Nature & Nurture

Question 1

Nature

Answer 1

all of the genes and hereditary factors that influence who we are-from our physical appearance to our personality characteristics.

Question 2

Nurture

Answer 2

Refers to all the environmental variables that impact who we are. Early childhood experiences, How we where raised, social relationships, our surrounding culture

Question 3

Biological Psychology

Answer 3

Tends to stress the importance of genetics and biological influences (Nature).

Question 4

Heredity

Answer 4

The sum of all biological processes by which particular characteristics are transmitted from parent to their offspring (one generation to the next)

Question 5

Genes

Answer 5

segments of DNA molecules are the functional units of heredity, make up the body’s blueprint.

Question 6

Epigenetic’s

Answer 6

Study of heritable changes in gene expression (active versus inactive genes). Study of changes in gene expression due from non genetic cause.

Question 7

sensitive period

Answer 7

for some behaviors or physical characteristics, a particular environment is important at a particular time in life for the genetic information to be express.

Question 8

Monozygotic Twins “identical”

Answer 8

Result from a single fertilized egg that splits in two, are genetically identical.

Question 9

Dizygotic Twins

Answer 9

Develop from two zygotes and share 50% of their DNA

Question 10

Heritability

Answer 10

The extent to which differences in appearance of a trait across several people can be accounted for by differences in their genes.