Nature And Nurture Flashcards
Explain nature.
Consists of jeans. The biological units of heredity that make up ourselves passed along by your parents the moment that you were conceived.
What is behavior genetics?
Studies the relative effects of genes and environment on our behavior. Psychologists call this the nature – nurture issue.
Explain nurture
Comes from our environment. Every nongenetic influence.
How much of our DNA represents other people?
99%. People around the world may exhibit similar behaviors as you
What is a predisposition?
The possibility of developing the disease exist in you. It increases your likelihood but does not guarantee that you will.
Explain DNA mutations
They are random errors and gene replication that leads to a change in an individual’s genetic code. This is the source of all genetic diverse city. Some mutations are desirable what other mutations are not. Predispositions are passed to the DNA to future generations
In what two ways to behavior geneticists use twin studies to discover the relative influences of jeans and the environment on behavior?
1) Studies are done using identical twins. This helps researchers consider the effects of different environments on the trades and behaviors of genetically identical people.
2) Studies are done using fraternal twins. Develop from two different fertilize eggs. This allows researchers to consider the effects of similar environments are genetically different people.
Explain adoption studies
Studies reveal that adopted children share more personality traits similar with her biological parents thing with their adoptive parents. Adoptive children are more similar to their adoptive parents and their beliefs systems and the developments of behavior is important to function as a good citizen. Biological parents provide the nature where adoptive parents for my theater.
Explain the use it or lose it theory
What we learn is maintained to practice.
Explain parents influence.
Parents are important when it comes to education, discipline, responsibility, orderliness, charitableness, and ways of interacting with authority figures.
Explain peer influence
Pierce strong influence how we land corporation, find the route popularity, and length the styles of interaction among people of the same age
Explain culture to culture
Shared attitudes, beliefs, norms and behaviors of a group communicated from one generation to the next.
What are norms?
The understood rules for expected and excepted behavior with in the group.
What is an individualist culture?
Tend to give priority to their own goals over the group goals.
What is a collectivist culture?
Tend to see people as connected to others and sacrifice individual needs for the good of the group.
