PSYC 2500 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Quantitative Trait Locus, Twin, Twin Study
5 Feb 2017
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Behavioural genetics: devoted to uncovering the hereditary and environmental origins of individual differences in human traits and behaviours. Researchers are interested in how both nature and nurture make us who we are. Very complicated: most psychological and behavioral characteristics are not determined by single gene inheritance. Genome the complete set of genes of any organism. The genetic blueprint of an individual; the full set of genes that a person inherits. All aspects of someone and their surroundings (including prenatal experience), excluding their genes. The observable expression of the genotype (text, p. 89), the expression of those genotype genes. Includes physical, behavioral, and psychological features. environment influences the genotypes expression into the phenotype. Five fundamental relations in the development of every child. Contribution of the child"s genotype to his or her own phenotype. Contribution of the child"s environment to his or her own phenotype. Influence of the child"s phenotype on his or her environment.
