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1
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the set of complete instructions for making an organism

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genome

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23 pairs or 46 total, made of DNA

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chromosomes

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double helix molecule

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DNA

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segment of DNA that displays physical and behavioral traits

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genes

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(A,C,T,G) approx 3 billion in DNA sequence, 99.9% the same as everyone else

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nucleotides

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random errors in gene replication that lead to a change in the sequence of nucleotides, the source of all genetic diversity

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mutation

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A chromosome is to a book as DNA is to

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pages

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Genes are to words as nucleotides are to

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letters

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traits that contribute to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed down

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natural selection

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traits are passed on from one generation to the next

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evolutionary psychology

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Darwin supports ___.

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Natural selection

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Who applied natural selection to humans

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Galton

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breeding for success

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artificial selection

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Artificial selection experiment was

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1959 Russian Fox

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Men prefer ___

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alternative physical features

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Women prefer ___

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Resources and nurture

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Casual sex is more accepted by

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men

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what school did the casual sex experiment

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london

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study of our differences and effects of heredity and environment

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behavioral genetics

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Minnesota twin study supports

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behavioral genetics

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Twins that came from the same egg

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monozygotic

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inherited traits, personality, intelligence, temperament , interests and fears were the same

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separated twin experiment

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raised by animals, deprived of nurturing, ex victor, asana, genie

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feral children

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Food, drugs, medications, stress that influence development during pregnancy

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Prenatal influences

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Fosters physical, cognitive, and social development in the first weeks/months of a newborn, Extremely crucial

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Infant experience

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Disorder associated with infant neglect ion

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Reactive Attachment Disorder

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Treatment for RAD

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Huh therapy

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These people Impact values, faith, politics, educational value

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Parents

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Adolescents having pos & negative effects

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Peer influence

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The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people

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Culture

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Unwritten rules for accepted and expected behavior

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Social norms

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Self replication ideas, fashions, fads, passed from person to person

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Memes

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Smiles, personal space, things we share

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Similarities

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Determined by the 23 pairs of chromosomes associated with being male or female

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Biology of sex

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Traits or characteristics which we associate with being male or female

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Gender roles

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Learn gender behavior by reinforcement, punishment, and observation

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Social learning theory

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learning a cultural recipe of how to be a male or female, through media/society

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gender schema theory

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chrom to book as genes are to

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words

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nucleotides to letters as Dna are to

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pages

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threadlike structures made of dna molecules that contain the genes

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chromosomes

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segment of chromosomes that give us our traits

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genes

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bonds that hold chromosomes together

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nucleotides

43
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complete instructions for making an organism

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genome

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