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Empiricists learning and experience. (nurture : genes: basic units of heredity, composed of dna, located on chromosomes 23 pairs. 4 elements: phenotype : dominant trait genotype: need 2 homozygous: heterozygous , polygenic inheritage(most genes, linkage studies: look for patterns of inheritance of the genetic markers whose location on the genes are already know. Our human heritage: language: only species uses language, noam chomsky: the ability to take surface structure deep structure. A language acquisition device sensitive to a universal grammar: some: children learn statistical probability. Heritage: courtship and matinga: sociobiologists: achieving was maximize genes, differences in survival & mating problems have led to differences in aggression, dominance, & sexual strategies between sexes, mate selection: what one looks for in the opposite sex. Men place higher value on physical attractiveness and prefer younger mates: man: promiscuous, sexual novelty, woman: monogamous, choosy, security, culture and the genetic leash: criticisms of evolutionary explanations of sex differences:

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