PSYA01H3 Study Guide - Homo Sapiens, Chromosome Abnormality, Heritability
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Biological evolution: changes that take place in the genetic and physical characteristics of a population. Behavioral differences among organisms correspond to genetic and other biological differences. Adaptive significance: the effectiveness of behavior in aiding organism to adapt to changing environmental conditions. Novelty seeking the tendency to engage in behavior that lead to new experiences. Ultimate cause: evolutionary conditions that have slowly shaped the behavior of a species over generations. Proximate causes: immediate environmental events and conditions that affect behavior. Psychologists are interested in understand both ultimate changes of behavior events and conditions that over successive generations have slowly shaped the behavior of our species and proximate causes that affect behavior. Culture: the sum of socially transmitted knowledge, customs, and behavior patterns common to a particular group of people. Alfred russel wallace developed natural selection same time as darwin. 1831-1836 darwin leaves on the hms beagle, and visited s. a. , australia, south africa, and indicant oceans.