PSYC 1100 Lecture 5: Psychology Notes (4)
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Origins: an outgrowth of physiology and anatomy in 1700s-1800s. Influenced by descartes:interested in the relationship between the mind and body. William james argued that psychology should be informed by biology. Modern biopsychology:how the nervous system affects us. The brain isn"t the only important part of the nervous system. 23 alleles from eg, 23 from sperm. Dna is made up of cytosine, guanine, thymine, and adenine. Nature and nurture: not one or the other. Range of reaction: possibility of your (height) to be but not definite. Epigenetics: you have genes in your body that can be turned on or off based off of what you do in life. Animal studies: selective breeding and genetic knockout experiments to see how important certain genes are to certain behaviors. (weakness: ethical concerns) Twin and family studies: observe the differences in behavior during the experiments or over the lifespan to disentangle genes and/or environment impact. (weaknesses:can"t randomly assign twin-hood)
