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Question 1

What did Jablocka and Lamb 2002 say about epigentics?

Answer 1

Epigenetics is the branch of biology which studies the casual interactions between genes and their products which bring the phenotype into being - Jabloka and Lamb 2002

Question 2

What did Holliday 2002 say about epigentics?

Answer 2

Epigenetics deals with the study of reversable changes in gene function, that are mitotically and meitotically heritable and that do not entail a change in DNA sequence

Question 3

What is the difference between skill and ability?

Answer 3

Skill = learned 
Ability = exists without learning and is more stable

Question 4

What is Gc?

Answer 4

Gc is culture and knowledge based (crystalised intelligence)

Question 5

What is Gf?

Answer 5

Gf is biologically based (fluid intelligence)

Question 6

What can everyday intelligence be influenced by?

Answer 6

Everyday intelligence can be influenced by many factors influding social and cultural cues

Question 7

Whats a savant?

Answer 7

Savant: someone with significant mental disibilties but demonstrate certain abilities in excess of average e.g. mainly in memory.

Question 8

Differences between fluid and crystalised intelligence over time?

Answer 8

Fluid and crystalised intelligence develop at different curves - they both peak at around 20s and 30s

• crystalised inteligence stays steady over time
• fluid intelligence deterioates with age

Question 9

What is growth mindset?

Answer 9

growth mindset can predict achievement

Question 10

What is a fixed mindset?

Answer 10

fixed mindset - can result in an individual not changing

Question 11

What is the mozart effect?

Answer 11

A set of research results indicating that listening to Mozarts music may induce short - term imporvement on the performance of certain kinds of mental tasks known as ‘spatial and temporal reasoning’

Question 12

What is the correlates approach?

Answer 12

Cognitive tasks - Sternberg 1970 - short term memory scanning tas. You look at a list of words and are asked if a number was in the list e.g. 7 5 8 2 0 then are asked if seven was in the list, reaction time is then measured

Question 13

What is the components approach?

Answer 13

Sternberg 1977 - wanted to know the cognitive steps to solve a problem

Question 14

Who first coined the term epigenetics?

Answer 14

Conrad Waddington 1942 and gave epigenetics the general definition of above genetics

Question 15

What is epigenetics?

Answer 15

Epigenetics explores the concept of how our genes can be switched on or off during out lives as a result of several comples interactions that influence a process called methiflation

Question 16

What have recent studies found about epigenetics?

Answer 16

Recent studies have highlighted how early life experiences such as maternal care during childhood can lead to epigenetic changes that continue during adulthood which increase the risk of mental health disorders

Question 17

What does epigenetics involve?

Answer 17

Epigenetics in gene expression do not involved changes in DNS sequence, and involve enviromental inputs, epigentics may explain clinical aspects and disorders

Question 18

What are trasncription factors?

Answer 18

DNA transcription regulating proteins in the cell nucleus are called ‘transcription factors’

Question 19

What three main epigenetic mechanisms have been described?

Answer 19

at least three main epigenetic mechanisms have been described:

a) direct DNA methylation
b) modifications through chemical reactions such as methyation, phosphorylation or acetylation
c) the synthesis of small RNA fragments that interfere with DNA transcription