S204 Biology : Uniformity and Diversity Study Guide #1 for (October 2007 Presentation) Dr. Rex Sharman‚ designer ETPU OUHK Professor K. C. Ho‚ course team leader Maggie Wong Course Coordinator of S204 Contents Section # 1. Page Introduction : how S204 will fit into Environmental Studies at the Open University of Hong Kong 2. Themes and aims : core concepts and objectives of S204 3. Course organization and philosophy 4. Scope of Study Guide #1 5. Books
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Sexual selection was an idea proposed by Darwin and refers to the process in which males and females attempt to maximize their chances of reproductive success. Within a species there are certain characteristics that make individuals attractive to potential mates. An example of this is in peacocks‚ female peacocks are attracted to males with long brightly colored tails‚ even though this makes them easier to be spotted by predators. This characteristic then evolves within the species due to how males
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by Nigel Nicholson‚ is a very interesting read. The author talked about evolutionary psychology and how it affects the thinking and feeling as well the social living of human beings. It says that evolutionary psychology "offers a theory of how the human mind came to be constructed and that mind is hardwired in ways that govern most human behavior to this day". Human behavior is the way it is today according to evolutionary psychology because the same survival mentality of man’s Stone Age ancestors
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Biological/Physical/Evolutionary Anthropology: AP404A(19 Russell Street) Tuesdays 2:00pm-3:00pm Application of modern evolutionary theory to studies of the morphology‚ ecology‚ and behavior of human and non-human primates. Natural Selection: Nature selecting traits that a certain species will have. Mutation: something that makes someone different from another person. Genetic Drift: movement of genetic material from one population to another. Gene Flow: Primatology (study of non-human primates)
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Outline the Processes Involved in Evolution and Discuss how Evolutionary Psychologists have Contributed to our Understanding of Altruism as an Adaptive Behaviour The book of Genesis states that God created life in an array of fixed species and it was not until the 19th Century‚ that paleontological discoveries started to cast doubt on creationism and Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution in On the Origin of the Species (Clegg‚ 2007‚ p.120). The two processes
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about genetics‚ also referred to as heredity. Then I will speak on hormones. Also in this essay I will discuss the endocrine system‚ identification of hormones and the glands responsible for secreting them‚ and genetics‚ behavior genetics‚ and evolutionary psychology. Hereditary To compare heredity effect on behavior you have to start with the old question is it nature or nurture? The importance of nature versus nature is simply your belief of the way a person was raised determines
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References: Clegg‚ H. (2007). Evolutionary psychology. In D. Miell‚ A. Phoenix‚ & K. Thomas (Eds)‚ Mapping Psychology (2nd ed.‚ pp.105 – 160). Milton Keynes: The Open University.
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described in the text? a. evolutionary psychology b. a learning approach c. a decision-making perspective d. social impact theory 7. Evolutionary psychologists have observed that a. prosocial behavior is rare among non-human animals b. prosocial behavior is common among primates‚ but not in other animal species c. prosocial behavior is observed among animals only when a mother is protecting her young d. prosocial behavior is common among non-human animals 8. Evolutionary theorists believe
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as homologous structures. These structures are similar in position‚ structure‚ and evolutionary origin‚ but often differ in function. These homologous structures can be used as clues in piecing together the puzzle that is evolutionary lineage. These homologous structures demonstrate how a limb or other body part can adapt to suit various evolutionary needs. This is a mechanism of divergent evolution: the evolutionary diversification of organisms from a common ancestor. On the outside‚ a bird’s wing
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Boasian scholar’s criticism towards scholars work such as Tylor and Morgan on evolution and unilinear evolutionary schemes. Sanderson discussed four major objections to classical evolutionism argued by the Boasian’s this includes classical evolutionism being “logically flawed in employment of the comparative method in reconstructing evolutionary sequences”‚ classical evolutionism “employed rigid evolutionary schemes”‚ classical evolutionism “gave insufficient attention to the influence of diffusion”‚ and
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