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Ch 5: Biological Factors Flashcards

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Behavioural Genomics

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How gene and gene networks function with each other and the environment to influence behaviour

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Behavioural Genetics

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The study of how individual differences in biology affect behaviour

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Heritability

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Most personality traits have a heritability score of .4 or .6

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Epigenetics - Exons

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Coding regions in DNA

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Epigenetics - Introns

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Noncoding regions of DNA

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Epigenetics - DNA Methylation

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When Introns determine if an Exon is turned on or off

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Epigenetics - Positional Cloning

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Replacing faulty genetic codes with new and improved codes that have been cloned to match the person’s genetics as much as possible

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The 4 aspects of Temperament

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  1. Activity
  2. Emotionality
  3. Sociability
  4. Agressive/Impulsivity
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Temperament traits:

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Relatively stable, expressed through general energy level, evident from childhood, determined by gene factors, etc.

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Temperament of Extraversion

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Positive emotions, reward sensitivity, sociability, approach tendencies

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Temperament of Neuroticism

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Negative emotions, anxiety, punishment sensitivity, tendency to withdraw

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Temperament of Impulsivity

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Psychoticism, lack or constraint, sensation seeking, novelty seeking lack of conscientiousness, lack of aggreableness

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The 3 Brain-Behaviour systems

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  1. Fight, Flight, Freeze
  2. Behavioural Activation System
  3. Behavioural Inhibition system
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Fight, Flight, Freeze

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Determines sympathetic response stimuli, related to a serotonin activity

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Behavioural Activation System

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Associated with responses to pleasant and rewarding stimuli, dopamine activity

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Behavioural Inhibition System

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Associated with a sensitivity to punishment and cautiousness, norepinephrine and dopamine fluctuate

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Left side of the brain

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more associated with positive emotions

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Right side of the brain

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more negative eomotions

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Grey Matter differences

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introverts have more grey matter

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What does the Amygdala respond to?

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It responds to emotional content (sensitive to fear and danger)

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Characteristics of Neuroticism

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  • tend to have a very active amygdala
  • heightened reactivity to anything that is surprising, unusual, little bit different
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Characteristics of Extraversion

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  • highly active amygdala but in a different part than in neuroticism; creates positive arousal
  • more of an emotional reaction associated with excitement
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High impulsivity is linked to…

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a greater activity in the Ventral Striatum - tied to rewards (i.e. money, food, etc.)

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High impulsivity individuals take more time to recover from…

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negative emotions - more difficulty self-regulating

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Low impuslivity individuals tend to do better…

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managing impulses and emotions - do better with everyday life

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Higher testosterone is liked to:

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Impulsivity - risk taking, aggression, dominance, etc.

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Lower level of dopamine associated with…

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Impulsivity

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What is Genotype-Environment Interaction?

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People respond differently to the same environment because of their genotype

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Define Passive Genotype-Environment Correlation

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Parents provide the genes and the environment that develops those genes

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Define Reactive Genotype-Environment Correlation

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Genes elicit a response from others that encourage the genotype

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Define Active Genotype-Environment Correlation

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A person selects environments that encourages their genotype

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Define Positive Genotype-Environment Correlations

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Conditions are favourable for Enhancing/Developing a particular characteristic

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Define Negative Genotype-Environment Correlations

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Conditions that lead to the Lack of Development of particular characteristics

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What is Sociobiology?

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the study of the influence of evolutionary biology on social behaviour

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What is Social Darwinism?

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Societies and cultures could be more or less genetically advantaged

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Aspects of a Need for Belonging

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  • Shared skills help to keep the group safe and together
  • Social exclusion causes the body to react as if it’s experiencing physical pain, but emotionally
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Aspects of “Attachment”

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  • Offspring has a better change of survival if positively attached to the mother/protector
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Aspects of Adaptiveness of certain personality traits

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  • Extroverts enhance survival by going out and hunting
  • Introverts kept the place safe
  • When the environment changed, the variety helps with survial

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