Psych 361 Exam 2

Ontogeny

Individual Development

Phylogeny

Evolution of a species

Self-contingency testing

When a species looks into a mirror and does actions to see if the image is itself; indicates that they may know that they see themself in mirror

What Capabilities rely on VEN cells

Reach further into the brain to contact deeper layers; self-awareness

What species have VEN cells

Humans and Ape

Williams syndrome

A condition causes by the nonexpression of a small number of genes on the chromosome 7; patients are friendly, highly gregarious, and very verbose; trusts everyone and loves the whole world equally

Two Aspects of Fairness

Equality- equal rewards for all

Equity- rewards proportional to work done

Richard Wilkinson’s Research

“Inequality Kills,” and inequality drives unequal social classes, which leads to higher morbidity among the lower social class.