biopsychology

Biopsychology

The study biological mechanisms that impact thoughts behavior and feelings

Human genetics

How inherited genes impact traits and susceptibility to disease

Theory of evolutions by natural selection

Charles Darwin’s theory that traits evolve over generations

Adaptive advantage

Potential to be Beneficial trait depending on environment , although the trait may be harmful (sickle cell anemia )

Mutation

Sudden permanent change in a gene

Heterozygous

Aa

Homozygous

aa, AA

Zygote

Formation of an egg and sperm

Phenotype

Observable trait

Genotype

The general idea of a gene

Chromosome

Long strands of DNA

DNA

Helix shaped molecule containing genetic information

Gene

(Hair color, eye color)

Allele

A specific type of gene

Mutation

Sudden permanent change in a gene

How many chromosomes does every individual have?

23

Range of reaction

The boundaries the environment set for your genes and how they’re expressed in regarding to traits

Epigenetics

Study of how life experiences can leave “marks “ on your genes

Gene environment correlation

How genes impact the environment you end up in