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Learning to Change. Chapter 1: An Introduction. Individual Variation. Mutations as individual variations. Genetic mutations. Individual Variation allows for Natural Selection. Change…and How Natural Selection is Related. The History of the Study of Natural Selection.
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Learning to Change Chapter 1: An Introduction
Individual Variation Learning and Behavior, 6th Edition by Paul Chance
Mutations as individual variations Learning and Behavior, 6th Edition by Paul Chance
Genetic mutations Learning and Behavior, 6th Edition by Paul Chance
Individual Variation allows forNatural Selection Learning and Behavior, 6th Edition by Paul Chance
Change…and How Natural Selection is Related Learning and Behavior, 6th Edition by Paul Chance
The History of the Study of Natural Selection Learning and Behavior, 6th Edition by Paul Chance
Some Outcomes of Natural Selection • Variations in behavior and the process of natural selection produce partly innate adaptive behaviors that include… • Reflexes • Modal action patterns (MAP) • General behavior traits Learning and Behavior, 6th Edition by Paul Chance
What are Reflexes? Learning and Behavior, 6th Edition by Paul Chance
Examples of Reflexes Learning and Behavior, 6th Edition by Paul Chance
Sensitization Learning and Behavior, 6th Edition by Paul Chance
What are Modal Action Patterns (MAP)? • AKA: Fixed action patterns • AKA: Species-specific behavior • AKA: Species-typical behavior • AKA: Instincts Learning and Behavior, 6th Edition by Paul Chance
Examples of Modal Action Patterns Learning and Behavior, 6th Edition by Paul Chance
What are General Behavior Traits? Learning and Behavior, 6th Edition by Paul Chance
Examples of General Behavior Traits Learning and Behavior, 6th Edition by Paul Chance
The Limits of Natural Selection • Through reflexes, MAPs, and general behavior traits, natural selection allows for widespread changes in species. • However, the power of natural selection is limited… Learning and Behavior, 6th Edition by Paul Chance
What’s an Individual to do? • Learning is a form of evolved modifiability that allows for changes in behavior based on individual experiences. Learning and Behavior, 6th Edition by Paul Chance
Nature Vs. Nurture Rears it’s Head Again… • Do people behave a certain way because they are born that way or because their experiences have taught them to behave as such? Learning and Behavior, 6th Edition by Paul Chance