PSY 1102 Study Guide - Final Guide: Normative Social Influence, Cognitive Dissonance, Antibody

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Rosalinde Klempan

Document Summary

Chapter 4 nature, nurture and human diversity. , p. 134 - the study of the relative power and limits of: environment, behavior genetics genetic and environmental influences on behavior. the people and things around us. contain the genes, chromosomes. , p. 134- every nongenetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to. , p. 134- threadlike structures made of dna molecules that: dna (deoxyribonucleic acid), p. 134 - a complex molecule containing the, genes genetic information that makes up the chromosomes. , p. 134 - the biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes; a segment of dna capable of synthesizing a protein. Environmental events turn on genes, rather like hot water enabling a tea bag to express its flavor. When turned on, genes provide the code for creating protein molecules, the building blocks of physical development: genome. , p. 135 - the complete instructions for making an organism, consisting of all the genetic material in that organism"s chromosomes.