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Nature vs. Nurture4
Vocabulary and Other Stuff
Question | Answer |
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Genes | The biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes; a segment of DNA capable of synthesizing a protein |
Chromosomes | Threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes |
DNA | A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes |
Nucleotide | The subunits of DNA |
Gender Schema | The theory that children learn from their cultures a concept of what it means to be male and female and that they adjust their behavior accordingly |
Social Learning Theory | The theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished |
Gender | In Psychology, the characteristics, whether biologically or socially influenced, by which people define male and female |
Gender-typing | The acquisition of a traditional masculine or feminine role |
Culture | The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next |
Gender Role | A set of expected behaviors for males and females |
Evolutionary Psychology | The study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection. Natural selection is presumed to have favored genes that predisposed behavior and information-processing systems that solved adaptive probelms faced by ancestors |
Temperament | A person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity |
Fraternal Twins | Twins who develop from separate eggs |
Identical Twins | Twins who develop from a single fertilized eff that splits in two, creating two genetically identical organisms |
Natural Selection | The principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations |
Sex | Whether a person is biologically male or female |
Cultural Norms | The rules for accepted and exceptedc behavior in a particular culture. Affects behavior. |
Adoption Studies | Twins that were separated at birth and adopted by different families are extremely similar. |