brain, brain is set up to like and dislike things that will keep us alive; natural selection (ex.
