Psychology 2221B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Natural Selection, Zygote, Heritability

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2221B
• Professor: Derek Quinlan

Document Summary

Cartesian dualism: the idea that the human brain and mind are separate entities. Ethology: study of animal behaviour in the wild (instinctive behaviours: instinct) Asomatognosia: a deficiency of awareness of parts of one"s own body. Vertebrates - amphibians - reptiles - mammals - humans. Important: brain stem and cerebrum evolution considered separately. Increase of the number of convolutions (folds on the cerebral surface) increases the volume of the cerebral cortex. Phylogeny: evolutionary development of species through the ages. Sensitive period (for a trait): the period in which a particular experience must occur to have a major effect on the development of the trait. Sensory phase: young birds don"t sing but form memories of the adult songs they hear (1st phase) Sensorimotor phase: juvenile birds progress from sub-songs to adult songs (2nd phase)