Chapter Four: Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity

Psychology Test

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What is "the study of the relative power and limits of genetic and enviornmental influences on behavior" ?

Behavior Genetics

What is "every non-genetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us" ?

Enviornment

The "threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes" are called... ?

Chromosomes

What is "a complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes" ?

DNA

The "biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes; a segment of DNA capable of making a protein" is called... ?

Genes

A Genome is...

complete instructions for making an organism, consisting of all the genetic material in that organism's chromosomes.

A few similarities between separated twins are..

personality, intelligence, abilities, attitudes, interests, fears, brain waves, and heart rate.

Enable comparisons with both genetic and enviornmental relatives...

Biological vs. Adoptive Relatives

Refers to a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity...

Temperament

The interplay that occurs when the effect of the one factor depends on another: such as the enviornment and our genes...

Genes and the enviornment interact.

the subfield of biology that studies the molecular structure and function of genes; seeks to identify specific genes influencing behavior...

molecular genetics

study of why we as humans are alike; it studies the evolution of behavior and the mind using principles of natural selection...

evolutionary psychology

the process through which adaptive traits are passed on to ongoing generations because these traits help animals survive and reproduce...

natural selection

composed of behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group and transmitted from one generation to the next...

culture

rules for accepted and expected behavior

cultural norms

giving priority to one's own goals over group goals is...

individualism

giving priority to goals of one's group and defining one's identity accordingly is...

collectivism.

expectations of how men and women are supposed to behave are called...

gender roles.

how a person views himself or herself in terms of gender is called...

gender identity.

the assumption that we learn gender-linked behaviors by observing and imitation significant others and by being rewarded or punished is...

the socal learning theory