PSYC 100 Chapter 3: PSYCH 100 week 3 online lesson

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Katherine Fretz

Document Summary

This is the why" question: proximate factors > immediate causes and mechanisms of the behaviour. Topic 1: introduction to genetics: describe how traits are inherited. Discuss whether it is possible to separate the in uences of nature and nurture on development/ differences between nature and nurture: nativism: the philosophical view that we are born with knowledge already present. Born with it, present at birth, not learned form experience: empiricism: the philosophical view that we obtain all knowledge through observable facts and experiences. From the environment, born as blank slates, all behaviour results from our individual experiences: false dichotomy. Genes affect the environment > environment affects gene expression: two factors interact at every level. Almost all behaviour results from both nature and nurture: individual born to alcoholic parents, inherits gene that contributes to increased risk of addiction. If the person never tries alcohol though, can never become an alcoholic: how the environment can override" genetics.