Genetics and evolution Flashcards
1
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Behavioral genetics
A
the degree to which personality is inherited and shared among genetic relatives
2
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Heritability statistics
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computed from the study of monozygotic and dizygotic twins indicate that genetic variance accounts for about 40 percent of the phenotypic variance in many personality traits (although genes interact with each other and the environment)
3
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Life history
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Fast or slow, how many kids you have and the effort you put in nurturing them. Dangerous environments are typically fast, and safety environments results in slow.
4
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Will biology replace psychology
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no, biology has no description of how people act in their daily social environments, and how environment can influence behaviour (a little situationist).
