CCJ 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Epigenetics, Social Darwinism, Fallacy

• School: NAU
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CCJ 250
• Professor: Kenneth Cruz

Document Summary

Environment has a lot to do with which gene gets switched on. Epigenetics: epigenetics - above genetics, looks at what happens to your genes throughout your life, how they affect your kids and even your grandkids, controlled by histones, can change how tightly or loosely genes wrap around them. Gene activation: tight living spaces can trigger the flight or fight response and people can stay in that state, genes change to environmental. Research in epigenetics shows us: that both environment and biology matter, that environment is more important than biology, that biology is more important than environment, that the functioning of our genes never change. Twin studies: faulty assumptions: esear(cid:272)h do(cid:374)e i(cid:374) the (cid:1005)9(cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:859)s. The fallacy of separating genes from environment: (cid:862)a(cid:374) outdated (cid:373)odel of ge(cid:374)eti(cid:272) stru(cid:272)ture a(cid:374)d fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374) that is e(cid:454)pli(cid:272)itl(cid:455) reje(cid:272)ted (cid:271)(cid:455) the s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tists (cid:449)ho stud(cid:455) the a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s of ge(cid:374)es dire(cid:272)tl(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:894)burt & i(cid:373)o(cid:374)s, (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1005)4(cid:895)