PS264 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nude Beach, Fallacy, Heredity
Document Summary
1 characteristic of the offspring (e. g. , eye color) Ps 264 week 2 lecture 3: genes a unit of heredity that is transferred form a parent to offspring and is held to determine some, genotype the genetic makeup of an individual organism. It is probably innate: what is the adaptive value or lifting eyebrows, this lets you know that this person is less likely to attack you. Chapter 2: physiology: genetic contributions to motivated behaviour. Imagine two men competing with each other to be chosen by a mate. Rat/mouse react to smell of cat"s urine or saliva: genetically motivated behaviours have often been analyzed under the topic of instinct, a behaviour that occurs when circumstances are appropriate and that requires no learning of the. Early instinct theories: james and mcdougall (cid:523)early (cid:883)9(cid:882)(cid:882)"s(cid:524) 2: to explain the behaviour, we must do more.
