PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Twin, Empiricism, Evolutionary Psychology

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

Document Summary

Andrew wyeth- the son of n. c wyeth (artist) Henriette wyeth hurd- daughter of n. c wyeth (artist) Jamie wyeth- the son of andrew wyeth ( artist) We humans share 99. 5% of the same genetic code. I would gladly lay down my life, two brothers, eight cousins john haldane. Genotype: all the instructions together ( chromosome pairs x 23) Heterozygous: contains two sets of alleles ( dominant always win) Homozygous: contains 1 type of allele ( only way recessive shows) 50% of talented people that had talent had talented artists. Only genetically related to each other as ordinary bro and sis. However were in the womb during the same time. They have a lower concordance rate of 17% Separated twins at birth (mz) 38% concordance (dz) 12% concordance. We are more altruistic towards family members. Look for mates with heritable traits that will enhance your offspring"s fitness ( heritable traits: iq, attractiveness, creativity, alcoholism, personality, schizophrenia )