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