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A) Evolution

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By: William Mann
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Decks in this class (20)

Lecture 1
What is cartesian dualism,
Give 4 pieces of evidence for evo...,
What are the three principles of ...
25  cards
Lecture 15
Do animals have emotions,
Discuss the phylogeny of laughter...,
It has been found that animals do...
9  cards
Lecture 16
Discuss human social cognition,
Discuss the human development of ...,
According to flavell what are the...
12  cards
Lecture 2
What is polyandry,
Discuss monogamy and culture briefly,
Who does polygyny benefit the most
16  cards
Lecture 3
Discuss dawkins and the selfish gene,
Define altruism,
Discuss the coefficient of relate...
19  cards
Lecture 4
Define parental investment,
Discuss parent offspring conflict...,
Discuss parent offspring conflict...
11  cards
Lecture 5
Communication is multimodal expla...,
How did hockett think language di...,
Why did language evolve
10  cards
Lecture 6
Can evolution be applied to acade...,
Compare the medical model of illn...,
How can post partum depression be...
12  cards
Lecture 7
Which level of the 4 whys is expl...,
Discuss tooby and cosmides viewpo...,
Discuss fodors viewpoint of modul...
12  cards
Lecture 8
Why are inter individual differen...,
Discuss tooby and cosmides false ...,
What are the three explanations f...
12  cards
Lecture 9
What is theory of mind why are ev...,
Discuss tom and levels of intenti...,
Discuss the developmental viewpoi...
15  cards
Lecture 10
Define culture,
Is there evidence of culture in n...,
What is convergent evolution
14  cards
Lecture 11
Can invertebrates learn,
Define associative learning and d...,
List 3 categories of learning beh...
13  cards
Lecture 12
List the pros and cons with using...,
What are the pros and cons of usi...,
What are the pros and cons for us...
6  cards
Lecture 13
Define cognition,
Can animals understand concepts,
What 4 sensorimotor stages develo...
15  cards
Lecture 14
Define aggression,
Discuss what dominance is and its...,
Discuss signals of benign intent
14  cards
Lecture 17
Define prosocial behaviour,
Discuss prosocial behaviour in hu...,
Define altruism
15  cards
Lecture 18
Why should one be wary of 2 group...,
Define joint attention and how it...,
Are chimps capable of joint atten...
10  cards
Lecture 19
Are emotions deeply rooted,
Discuss human emotional behaviour,
How can one measure the function ...
10  cards
Lecture 20
Is taming the same as domestication,
Discuss the domestication syndrome,
Discuss the silver fox experiments
13  cards

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