Psychology 3724F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Pituitary Gland, Pituitary Stalk, Secondary Sex Characteristic

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3724F/G
• Professor: Lorne Campbell

Document Summary

Mind body dualism the view that the mind and body are entirely different entities. Embodied cognitions the central axiom of this research domain posts that bodily and perceptual processes and cognition work to influence one another within an integrated biological system. Ex. finding that warming one"s hand with a hot cup of coffee heightens perceptions of interpersonal warmth when meeting a stranger. The process of sexual selection obliges males and females in many species to devote enormous efforts to attracting and mating with suitable mates. Asexual reproduction simply clones the organism to produce identical offspring, on the face of it seems a simpler, safer and more efficient system. This form of reproduction is the primary form of reproduction for single cell organisms such as microbes. Several animals also have the ability to switch to asexual reproduction when male genes are in short supply (ex. jellyfish, aphids and some species of sharks)