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  2. Tinbergen's four questions - Wikipedia

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    Tinbergen's four questions, named after 20th century biologist Nikolaas Tinbergen, are complementary categories of explanations for animal behaviour. These are also commonly referred to as levels of analysis. [1] It suggests that an integrative understanding of behaviour must include ultimate (evolutionary) explanations, in particular:

  3. Behavioral neuroscience - Wikipedia

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    Behavioral neuroscience, also known as biological psychology, [1] biopsychology, or psychobiology, [2] is part of the broad, interdisciplinary field of neuroscience, with its primary focus being on the biological and neural substrates underlying human experiences and behaviors, as in our psychology.

  4. Proximate and ultimate causation - Wikipedia

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    Although the behavior in these two examples is the same, the explanations are based on different sets of factors incorporating evolutionary versus physiological factors. These can be further divided, for example proximate causes may be given in terms of local muscle movements or in terms of developmental biology (see Tinbergen's four questions).

  5. Psychology - Wikipedia

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    Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. [1] [2] Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both conscious and unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feelings, and motives. Psychology is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between the natural and social ...

  6. Psychological adaptation - Wikipedia

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    Evolutionary psychology proposes that the human psychology consists primarily of psychological adaptations, [2] which is opposed by the tabula rasa or blank slate model of human psychology. Early behaviourists, like B.F. Skinner , tended to the blank slate model and argued that innate behaviors and instincts were few, some behaviourists ...

  7. Download, install, or uninstall AOL Desktop Gold - AOL Help

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    Learn how to download and install or uninstall the Desktop Gold software and if your computer meets the system requirements.

  8. Tori Spelling Didn't Speak to Luke Perry 'for Months' After ...

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    Tori Spelling struggled to let bygones be bygones when it came to an alleged “awful' brawl between Luke Perry and her boyfriend in the 90s.. On the latest episode of her Misspelling podcast, the ...

  9. List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia

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    The life expectancy among adults was much higher; [297] a 21-year-old man in medieval England, for example, could expect to live to the age of 64. [298] [297] However, in various places and eras, life expectancy was noticeably lower. For example, monks often died in their 20s or 30s. [299]