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The study of behaviour and mind using the
principles of evolutionary theory. |
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Darwin’s theory that favourable adaptations to features
of the environment allow some members of a species to reproduce
more successfully than others. |
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Darwin’s theory that selecting a mate based on features
that are attractive could lead to an increase in those features within a
species, whereas unattractive features would decrease. |
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A theory that genes, and not the environment,
contribute to the behaviours exhibited by an individual. |
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| environmental determinism |
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A theory that the environment, and not
genes, contributes to the behaviours exhibited by an individual. |
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A theory proposed by philosopher John Locke that when we
are born, our brains are like a blank tablet of clay that can be written
on. As the theory assumes there is no built-in knowledge, the sensory
and general experiences one has are what come to form the overall
knowledge base. |
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The scientific study of animals, often in their natural
environment, to understand a behavioural process. |
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A primitive form of learning in which some infant animals
physically follow and form an attachment to the first moving object
they see and/or hear. |
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Prosocial behaviours a person carries out without considering
his or her own safety or interests. |
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The sum of the overall direct and indirect fitness effects
of an individual’s behaviours. |
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The idea that people perform altruistic behaviours
because they expect that others will perform altruistic behaviours for
them in turn. |
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A field of research that focuses on evolutionary explanations
for the social behaviour and social systems of humans and other
animal species. |
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The systematic destruction of one group of people, often an
ethnic or racial group, by another. |
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| The genetic structure an organism inherits from its parents. |
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The observable characteristics of an organism, resulting
from the interaction between the organism’s genotype and its
environment. |
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| The biological transmission of traits from parents to offspring. |
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The study of the inheritance of physical and psychological traits
from ancestors. |
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| DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) |
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The physical basis for the transmission of
genetic information. |
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The biological units of heredity; discrete sections of chromosomes
responsible for transmission of traits. |
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Chromosomes containing the genes that code for the
development of male or female characteristics. |
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The genetic information for an organism, stored in the DNA of
its chromosomes. |
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The area of study that evaluates the genetic
component of individual differences in behaviours and traits. |
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The relative influence of genetics—versus environment—in
determining patterns of behaviour. |
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A persistent and irrational fear (of a specific object, activity, or
situation) that is excessive and unreasonable, given the reality of the
threat. |
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Substances that are used to alter behaviour, mood,
or thought, which have been used for recreational purposes and for
treatment of mental illness. |
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