PSYC 200 Lecture 13: lecture notes

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 200
• Professor: Kathleen Hughes

Document Summary

"identical" twins: dizygotic, two eggs released, forms two zygotes with two sperm, dna differences similar to non-twin siblings. "fraternal" twins: adoption studies, comparison of, child and biological parents, child and adopted parents, biological siblings, step and adopted siblings, technology (social media) makes this type of research more difficult; almost no adopted children are raised in isolation. Confounding factors: 1960s; minnesota twin study, wanted to reconnect identical twins that had been raised apart. Springer twins: daphne and barbra, tom and steve. Sensations: vision/light: eyes respond to light patterns, ear: taken in through ear canal, taste: taste buds on tongue, smell: chemical/molecules. Coded: touch, pressure/paint, heat, balance: middle ear. Keep body upright: position, gravity, perceptions, faces, patterns, rhythm/melodies, flavours - higher level perception, taste, smell, and visual perceptions, weight - perception of weight is not a sense. You can sense gravity on you, but your perception of the weight is different: time, emotions, esp - extra sensory perception.