PSYB65H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Parietal Lobe, Neuroanatomy, Neuropsychology
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Evolutionary psychology: which attempts to apply the principles of adaptation and selection to human behavior. Evolutionary theory the discovery of evolutionary theory is generally credited to both charles darwin and. Wallace wrote the essay on the tendency of varieties to depart indefinitely from the original type . Historical theory of evolution the historical theory of evolution can be summarized by 3 terms: variation, inheri- tance, and differential reproduction. Natural selection: requires that all individuals are unique and that characteristics that give an animal a reproductive advantage will result in the magnification of these traits in the population. Adaption: when a trait results in a reproductive advantage and is selected for. For a trait to be an adaption it must be inherited from one generation to the next. In darwins second book on evolution the descent of man he looks at sexual selec- tion: competition among individuals for reproduction that determine a gene"s fate.
