AP PSYCH 1.1 (ENVIORNMENT AND HEREDITARY)

I BELIEVE IN YOU!!!!

Hereditary?

Nature

Genetic?

Passing on of physical or mental characteristics from one generation to the next

Predisposition?

Bigger likelihood that you will get a particular disease based on your genetic make-up

Enviornment?

Nurture

External factors of Nurture

Family interactions

Education

Natural Selection? (evolution)

That human behaviors reflect predispositions that help human ancestors survive and reproduce

Evolutionary perspective helps identify what?

Identify traits that are adaptions to environment change

What has happened to the mind in Evolutionary Perspective?

The mind evolved to solve problems of survival and reproduction

Eugenics?

When the evolutionary perspective is used to discriminate against others

Selective mating with people that have traits the other thinks will improve the human species

What is studied to see the effects of genes on individual behavior for Nature vs Nurture?

Twin studies

Family studies

Adoption studies

What was the result of the Twin Studies?

Environment has an influence

The IQ was different

What was the result of the Adoptive Studies?

It compares behavior to those of biological and adoptive parents

The child was more similar to biological parents

The adoptive parents influenced the children’s politics, education, faith, manners, attitude, values

Adopted children thrive especially if adopted as infants

Why were Family Studies done?

It was used to identify the degree of risk of relatives developing mental disorders because of their other family members suffering from it

Assessed if family is have similar responses to health-promotion interventions such as diet, medication, exercise