Oct19

Airport screening

________, eye- witness testimony, radar operator, designing signage, driving, etc.

Perception

________ is an active and creative process- the same input may be perceived.

Humans

________ and chimpanzees argued to be the only two species that form coalitioins for the express purpose of lethal aggression.

Transduction

________: characteristics of a stimulus are converted into nerve impulses.

Social darwinism

________: the idea that societies which are more prosperous are genetically superior (disproved- some societies happened to develop near resources, some ended up gaining immunities to certain disease, some had just the right opportunity to develop a technology to get them ahead)

respresentation of stimuli

Sensation: begins with sense organs translating ________.

Directionality

________: idea that evolution acts in a purposeful way, progressing towards some ulitimate goal /state /trait /ability and that more recent adaptations /changes are always better than previous ones.

Natural selection

________: some genes may make animals more satisfied with dominance hierarchies.

Feature detectors

________: neurons which respond to specific features.

Genetic determinism

________: the idea that genes have invariant and unavoidable effects.

Perception

________: involves organizing and giving meaning to input, often drawing on memory, prior experience, etc.

Natural selection

some genes may make animals more satisfied with dominance hierarchies

Genetic determinism

the idea that genes have invariant and unavoidable effects

Directionality

idea that evolution acts in a purposeful way, progressing towards some ulitimate goal/state/trait/ability and that more recent adaptations/changes are always better than previous ones

Sensation

begins with sense organs translating respresentation of stimuli

Transduction

characteristics of a stimulus are converted into nerve impulses

Feature detectors

neurons which respond to specific features

Perception

involves organizing and giving meaning to input, often drawing on memory, prior experience, etc

Perception is an active and creative process

the same input may be perceived