Evolutionary Psychology

This Perspective tends to stress the importance of genetics and biological influences is called _________.

Esta perspectiva tiende a enfatizar la importancia de la genética y las influencias biológicas se llama ________.

• Behavioral Perspective

• Biological Psychology

• Evolutionary perspective

• Psychoanalytic

What is the Limitation of biological Psychology?

¿Cuál es la limitación de la Psicología biológica?

• Approach is usually very scientific (empirical methods, results often reliable)

• Biological approach helped yield useful treatments for psychological disorders

• Often fails to account for other influences on behavior (emotions, social pressures, environmental factors)

• None of the Above

Study of heritable changes in gene expression (active versus inactive genes) is Called ?

El estudio de los cambios hereditarios en la expresión genética (genes activos versus inactivos) se llama ?

• Evolutionary Psychology

• Biological Psychology

• Heredity

• Epigenetics

Result from a single fertilized egg that splits in two, are genetically identical is called?

Resultado de un solo óvulo fecundado que se divide en dos, ¿son genéticamente idénticos como se llama?

• Dizygotic twins

• Monozygotic twins

• Heritability

• Case Study

Segments of DNA molecules are the functional units of heredity, make up the body’s blueprint is called?

Segments of DNA molecules are the functional units of heredity, make up the body’s blueprint is called?

• Monozygotic

• Genes

• Heritability

• None of the Above

To estimate trait heritability, researchers are most likely to make use of what type of study?

Para estimar la heredabilidad de los rasgos, ¿qué tipo de estudio es más probable que utilicen los investigadores?

• Double Blinded

• Single Blinded

• Twin Studies

• Chromosomes study

The threadlike structures that contain genes are called?

¿Cómo se llaman las estructuras filiformes que contienen genes?

• Peptides

• Amino Acids

• Chromosomes

• Viruses

Evolutionary psychology studies the evolution of behavior and the mind using principles of ________. (fill in blank)

La psicología evolutiva estudia la evolución del comportamiento y la mente utilizando principios de ________. (rellene el espacio en blanco)

• Behavior

• natural selection

• Psychoanalysis

• positive psychology

What are the strengths of evolutionary psychology?

¿Cuáles son los puntos fuertes de la psicología evolutiva?

• Evolutionary psychology has a great deal of explanatory power-simple idea used to explain a wide variety of human behavior

• Hindsight explanations are not testable scientifically, no matter how much intuitive sense they may make

• Often fails to account for other influences on behavior (emotions, social pressures, environmental factors)

• none of the above

What are the limitations of Evolutionary Psychology?

¿Cuáles son las limitaciones de la Psicología Evolutiva?

• Approach is usually very scientific (empirical methods, results often reliable)

• Evolutionary psychology has a great deal of explanatory power-simple idea used to explain a wide variety of human behavior

•  Hindsight explanations are not testable scientifically, no matter how much intuitive sense they may make

•  Often fails to account for other influences on behavior (emotions, social pressures, environmental factors)