Charles Darwin

Who was Charles Darwin?

Charles Darwin was................. born in Shrewsburry, Shropshire , England on 12 February 1809 at his family home,the mount. He was the fifth of six children of wealthy society doctor and financier Robert Darwin, and Susannah Darwin. He was the grandson of Erasmus Darwin on his father's side, and of Josiah Wedgwood on his mother's side. Also was an English Naturalist who established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.

What was the Theory of Natural Selection?

Natural selection is a natural law by which geneticallyheritable traits become more or less common in a population over successive generations. This selection in interaction with the production of variation, the possible genetic fixation process and possibly, in several cases, with little epigenetic process determine the evolution of the species.

Why is Psychology ?

Psychology is the science of mental life, Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes and how they are affected by an organism's physical state, mental state and external environment. Also Psychology is the study of the mind and mental processes, especially in relation to behavior.

Psychology is important because It explain the mind and brain in the context of real life, it studies about perception, cognition, emotion, personality, behaviour, and interpersonal relationships.