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13 Cards in this Set
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Life history theory |
Describes development in terms of decisions made by organisms in order to maximise their inclusive fitness |
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Attachment styles |
Different ways in which infants attach to their parents |
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C-F continuum |
Current and Future reproductive fitness, where many offpsring is a quick result and a small number of offspring is a slow result |
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Principle of allocation |
The time and resources an organism has to expend in order to increase fitness |
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Non-shared environment |
Influences that are specific to the individual |
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Behavioural genetics |
Which genes and how much they influence the behaviour of an individual, and how much of an individual's behaviour is due to other sources (nature vs nurture) |
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Group socialisation theory |
Proposes that after genes, the next largest developmental influence is an individual's peer group |
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Moral development |
The study of morals and their influence on an individual |
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Somatic effort |
Feeding, avoiding predation, learning, growth and maturation |
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Reproductive effort |
Includes producing offspring and rearing them |
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Secure attachment (Type B) |
Generally forms long-lasting relationships |
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Insecure avoidant (Type A) |
Generally more short-lived relationships than securely attached individuals
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Insecure resistant (Type C) |
Generally tends to overcommit to few relationships |
