PSY 1102 Lecture 1: Nature vs. Nurture & Diversity (All of Chapter 4)

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

Document Summary

Nurture: everything else (literally all) (experience, environment, learning, etc. ) Nurture builds upon nature (both in uence our identity) > they interact with each other continuously and constantly. The nature component: genes, 23 pairs of chromosomes (46 total) except for gametes. Chromosomes: carry the genetic info in dna molecule form: genes: segments of dna, basic unit of heredity. Contain instructions that give structure, shape, etc. A single gene can produce a noticeable trait. Gene complexes: multiple genes that can sometimes work together to make an effect. Made of nucleotides (aka the alphabet of life: biochemical bases, 4 (a, t, g, c) the sequence determines what a gene does and does not do. Chromosomes are like books, genes are the words and the nucleotides are the letters: human genome: 20 000+ genes. Every human is 99. 99% genetically similar to another human. They are photocopies except for 0. 01% (possibility of cloning story / scientists must work and isolate the 0. 01%?)