PSY 1102 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mania, Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing, Immune System

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

Document Summary

46 chromosomes/23 pairs of 23 (carry genetic information in for of dna molecules: gene complexes: a number of genes working together, to make a final product, or create change (ex. Obesity: nucleotides: biochemical building blocks, alphabet of life that determine what a gene can/cannot do, chromosomes = books, genes= words, nucleotides = letters, human genome: every human on earth is 99. 99% genetically similar (differences within a race is. 95%) race does not exist biologically (only race = human) Evolutionary psychology: darwin: survival of the fittest (connections between organism and environment, behaviour/trait that helped ancestors survive are what is displayed today. Study of individual differences to determine the extent to which the differences of people are caused by genetics (twin, adoption, family studies ) Identical twins (together or apart) are more similar to each other = genetic component. Together more similar than apart = environment (nurture component) Genetic component to personality (adoption studies), extraversion, neuroticism.