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Module 6-7 Flashcards

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Everything nongenetic influence from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us

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Environment

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The subfield of biology that studies the molecular structure and function of genes

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Molecular genetics

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The study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior

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Behavior genetics

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Threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes

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Chromosomes

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A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes

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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

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The biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes; A segment of DNA capable of synthesizing a protein

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Genes

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The complete instructions for making an organism, consisting of all the genetic material in that organisms chromosomes

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Genome

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Twins who develop from a single fertilized egg that splits in two, creating two genetically identical organisms

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Identical twins

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Twins who developed from separate fertilized eggs. They are genetically no closer than brothers or sisters, but they share a fetal environment

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Fraternal twins

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The inner area of a cell that houses chromosomes and genes

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Nucleus

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The basic structural unit of a living thing

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Cell

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A persons characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity

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Temperament

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The proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes.

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Heritability

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In psychology, occurs when the effect of one factor (such as environment) depends on another factor (such as heredity).

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Interaction

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The study of the evolution of behavior and the mind using principles of natural selection

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Evolutionary psychology

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The principle that among the range of inherited trait variations those that lead to increased reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations

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Natural selection

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A random error in gene replication that leads to a change

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Mutation

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In psychology, the biologically and socially influenced characteristics by which people define male and female

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Gender

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The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next

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Culture

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An understood rule for accepted and expected behavior.”proper” behavior

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Norm

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The buffer zone we like to maintain around our bodies

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Personal space

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Giving priority to one’s own goals over group goals and defining one’s identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group identifications

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Individualism

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Giving priority to the goals of one’s group (often ones extended family or workgroup) and defining one’s identity accordingly

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Collectivism

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Physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone

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Aggression

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The sex chromosome found in both men and women. Females have two X chromosomes; males have one. I’m at chromosome from each parent produces a female child

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X chromosome

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The sex chromosome found only in males

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Y chromosome

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The most important of the male sex hormones. Both males and females have it, but the additional amount in males stimulates the growth of the male sex organs in the fetus and the development of the male sex characteristics during puberty.

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Testosterone

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A set of expectations about a social position defining how those in the position ought to behave

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Role

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A set of expected behaviors for males and for females

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Gender role

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One’s sense of being male or female

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Gender identity

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The acquisition of the traditional masculine or feminine role

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Gender typing

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The theory that we learned social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished.

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Social learning theory

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The theory that children learn from their cultures a concept of what it means to be male and female and that they just their behaviors accordingly

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Gender schema theory

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