PSYCH 1XX3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Mate Choice, Assistive Technology, Genetic Drift
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Explore relevance or evolutionary biology to the psychological sciences. Unifying theory of biology is the theory of evolution. Goal: elucidate the adaptive designs of living things. Adaptations: the functional systems and subsystems- that animals, including human beings, are made up of. Living in a post apocalyptic world, overrun by zombies. You are one of the last humans remaining. Supplies are limited, you"re hiding in a small shelter. Adaptations are biological traits that help an individual to survive and reproduce in its habitat. Traits or characteristics that help an individual reproduce in its habitat. Task that mind needs to accomplish to do its job. Adaptive functions that are served by our minds evolved like all other adaptations- through natural selection. Adaptations emerge by activation of relevant genes in interaction with relevant aspects of the environment. Natural selection, mechanisms of evolution: genetic drift, mutation, migration. Differential survival and reproduction of organisms as a result of the heritable differences between them.
