SOP 3004 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Epigenetics, Natural Selection, Housekeeping

• School: FIU
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOP 3004
• Professor: Michelle Thompson

Document Summary

Natural selection: process by which heritable traits that best enable organisms to survive and reproduce in particular environments are passed to e(cid:374)sui(cid:374)g ge(cid:374)eratio(cid:374)s. e(cid:454): dar(cid:449)i(cid:374)"s sur(cid:448)i(cid:448)al of the fittest, epigenetics. Evolutionary psychology: study of the evolution of cognition and behavior using principles of natural selection. Dar(cid:449)in"s sur(cid:448)i(cid:448)al of the fittest: brought up the idea that some races are superior than other human races. Enduring behavior, ideas, attitudes and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next. Norms are standards for accepted and expected behavior: i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual choi(cid:272)es, e(cid:454)pressi(cid:448)e(cid:374)ess, pu(cid:374)(cid:272)tualit(cid:455, rule breaki(cid:374)g, perso(cid:374)al pa(cid:272)e. Universality within cultures: u(cid:374)i(cid:448)ersal frie(cid:374)dship nor(cid:373)s, u(cid:374)i(cid:448)ersal trait di(cid:373)e(cid:374)sio(cid:374)s (cid:894)big fi(cid:448)e. Personality dimensions: u(cid:374)i(cid:448)ersal o(cid:272)ial belief di(cid:373)e(cid:374)sio(cid:374)s, u(cid:374)i(cid:448)ersal tatus nor(cid:373)s, i(cid:374)(cid:272)est ta(cid:271)oo, nor(cid:373)s of (cid:449)ar (cid:894)ide(cid:374)tifia(cid:271)le u(cid:374)ifor(cid:373)s, surrender with a gesture of submission, Gender: what it means to be a male or female in the social world. Sex: what you are assigned at birth (biological).