[PSYCO104] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (59 pages long)
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Individuals with same genes should have the same iq scores. Environmental effects determine where a person falls within these limits. Genetic basis for social and personality traits: Dyslexics show less activation in two areas of the left temporal lobe. Activation within these areas correlates with reading ability across range of reading skill. Sex differences in parental investment explain mating systems. Two parents do not make equal parental investment. Competition for sex with highest parental investment (usually the female) Gender with highest parental investment will be more discriminating in mate selection. Cooperation: one individual helps another and gains some advantage. Altruism: one individual helps another but there are costs involved. E. g. ) putting oneself in danger to help another. I help you you help me in the future. Animals fight for position once and then resource access is set. Aggression makes evolutionary sense in some cases. Biological tendency towards aggression does not mean that animals will always act aggressively.
