PSYC 1101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Endocrine System, Orgasm, Sensory Neuron

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1101
• Professor: Achee

Document Summary

Evolutionary psychology: the study of instincts, why do we all act alike, all humans are genetically similar, all life on earth is genetically connected, biological evolution. Change from one generation to the next. Humans have known this for a long time. Sometimes the environment says if you have this characteristic then i"m going to let you live and reproduce. That process over many generations is where all of the species came from. The plants and animals we see today reflects this process. Once it started, here"s how life evolved. Predicts that we should look in ground from millions of years ago and there should be patterns. Breed a fast rabbit instead of a slow one. Some way of acting that every member of the species will act that way. Language: very easy for humans to develop language. Facial expressions of emotion: the facial affect program , social norms will teach you to express it differently.