PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Human Genome Project, Noncoding Dna, Red Blood Cell
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Miconceptions about heritability: one common misconception is people believe that heritability can be applied to a single individual (so makes sense to say that individual differences in height are 90% heritable but wrong to say that. Nature-nurture debate clarified: nature-nurture debate the arguments about whether genes or environments are more important determinants of personality, at the level of an individual, there is no nature-nurture debate. Behavioral genetic methods: behavioral geneticists have developed an array of methods for determining the contributions or genes and environments as causes of individual differences. If heritability is high for personality traits then selective breeding will be successful suggests that heredity must be a factor in the personality traits. Family studies: family studies correlate the degree of genetic relatedness among family members with the degree of personality similarity capitalizes on the fact that there are known degrees of genetic relatedness among family members. Adoption studies: adoption studies one of the most powerful behavioral genetic methods available.
