PSYC 2060U Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Child Discipline, Moro Reflex, Mary Ainsworth
Document Summary
The study of progressive changes in behaviour and abilities: heredity ( nature ): The transmission of physical and psychological characteristics from parents to offspring through genes: conception: The union of an ovum and a sperm cell: chromosomes: Thread-like coloured bodies in the nucleus of each cell that are made up of dna: dna (deoxyribonucleic acid): A molecular structure that contains coded genetic information: genes: Specific area on a strand of dna that carry hereditary information: polygenic characteristics: Personal traits or physical properties that are influenced by may genes working in combination: dominant gene: A gene whose influence will be expressed each time the gene is present: recessive gene: A gene whose influence will be expressed only when it is paired with a second recessive gene. Genetic programming: heredity influences events from conception to senescence and death, senescence: Aging; the later years of life: human growth sequence: The pattern of physical development from conception to death.
