[PSYCH 100H] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (26 pages long)
Document Summary
Three fundamental ideas for psychology: a historical overview. Introduction: adaptation refers to modification as a result of changed life circumstances. signals can be transmitted to children and grandchildren without any changes in the genes themselves. Traits: the belly button, has no purpose now, but it did during selection development, traits from chance, genetic drift variation due to chance alone without. Natural selection as a foundation for understanding species typical: species-typical behaviors certain characteristic ways of behaving, genetic determinism the belief that genes determine behavior independent from experience, species-typical behaviors in humans. Behaviors instincts: human emotional expressions as examples, surprise, fear, disgust, anger, happiness, sadness, the role of learning in the development. Smiles: when genuinely happy, when wishing to show another person that they are favorably disposed toward that person, used to reduce tension with others, nonhuman primates manifest two distinct smile-like displays.
