Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3-4: Prenatal Care, Noam Chomsky, Autonomic Nervous System

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Lynda Hutchinson

Document Summary

Nature and nurture both needed when it comes to development interaction. Mutation is necessary for evolution but it can vary depending on environmental factors. Individuals with genetically in uenced traits that are adapt in particular environments tend to survive and reproduce in greater numbers survival of the ttest . As a result, traits become more common in the population. Evolutionary biologists: start with an observation about a characteristic/behaviour and try to account for it in evolutionary terms. Evolutionary psychologists: ask what sorts of challenges humans might have faced and infer what behavioural tendencies may have been selected to overcome these challenges. Mental modules: one perspective is that mind re ects mental modules shaped through evolution. Mental modules: a collection of specialized and independent sections of he brain, developed to handle speci c survival problems. (eg. , location of food, nding a mate) Innate human characteristics: evolution has shaped human development through innate characteristics such as: