PSY 1102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Risk Assessment, New York Law School, Social Learning Theory
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What is the relative importance of n-n in terms of behavior. John locke (17thc: saw mind at birth as blank slate (tabula rasa, nurture important writes the script. Charles darwin (1859: theory of evolution, more inheritence, nature important survival of the fittest. Behaviourism movement: watson & skinner, watson is the father of behaviorism all behavior is learned nurture, can only study observable behavior, brought scientific methods to psychology, skinner followed in watson"s footsteps. Dna: deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule containing genetic information in templates for the production of proteins, molecule form is double helix. Chromosomes: structures composed of dna molecules, a chain of dna, humans inherit 23 from each parent (get 23 pairs or 46 in total) Genes: segments of dna, a unit of dna in a chromosome, each gene is capable of synthesizing some specific protein. The cell: contains nucleus & cytoplasm bounded by cell membrane, chromosomes and genes located in nucleus, nucleus contains the genetic code.
