Vocab 1.1 Nature v. Nurture

Nature

refers to how genetics influence an individual's personality,

Nurture

refers to how their environment (including relationships and experiences) impacts their development

Charles Darwin

natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection

Evolutionary Psychology

the study of behaviour, thought, and feeling as viewed through the lens of evolutionary biology

Mutation

Any change in the DNA sequence of a cell

Natural selection

Mechanism of evolution

Behavioral Psychology

a theory suggesting that environment shapes human behavior

Genome

the haploid set of chromosomes in a gamete or microorganism, or in each cell of a multicellular organism.

Epigenetic

describes factors beyond the genetic code

Monozygotic

An Identical twin pair

Dizygotic

A fraternal twin pair

Twin Studies

Heredity

studies conducted on identical or fraternal twins for the importance to reveal the importance of environmental + genetic influence

Heritability

a measure of how well differences in people's genes account for differences in their traits

Eugenics

the study of agencies under social control that may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations either physically or mentally

polygene

relating to or determined by polygenes

Chromosome

23 pairs(46 in total) thread like structure which is located in the nucleus