PSYC 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Gene-Centered View Of Evolution, Imagination Games, Observational Learning
26 Sep 2016
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9-20 organism and ecological approach animal behavior and cognition. Name 3 properties of slow learning: simple movements, engages cerebellum, utilizes other cortical areas. What is the primary function of the cerebellum: enabling motor function, balance, stability, coordination, coordinate movement to do more complex motor functions. The cerebellum is important for which of the following behaviors: a. Doing a backflip: c. remembering where you parked your car, d. dancing with jabbawokeez-like precision, e. knowing the difference between two shades of red. What cognitive abilities make humans unique: culture, language/speech, empathy, consciousness. Uniquely human abilities that actually exist in other species: social learning and culture, mental time travel, insight, theory of mind. Review: selfish gene: truck analogy, driver: genes, truck: organism, destination: reproductive land, goal: promote genes that make their hosts reproduce. Theory of mind: knowing what is going on in another individual"s head. Not a binary thing that you either have or not.
