[PSY1102] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (27 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Nurture = all the factors that are not genetics. The answer is that both (nature and nurture) equally contribute to who we are. Ex: starved children in africa will could never develop their brains to its full potential. We have 20 000 to 25 000 genes each. They are linked and associated with the production of proteins in the body. They carry the instructions that make us who we are. Ex: skin color, hair color, height, size, etc. Sometimes a single gene is responsible for a certain trait, other (cid:739)(cid:728)(cid:732)(cid:724)(cid:738) (cid:728)(cid:739) (cid:728)(cid:738) (cid:758)(cid:699)(cid:724)(cid:733)(cid:724) (cid:722)(cid:734)(cid:732)(cid:735)(cid:731)(cid:724)(cid:743)(cid:724)(cid:738)(cid:759) ((cid:726)(cid:737)(cid:734)(cid:740)(cid:735)(cid:738) (cid:734)(cid:725) (cid:726)(cid:724)(cid:733)(cid:724)(cid:738) (cid:742)(cid:734)(cid:737)(cid:730)(cid:728)(cid:733)(cid:726) (cid:739)(cid:734)(cid:726)(cid:724)(cid:739)(cid:727)(cid:724)(cid:737)) (cid:739)(cid:727)(cid:720)(cid:739) (cid:720)(cid:737)(cid:724) responsible. These genes can be expressed/ active or unexpressed/ unactive. Genes are found in the dna molecules dna is found in the chromosomes chromosomes are found in the nucleus of any cell. Genes are made up of nucleotides which are biochemical bases. In healthy people, a is always linked with t and c is always linked with g.