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11 Cards in this Set
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Natural Selection
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The evolutionary process by which heritable traits that best enable organisms to survive and reproduce in particular environments are passed to ensuing generations.
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Evolutionary Psychology
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The study of the evolution of cognition and behavior using principles of natural selection
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Culture
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The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next
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Norms
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Standards for accepted and expected behavior. Norms prescribe proper behavior.
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Personal Space
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The buffer zone we like to maintain around our bodies. Its size depends on our familiarity with whoever is near us.
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Gender
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In psychology, the characteristics, whether biological or socially influenced, by which people define male and female
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Empathy
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The vicarious experience of another's feelings; putting oneself in another's shoes
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Aggression
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Physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone. In lab experiments, this might mean delivering electric shocks or saying something likely to hurt another's feelings.
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Gender Role
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A set of behavior expectations (norms) for males and females
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Androgynous
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From andro(man) + gyn(woman) - thus mixing both masculine and feminine characteristics
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Interaction
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A relationship in which the effect of one factor (such as biology) depends on another factor (such as environment).
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