Evolutionary Psychology Flashcards
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Evolutionary Psychology
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Study how natural selection favored behaviors that contributed to survival and spread of our ancestors’ genes, and may currently contribute to our survival into the next generation.
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Charles Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection
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Heritable characteristics that provide a survival or reproductive advantage are most likely than alternative characteristics to be passed onto subsequent generation an thus come be selected over time.
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Psychological Adaptations
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Development or change of mechanism in the mind.
