AP Psych Unit 1 - Misc.

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Psychology

AP Psychology

Unit 1: Biological Bases of Behavior

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Heredity

Th genetic transfer of characteristics from parents to offspring

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Evolutionary Psychology

The study of the evolution of behavior and the mind using principles of natural selection

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Natural Selection

Successful inherited traits that allow an organism to survive will reproduce more, passing on their successful trait

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Eugenics

A 19th century movement that proposed measuring human traits and then selecting who to reproduce based off those results

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Epigenetics

The study of environmental influences on gene expression that occur without a DNA change

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Nature

Traits are inherited

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Nurture

Traits are learned from the enviornment