Heredity, enviroment, and genetic research

Question 1

Evolutionary psychology

Answer 1

How psychological traits and behaviors and evolved over time to enhance survival and reproductive success. Body chooses fight or flight

Question 2

Natural selection

Answer 2

More likely to survive to their original environment. Social intelligence is needed to have a higher chance of reproduction or survival

Question 3

Nature

Answer 3

Biological and genetic factors that influence an individual’s psychological development, traits, behaviors, and cognitive abilities. Traits inherited from parents (hair color, eye color, height etc.) Genes and how our brain is structured

Question 4

Nurture

Answer 4

The environmental influences the development, cognitive processes, and behavior. Parenting styles, methods, social media, and friends (environment)

Question 5

Twin studies

Answer 5

examines similarities and differences between twins and see the relative influence of genetics and environment on traits and behaviors. What’s the same and what’s different between twins, fraternal and identical

Question 6

Adoption studies

Answer 6

Similarities between adopted siblings. The influence their environment has on them.

Question 7

Family studies

Answer 7

Similarities amongst family members. Traits from other family members being studied

Question 8

Heredity

Answer 8

Transition of genetic information from biological parents to offspring (intelligence is hereditary)

Question 9

Genetic predisposition

Answer 9

Inherited likelihood of developing specific traits or conditions due to genetic factors from biological parents. Ex: You’re more likely to have anxiety if your parents do.

Question 10

Eugenics

Answer 10

Improving the genetic quantity of a human population by controlling reproduction to increase desirable traits and increase undesirable ones. Differences between people in your family tree