PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Phototropism, Special Creation, Political Economy
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-depends: christians in 16th century europe: special creation, implies immutable species. Transmutation of species was explained by principle of inheritance of acquired characteristics. (modification of limb occur during an organism"s life time due to increase or. Ex: tape bird"s eyes to prevent sight its offspring will born blind. its offspring. Ex: weightlifter will have very strong and muscular babies. decrease used, is passed on evolutionary and. Oversight: soft heredity, phenotype is not always tied in with genotype. Lamarck assumed emotion, appearance, behavior are all tied to the gene. i): non-evolutionary precursors to darwin. Addressed the problem with earth"s age, by looking at layers of the earth. Found that species change but it occur very gradually, thus if earth is young, there is not enough changes. Principles of geology: earth is older than originally thought, 100million years not 2000- Thus, there is enough time for species to change. accommodate. *fitness: best adapted to environment (physical, emotional, behavioral characteristics).
