PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - The First Three Years
7 Feb 2014
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Nature vs nurture ( looking at the relationship between environment and genetics throughout life) Most of the studies are done during infancy. What evokes continuity and change they may look at the genetic predisposition for a certain characteristic (ex. Alcoholism) they have people come into their lab and drink alcohol to the point of intoxication, and then they have to do various motor tasks and look at the effect of alcohol on these tasks. There are two groups ; one seems to have a high response to alcohol (lightweights) and see a decline in motor tasks. The other group doesn"t show a decline even with larger doses of alcohol (heavy-weights) This seems to be a heritable trait, and you can get the lightweight or heavyweight from your parents. And if you"re a heavyweight then you are more likely to be an alcoholic. Trying to find out which environments may lead this to manifest itself.
