Week Two - Evolution & Emotion Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
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Natural selection involves…
A
Adaptations that improve an organism’s fitness and allows them to survive longer to reproduce
2
Q
Sexual selection process
A
Varied population of organisms compete for mates, variation in reproductive success, increase in advantageous traits in the population
3
Q
Inter-sex selection
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Meant to appeal to the opposite sex
4
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Intra-sex selection
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Allows for competition for motes within the same sex
5
Q
Costs of sex
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Time, energy, vulnerability, proximity, disease, genetics
6
Q
Investment
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Females tend to invest more into offspring so tend to be the deciders in sexual selection
7
Q
Sexual dimorphism
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Physical differences between males and females of the some species
8
Q
Sexual selection in humans
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Breast enlargement, penis size, music, language, intelligence
