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- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Biological_Psychology/Biopsychology_(OERI)_-_DRAFT_for_Review/18%3A_Supplemental_Content/18.04%3A_Chapter_3-_Modern_Primates_and_Their_EvolutionAs Adkins-Regan (2006, p.12-13) states in her critique of Striedter's work, "There is relatively little discussion of tests of hypotheses about the selective pressures responsible for the origin and m...As Adkins-Regan (2006, p.12-13) states in her critique of Striedter's work, "There is relatively little discussion of tests of hypotheses about the selective pressures responsible for the origin and maintenance of traits . . . The author would seem to be experiencing symptoms of discomfort with the concept of adaptation. . ..Given that brain mechanisms are products of natural selection, a central strategy in neuroscience should be to use the methods of evolutionary biology, which have been so s…
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Biological_Psychology/Biopsychology_(OERI)_-_DRAFT_for_Review/18%3A_Supplemental_Content/18.03%3A_Chapter_3-_Adaptive_EvolutionThat is, the big, strong orange males can fight off the blue males to mate with the blue’s pair-bonded females, the blue males are successful at guarding their mates against yellow sneaker males, and ...That is, the big, strong orange males can fight off the blue males to mate with the blue’s pair-bonded females, the blue males are successful at guarding their mates against yellow sneaker males, and the yellow males can sneak copulations from the potential mates of the large, polygynous orange males.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Sacramento_City_College/Psyc_310%3A_Biological_Psychology_(Keys)/05%3A_Communication_within_the_Nervous_System
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Sacramento_City_College/Psyc_310%3A_Biological_Psychology_(Keys)/13%3A_Intelligence_and_Cognition/13.02%3A_Cognition_and_Intelligence_as_Psychological_AdaptationsThis view contrasts with and rejects the "blank slate" view of the mind/brain assumed in the Standard Social Science Model (SSSM), the set of assumptions that much of psychology and the social science...This view contrasts with and rejects the "blank slate" view of the mind/brain assumed in the Standard Social Science Model (SSSM), the set of assumptions that much of psychology and the social sciences were founded upon--the view that humans lacked any innate psychological nature and that the mind and brain were essentially blank at birth, leaving it to learning and culture to form human behavior free of genetics and biological evolution.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Sacramento_City_College/Psyc_310%3A_Biological_Psychology_(Keys)/09%3A_Learning_and_Memory
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Biological_Psychology/Biopsychology_(OERI)_-_DRAFT_for_Review/18%3A_Supplemental_Content/18.02%3A_Chapter_3-_Phenotypic_Variation_and_Population_GeneticsBy chance, some individuals will have more offspring than others—not due to an advantage conferred by some genetically-encoded trait, but just because one male happened to be in the right place at the...By chance, some individuals will have more offspring than others—not due to an advantage conferred by some genetically-encoded trait, but just because one male happened to be in the right place at the right time (when the receptive female walked by) or because others happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time (when a predator was hunting).
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Biological_Psychology/Biopsychology_(OERI)_-_DRAFT_for_Review/05%3A_Communication_within_the_Nervous_System/5.01%3A_Neurons_and_their_Basic_FunctionsWhen neurons communicate with one another across the synaptic gap which separates them, it is the neurotransmitter, released from the synaptic vesicles in the axon terminal button of the "sender" neur...When neurons communicate with one another across the synaptic gap which separates them, it is the neurotransmitter, released from the synaptic vesicles in the axon terminal button of the "sender" neuron (the presynaptic neuron) that transmits the neural message across the synaptic gap (the space between the membrane of the axon terminal button of the pre-synaptic neuron and the membrane of the dendrite or soma of the postsynaptic neuron).
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Sacramento_City_College/Psyc_310%3A_Biological_Psychology_(Keys)/05%3A_Communication_within_the_Nervous_System/5.01%3A_Neurons_and_their_Basic_FunctionsAction potentials travel down the axon by "jumping"from one node to the next, speeding conduction of the action potential down the length of the axon toward the axon ending, also known as the axon bou...Action potentials travel down the axon by "jumping"from one node to the next, speeding conduction of the action potential down the length of the axon toward the axon ending, also known as the axon bouton, axon button, or axon terminal. The function of the myelin sheath and the nodes is to speed up the rate at which nerve impulses travel down the length of the axon toward their destination, the axon terminal.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Cosumnes_River_College/PSYC_312%3A_Biological_Psychology_Fall_'24_(Bahm)/09%3A_Learning_and_Memory/9.05%3A_Brain_Mechanisms_of_Memory_DisordersNote extreme shrinkage of cerebral cortex and hippocampus, and extensive deterioration and loss of brain tissue resulting in extremely enlarged cerebral ventricles (Image and caption from Wikimedia Co...Note extreme shrinkage of cerebral cortex and hippocampus, and extensive deterioration and loss of brain tissue resulting in extremely enlarged cerebral ventricles (Image and caption from Wikimedia Commons; File:Alzheimer's disease brain comparison.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...comparison.jpg; by SEVERESLICE_HIGH.JPG: ADEAR: "Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center, a service of the National Institute on Aging," modifications by Garrondo; this work is in the public domai…
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Cosumnes_River_College/PSYC_312%3A_Biological_Psychology_Fall_'24_(Bahm)/09%3A_Learning_and_Memory/9.01%3A_Learning_Genetics_and_their_InteractionOver the evolutionary history of these diverse species (one an insect, the other a large bird), natural selection has preserved the genetic information that allows flies and pelicans to fly (they don'...Over the evolutionary history of these diverse species (one an insect, the other a large bird), natural selection has preserved the genetic information that allows flies and pelicans to fly (they don't learn it); and it is the "correct" information needed to organize the complex movements of flight in these two very different species.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Cosumnes_River_College/PSYC_312%3A_Biological_Psychology_Fall_'24_(Bahm)/12%3A_Intelligence_Cognition_and_Language/12.02%3A_Cognition_and_Intelligence_as_Psychological_AdaptationsThis view contrasts with and rejects the "blank slate" view of the mind/brain assumed in the Standard Social Science Model (SSSM), the set of assumptions that much of psychology and the social science...This view contrasts with and rejects the "blank slate" view of the mind/brain assumed in the Standard Social Science Model (SSSM), the set of assumptions that much of psychology and the social sciences were founded upon--the view that humans lacked any innate psychological nature and that the mind and brain were essentially blank at birth, leaving it to learning and culture to form human behavior free of genetics and biological evolution.
