SOC265H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sociobiology, Casual Sex, Fetus
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**assignment 1 instructions will be posted this week. Discussion questions **will be useful for the preparing for the short answer portion of the test. Modelling: model--> visual representations of an argument or hypothesis, kitchen sink model- i(cid:374)(cid:272)ludi(cid:374)g e(cid:448)e(cid:396)ythi(cid:374)g i(cid:374) the (cid:373)odel ge(cid:374)e(cid:396)ally do(cid:374)"t do that- some things will be assumed. Factors: boredom, sleep previous night, amount of classes prior, food consumption, Model: what are the chances people will fall asleep in class drugs (coffee), medical conditions, seat placement, temperature of the classroom, professor. There are only a few factors that are important to prof that will help make meaningful changes in the class (boredom, prof, seat placement) Independent and dependent variables: direction and causality, mediating and moderating factors. Readings (buss and sapolsky) account for the most important factors and do not use all the factors. Soc265: evolution helps predict mate selection and reproduction, buss argument: both genders encounter different evolutionary problems and the biological sexes are able to adapt.
