PSYCH 3M03 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Posterior Pituitary, Lesion, Preganglionic Nerve Fibers
2 Oct 2013
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Animism attribution of spirits to activity of people, animals, agents of nature. Misattributions to parts of body or organs, light/dark, up/down. Dualism mind + body; integrate physiology and spiritualism; soul inhabiting body. Authority and prophesy authority figures often unquestioned. Major dimensions of motivation survival, reproduction, competition. Kin selection evolutionary process; genes replicate indirectly via expression that promotes replication of kin bearing copies of genes. Nepotism favoring relatives over others; results from kin selection. Sexual selection trait frequency and saliency over generations is altered due to mate choices; often reflected in secondary sex characteristics and sexual dimorphism. Coefficient of relatedness degree of correlation to which genes are shared in relatives. Fitness individual reproductive success as measured by number of offspring. Inclusive fitness direct fitness + summated contributions to reproduction of kin as weighted by relatedness. Inclusive fitness maximization organisms tend to strive to bring genes into future generations by: pre-reproductive self-preservation, behaviour that helps kin with survival and reproduction.
