PSY 1102 Study Guide - Promiscuity, Peer Pressure, Casual Sex
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Every individual is in certain respects like all other persons, like some other persons and like no other persons (kluckhohn, &murray,1953) How do we explain the origins of diversity, the source of. Behaviour genetics: predicting individual differences (study how heredity and environment contribute to human differences. ) Genes: the building blocks of heredity and development. Genes are parts of dna molecules, which are found in chromosomes in the nuclei of cells. The human genome includes 46 chromosomes in 23 sets matched sets; each chromosome has the same gene locations. This includes the x and y chromosomes, not a matched set in males, who are missing some gences on the y. A biological parent donates half his/her se of chromosomes to his/her offspring. Human genomes are so nearly identical that we can speak of one universal human genome. Yet tiny genetic differnces make a difference if there is a :
