Social Psychology Chapter 5
culture
the enduring ehaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next
natural selection
the evolutionary process by which heritable traits that best enable organisms to survive and reproduce in particular environments are passed to ensuing generations
evolutionary psychology
the study of the evolution of cognition an behavior using principles of natural selection
epigenetics
a field that explores the molecular mechanisms by which environments trigger genetic expression
gender role
a set of behavior expectations (norms) for males and females
roles
a set of norms that defines how people in a certain social system ought to behave
androgynous
mixing masculine and feminine characteristics
norms
standards for accepted and expected behavior. These prescribe "proper" behavior