PSYC 1013 Lecture 5: 5 Lecture
4 Mar 2018
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Implanted in surrogate mother: therapeutic cloning (biomedical cloning, process same as adult cloning but stem cells are harvested to produce new tissue or organs, the pre-embryo dies in the process. Impossible to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt if 2 individuals share the same dna. Heredity and environment influences: support for, genetic information identical twins higher than non-twin siblings, environmental contribution identical twins not 100% concordance, twins and siblings raised together more similar than raised apart. Heritability estimates: trait, height, weight, intelligence, personality, extraversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, emotional stability, temperament, emotional reactivity, activity level, sociability, impulsivity. Evolutionary personality theory: a limited number of personality traits have evolved to ensure the survival and reproductive success, extraversion and emotionality stability, facilitate dominance and mate acquisition, consciousness and agreeableness, forster group survival, facilitates creativity and problem solving. But, heritability ranges from (. 28 -. 36) for these traits implying environmental effects as well.
