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| threadlike structures made of DNA molecules |
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| complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes |
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| a segment of DNA capable of synthesizing a protein |
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| the complete intructions for making an organism |
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| twins who develop from separate fertilized eggs |
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| a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity |
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| proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes |
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| seeks to identify the specific genes that influence specific traits |
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| traits that lead to increases reproduction and survival will most likely be passsed on to succeeding generations |
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| random error in gene replication |
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| sex chromosome found in both men and women |
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| sex characteristic found only in males |
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| cluster of cells formed during conception by union of sperm and egg |
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| human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month |
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| human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth |
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| agents that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm |
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| decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation |
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| concepty or framework that organizes and interprets information |
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| interpreting one's new experience in terms of one's existing schemas |
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| changing one's current understanding (schemas) to incorporate new info |
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| preoperational child's difficulty taking another's point of view, "self-centeredness" |
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| people's ideas about their own and other's mental states - about their feelings, perceptions, and thoughts and the behavior these might predict |
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| disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by deficient communication, social interaction, and understanding of others |
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| emotional tie with another person |
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| crystallized intelligence |
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| accumulated knowledge; tends to increase with age |
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| one's ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease with age |
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