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S2 psychology ch:3
chapter 3 vocab
Question | Answer |
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Behavior Genetics | Studies relative effects of our genes and our environments on our individual differences in behavior and mental process |
Behavior Geneticists | Study differences and weigh the relative effects of heredity and environment. |
Evolutionary Psychology | Studies behaviors, emotions, and thinking capacities that seemingly allowed our distant ancestors to survive, reproduce, and send their genes into the future |
Environment | Every nongenetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us |
Behavior Genetics | Studies relative effects of our genes and our environments on our individual differences in behavior and mental process |
Behavior Geneticists | Study differences and weigh the relative effects of heredity and environment. |
Evolutionary Psychology | Studies behaviors, emotions, and thinking capacities that seemingly allowed our distant ancestors to survive, reproduce, and send their genes into the future |
Environment | Every nongenetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us |
Genome | The complete instructions for making an organism, consisting of all the genetic material in that organisms chromosomes |
Chromosomes | Threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes |
DNA | A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes |
Chromosomes | Threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes |
Genes | The biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes; a segment of dna capable of synthesizing a protein |
Genome | The complete instructions for making an organism, consisting of all the genetic material in that organisms chromosomes |
Ident | Twins |
DNA | A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes |
Genes | The biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes; a segment of dna capable of synthesizing a protein |
Genome | The complete instructions for making an organism, consisting of all the genetic material in that organisms chromosomes |
Ident | Twins |
Fraternal twins | Twins whom develop from seperate fraternalized eggs. They are genetically no closer than brother and sisters, but they share a fetal environment |
Temperament | A persons characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity |
Heretibility | The proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes. It depends on the range of populations and environment studies |
Interaction | The effect of one factor depends on another |
Parenting | Does have an affect on biologically related and unrelated children |