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| the study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior |
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| threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes |
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| many genes acting in concert; influence human traits |
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| 2 ways identical twinsa re more similar than fraternal tiwns |
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| extraversion and neuroticism |
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| a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity |
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| the extent to which variation among individuals can be attributed to their differing genes; refers to which differences among people are attributable to genes |
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| genes don't act like blueprints that lead to the same result no matter the context. genes REACT |
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| the effect of one factor (sch as environment) depends on another factor (such as heredity) |
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| the subfield of biolgogy that studies the molecular structure and function of genetics |
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| evolutionary psychologitsts |
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| focus on what makes us so alike as humans; the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selction |
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| begins at coneceoption with the prenatal environment. after birth, extends into our family and peer relationships and to all other experiences. |
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| during puberty massive loss of unemployed connections |
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| the behaviors, ideas, attitudes, calues, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one geneeration to the next |
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| rules for accepted and expected behavior |
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| giving priority to one's own goals over group goals and feining one's indentity in terms of personal attributes rather than group identifications |
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| giving priority to the goals of one's gorup, often one's extended family or work group, and defining on'es identity accordingly |
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| includes singe gene that throws a master switch triggerng the testes to develop and produce the principal male hormone testosterone |
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| the most important of the male sex hormones; both males and females have it, but the additional testosterone in but the additional testosterone in males stimluates the growth the male sexorgans in the fetus and the development of the male sex characteristics during puberty |
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| a set of expectations (norms) a social position, defining how those in the dposition ought to behave |
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| our expectations about the way me nadn women behave |
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| one's sense of being male or female |
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| the acqusition of a traditional masculine or feminine role |
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| the theory that we learn social behavior by ovserving and imitating and b being reward or punished |
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| the theory that children learn from their cultures a concept of what it means to be male and female and that they adjust their behavior accordingly |
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