CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Moral Development, Behaviorism, Superficial Charm
20 Feb 2015
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The search for concordance: concordance = the degree to which related pairs exhibit a particular trait, behaviour or characteristic. If mz twins exhibit an 85% concordance rate, and dz twins exhibit only a 15% concordance rate, then the trait, behaviour or characteristic may be said to have an. If the concordance rate is the same for mz and dz twins, then the trait, behaviour or characteristic is more likely to have an environmental component. If rate of concordance is high between adopted twins and their biological parents, the n trait, behaviour or characteristic more likely to have an inherited component. Hormones: hormones (stored in glands) are part of our body chemistry, not, hormones are released into the blood stream, and are circulated our brain chemistry throughout body, examples of hormones include insulin, cortisol, testosterone. Testosterone: while there has been some research linking high testosterone levels to aggression and violence, the degree of association has generally been week.
