POLS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Unobservable, Heritability, Psychopathology

• School: Emory University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 110
• Professor: Reinhardt Eric

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Impacted by environmental influences e. g. stress, relationships, culture. Extent to which variability in behavior is due to genetic factors. The higher the number, the more that heritability can contribute to the abnormal behavior being identified. Most illnesses are influenced by multiple genes (polygenic) Study of the degree to which genes and environmental factors influence behavior. Just because someone is tall does not mean it is just genetic. The gene needs a good environment in order to allow that person to grow. O(cid:374)e"s respo(cid:374)ses to a spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) e(cid:374)viro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal eve(cid:374)t is i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)ed (cid:271)y ge(cid:374)es. Maybe you have the trait of shyness and then your parents are also moving around so you are always the new kid in school. The shyness was expressed because of the environment. Another kid with a trait of shyness who has a stable life in one school might not allow the shyness to bubble to the surface in this specific environment.