PSYC 2120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Terror Management Theory, Social Comparison Theory, Abraham Maslow
23 Jan 2018
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The unique evolution of the human brain has enabled humans to construct and maintain culture. Culture allows us to use our evolved minds to create styles of living that are unprecedented on the world"s stage. Evolution, the idea that species change over time and are descended from common ancestors, Charles darwin"s genius was to propose the theory of natural selection to explain the goes back at least to the ancient greek philosopher anaximander. process through which evolution occurs. Natural selection variations of the primal creature resulted. Mistakes in this most basic reproduction process sometimes occurred, and slightly different. Some single-cell protozoans began to reproduce by fusion in addition to fission. This process eventually led to the prevalence of species that rely on sex for reproduction. Mutation: random mistakes in dna replication that caused variations. Most were maladaptive, leading to an almost immediate end to the organism"s life.
