nature-nurture

Question 1

behavioral genetics

Answer 1

-how genes and environments work together to influence behavior

Question 2

two types of twins

Answer 2

• MZ- monozygotic twins-identical

- DZ-dizygotic twins-fraternal-50%of their DNA

Question 3

quantitative genetics

Answer 3

-a scientific study in which similarities among individuals are analyzed based on how biologically related they are

Question 4

heritability coefficient

Answer 4

• a measure of how strongly differences among individuals are related to the differences among their genes
• varying from 0-1, meant to provide a single measure of genetics influence in a trait.
• hard to interpret

Question 5

Watson and Crick

Answer 5

discovered DNA in 1950s

-human genome was completely sequenced in the 21st century

Question 6

correlation does not imply

Answer 6

causation

Question 7

nature-nurture studies have fallen short because

Answer 7

-the inability to organize traits from more or less genetic