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interaction of heredity & environment
heredity
the genetic transfer of characteristics from parents to offspring
nature
innate biological factors that influence development and personality
nurture
external and environmental factors, including learning, that influence development and personality
genetic predisposition
to be more susceptible to something or more likely to encounter it due to inherited genes
evolutionary perspective
how the natural selection of traits has promoted the survival of genes
natural selection
the principles that inherited traits that better enable an organism to survive and reproduce in a particular environment will, in competition with other traits variations, most likely be passed onto succeeding generations
eugenics
the science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics
twin studies
research designs used in psychology used to measure the influence of genetic factors of human behavior by comparing identical twins with fraternal twins
family studies
detecting the presence or absence of familial aggregation for the disease or trait, in which having a family history is associated with a greater risk
adoption studies
research studies that compare an adopted persons's behavior to both their biological and adoptive parent's behavior
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