PSY 352 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Monoamine Oxidase, Carl Jung, Reality Principle

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Psychology Main
• Course: PSY 352
• Professor: Lazarwicz

Document Summary

Chapter 6: genetics and personality: guanine (g) Dna (deoxyribonucleic acid): chemical that contains biochemical instructions for formation, functioning of person: cytosine (c, thymine (t, adenine (a) Coded instructions for making everything the body needs. ~25,000 genes in humans genes: distinct portions of cell"s dna chromosomes: (cid:498)bundles(cid:499) of genes. Sperm + egg = 23 pairs of chromosomes: 23rd gender. Dna genes chromosomes genome: complete set of genes that an organism has. What is the difference between a genotype and a phenotype? genotype: genetic material an individual inherits phenotype: observable expression of genotype. Be sure to include the concepts of variance and heritability in your answer. behavioral genetics: aims to determine degree of genetic basis (vs. environmental basis) for variance in behavior/trait/ability variance: degree to which people vary on a dimension. Understanding individual differences! heritability: statistic that estimates % of variance that is due to genes (cid:498)amount of phenotypic variance that is attributable to genotypic variance(cid:499)