PSYB65H3 Chapter : PSYB65 Ch 12
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1859: darwin s on the origin of species . > all living creatures have been and continue to be subject to selection (e. g. the mating preferences of birds) [speciation] Evolutionary psychology, a psychological approach that attempts to apply the principles of evolution (adaptation and selection) to human bhvr. The mechanism underlying the above changes is natural selection, it requires that all ppl are unique and that characteristics that give an animal a reproductive advantage will result in the magnification of these traits in the pop n. Historical theory of evolution, the original theory of evolution. We now know that traits are passed on by genes, pieces of dna that pass traits f/ generation to generation, and that the original source of variation is the random mutation, spontaneous/random changes to a gene or genes. > modern synthetic theory of evolution, the current version of evolutionary theory. Chromosome, where a person s genes are located.
