PSY 1102 Study Guide - Final Guide: Allosome, Frontal Lobe, Twin Study

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

Document Summary

Chapter 4 - nature, nurture, and human diversity. Behavior genetics: the study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior; study the relative effects of heredity and the environment. Environment: every non genetic influence; everything from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us; equally important to genetics; they interact. Chromosome: thread like structures made of dna molecules that contain the genes; each person has 46 chromosomes or 23 pairs (1 from dad one from mom) Dna (deoxyribonucleic acid: a complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes. Genes: the biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes; a segment of. Made of nucleotides; referred to as the alphabet of life (a/t/g/c). Chromosomes are books, genes are the words, nucleotides are the letters. Genome: the complete instructions for making an organism, consisting of all the genetic material in that organisms chromosomes; share 96% with chimps.