Lecture 5

Question 1

Importance of the Nurture: Learning

Answer 1

• Inability for brain to code all the material
• Cross cultural differences needed to be learn
• Demonstrations of learning in humans and animals (classical and operant)
• Plasticity in the brain (larger left hand brain region in violinists)

Question 2

Importance of Nature: Innate

Answer 2

• Innate Machinery needed to learn
• Changes to the environment arise by changing expression of genes
• Incredible behavioral differences observed in different species
• Universal behavioral practices
• Effect on behavior and phenotype for single gene (FOXP2 on speech)

Question 3

Heritability

Answer 3

Variation due to genetics in a population/(total variation)

Question 4

Testing Variability

Answer 4

DZ vs MZ

Biological siblings vs Adopted siblings

Question 5

Naturalistic Fallacy

Answer 5

Is implies ought

“Because humans are prone to aggression, aggression is good”

Question 6

Moralistic Fallacy

Answer 6

Ought implies is

Because aggression is bad, we are not innately prone to be aggressive