ap psych summer work

Nature v Nurture

the study of weather ur shaped more by your genes or your experiences

natural selection

when nature selects traits that best enable and organism to survive and reproduce

evolutionary psychology

how thoughts, feelings, and behavior have developed overtime

behavior genetics

how much of behavior comes from genes and how much comes from env

genome

our common set of genes

Environment

all the outside factors and experience that effect you after birth

heredity

genetic traits and characteristics you pass down from parents to children through DNA

DNA

molecule that contains the genetic instruction for building and maintaining an organism

genes

segments of DNA that act as instructions to make proteins

behavior genetics

study of how genes effect behavior

twin studies

compare identical and fraternal twins to see what traits are genetic

identical v fraternal twins

same DNA v like regular sibling DNA

adoption studies

compare traits of adopted kids to biological and adopted parents

epigenetic

study of how env can turn genes on and off

temperament

persons basic emotion reactivity and intensity

centeral nervous system

made up of the brain and spinal cord, which processes info and make desicison

reflexes

automatic, involuntary responses without conscious thought

peripheral nervous system

alll nerves outside the brain and spinal cord which carries

somatic nervous system

part of the PNS that controls voluntary movements of skeletal muscles

automatic nervous system

part of the PNS that controls involuntary functions(heartbeat, digestion, breathing)