Chapter 3

Question 1

What are behavioural genetics?

Answer 1

Genetic contributions to individual differences in behaviour and personality

Question 2

All of our genes, together with non coding DNA, make up the ______ ______

Answer 2

human genome

Question 3

What are genome-wide association studies?

Answer 3

They are concerned in genes that carry across people and whether those genetic variants can consistently be observed in specific diseases

Question 4

What are linkage studies?

Answer 4

They take advantage of the tendency of genes lying close together on a chromosome to be inherited. Researches start by finding genetic markers

Question 5

What are epigenetics?

Answer 5

Studies stable changes in a gene over time without changes in DNA sequence

Question 6

The mind has a collection of specialized _____ _____ to handle specific survival problems. It is a theory which may lead some to believe that all human decisions are due to evolutionary reasons

Answer 6

Mental modules

Question 7

What are some innate human characteristics?

Answer 7

Infant reflexes
An interest in novelty
Desire to explore and manipulate objects
An impulse to play
Basic cognitive abilities

Question 8

This field studies explanations of social behaviour in ways that suggest a tendency to act in ways to maximize the chances of passing on genes

Answer 8

Sociobiology

Question 9

What do some professions believe regarding how much genes affect behaviour?

Answer 9

Sociobiologist: all from genes

Evolutionary psychologist: more from genes, but some culture can modify

Critics: no single genetically determined sexual strategies exist for humans

Question 10

What is heritability?

Answer 10

An estimate of the proportion of a trait that comes from exclusively genes. The scores range from 0-1