Studied by 0 people
What are Pedigree/Family/Kinship Studies?
Studies that trace a phenotype over generations in a family tree to determine the likelihood of a behavior being inherited
What are Adoption studies?
Studies that investigate similarities between adoptees and their biological and adoptive parents
What are Association Studies?
Studies that attempt to match a candidate gene with a specific behavior
What are Genome-Wide Association Studies?
GWAS studies examine large samples of a set of genetic variants across entire genomes to see if any variations are associated with a trait
What are Twin Studies?
Comparing behavior traits of dizygotic or monozygotic twins to evaluate the degree of genetic and environmental influence on a trait
What are Concordance Rates?
The percentage of pairs of twins/other blood relatives that exhibit the same behaviors
What is the Equal Environment Fallacy?
Assuming that twins grow up in an equal environment
What is Evolutionary Psychology?
Psychology that aims to explore the theory that certain human behaviors come from the development of our species over time due to natural selection
What is Resource Holding Potential?
An animal’s awareness of its own fighting capacity, seen by Price as the pre-cursor to self-esteem
