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Exam 3 - Section 3 (11/01) Flashcards

1
Q

_________ -
Addresses how personality traits that differ among individuals are passed from parent to child and shared by biological relatives

A

Behavioral Genetics

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2
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_________ - Looks at how we differ given similar genetic predispositions

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Behavioral Genetics

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3
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_________ - even though you may have same genes, you are different due to environment

A

Epigenetic’s

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4
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_________ - Breed out people with intellectual disabilities

A

eugenics

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5
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we can’t predict outcomes of _________ because of _________

A
  • genes

- environments

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6
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phenotypes - physical traits, how we can observe the _________ of genes

A

expression

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7
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_________ -

connections between phenotype and genotype

A

Calculating Heritability

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8
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Calculating Heritability - Comparing personality type similarities and _________ in people with same _________ - twins

A
  • differences

- genes

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9
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Heritability coefficients from _________ studies ≈ .40

A

-twin

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10
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Heritability coefficients from _________ studies ≈ .20

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non-twin

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11
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Calcula-ng Heritabilities

Genes _________ and they interact with the _________

A
  • vary

- environment

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12
Q

Monozygotic (MZ) - _________

A

Identical

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13
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dizygotic (DZ) - two separate _________, and so _________

A
  • ova

- not identical

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14
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To examine how phenotypes may be attributed to _________ in _________

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  • variation

- genotypes

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15
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Heritability - Environmental differences make a bigger impact than _________

A

genetics

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16
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_________ - the amount that genes matter

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Heritability

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17
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Genes impact the development and probability of a particular _________ and those traits will set the stage for you to _________ in a certain way

A
  • trait

- behave

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18
Q

Traits with little variation will have _________

close to _________

A
  • heritabilities

- zero

19
Q

• _________ affects dopamine receptors

A

DRD4

20
Q

• _________ gene affects serotonin

A

5-HTT

21
Q

• 5-HTT gene affects _________

A

serotonin

22
Q

• DRD4 affects _________ receptors

A

dopamine

23
Q

_________ - Variance in genes and the different outcomes of how you are

A

Alleles

24
Q

Alleles - some differences between _________ groups

A

cultural

25
Q

Genes are not _________
• There must be an environment in order for
there to be _________

A
  • causal

- behavior

26
Q

• Environments can affect _________

A

heritabilities

27
Q

Choice of environment matters in the _________ of our genes (phenotype)

A

expression

28
Q

• _________ : experience affects biology

A

Epigenetics

29
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• Epigenetics: experience affects biology

- _________, nutrition

A

Stress

30
Q

You can have the gene for schizophrenia but depending on your _________ you may not experience it

A

environment

31
Q

• Evolution and behavior

-Identify common _________ patterns and then determine how the behavior was _________

A
  • behavior

- adaptive

32
Q

Aggression and _________ - evelutionarily developed behaviors

A

altruism

33
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_________ - the reflection of how other people think of you

A

sociometer theory

34
Q

_________ - the better you can gauge if people like you the more likely you are to stay alive

A

sociometer theory

35
Q

_________ - what we look for in the opposite sex

A

Mate selection

36
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_________ - how one behaves inside a heterosexual relationship

A

Mating strategies

37
Q

Mating behavior: Attraction

– Men place higher value on _________ attractiveness
and prefer _________ mates

A
  • physical

- younger

38
Q

Mating behavior: Attraction

Women place higher value on _________ security and prefer _________ mates

A
  • economic

- older

39
Q

Mating behavior: Attraction

Both want the highest likelihood of healthy _________ who will survive and _________

A
  • offspring

- reproduce

40
Q

Mating behavior: Attraction

complications–

  • Values put on women’s _________ is different now
  • Male physical attractiveness is more _________ to women than it should be
A
  • body

- important

41
Q

Mating behavior: Attraction

complications–
• _________ matters

A

Culture

42
Q

Mating behavior: Sociosexuality – Men are generally _________

A

higher

43
Q
  • Men are more upset at _________ infidelity

- Women are more upset at _________ infidelity

A
  • sexual

- emotional

44
Q

– Sexy son hypothesis

-Mating with an attractive but unstable person may produce a _________ that is good at mating and will take care of the _________

A
  • son

- mother

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