The scientific study of the effects of the environment on children's psychological development. Spatiotemporal ability a subtype of spatial ability that involves judgments about moving objects in space. Like where a baseball will fall when hit. The lowest order of organism classification which can interbreed with another member of its own organism classification. Sperm competition Term in primate studies where the sperm from two different males have inhabited a woman's reproductive tract at the same time.
Empirical evidence suggest the importance of mate switching and resource acquisition by the female.
These elements include grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary. Sociobiology Term given by E.O Wilson in 1975 that attached a synthesis of cellular biology, integrative neurophysiology, ethology, comparative psychology, population biology, and behavioral ecology. It examined species from ants to humans and proclaimed that fundamental principles could be applied to both. After David Buss Considered to be the forerunner of evolutionary psychology. Refers to the quality and quantity of attention others pay to a particular person.