Unit 1: Interaction of Hereditary and Environment

Question 1

Evolutionary Perspective

Answer 1

traits and behaviors that have helped us survive and reproduce get passed down through genetics

Question 2

Natural Selection (Evolutionary Process)

Answer 2

if a trait helps survivability, more individuals with that trait will live and pass on the trait to offspring

Question 3

Nature (Evolutionary Process)

Answer 3

genes, hereditary

Question 4

Nurture (Evolutionary Process)

Answer 4

social environment

Question 5

Genetics (Evolutionary Process)

Answer 5

science of how genes influence your personality, health, etc

Question 6

Behavioral Genetics

Answer 6

the study of how genes and environments interact to shape behavior; use twin and adoption studies to learn the influence of genes and environement

Question 7

Twin Studies

Answer 7

examine the difference between identical twins, fraternal twins and or siblings to see what can be attributed to genetics vs environment. Psychologist Thomas Buchard studied twins who had been separated at birth and raised in different environments

Question 8

Identical (monozygotic) Twins

Answer 8

twins, always the same sex, the developed by a single egg, fertilized by a single sperm, that split during mitosis and have identical genes

Question 9

Fraternal (dizygotic) Twins

Answer 9

twins of the same or different sex that developed from two distinct eggs fertilized by two separate sperm; their genes are as similar as any other siblings

Question 10

Family/Adoption Studies

Answer 10

analyses difference and similarities in biological vs adoptive parents and their children