LING 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Twin, Neurolinguistics, Prenatal Care
13 May 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Q scores of identical twins raised in different environments are more highly correlated than scores of fraternal twins raiser together. Contribution of genetics overshadows the contribution of shared environments. Iq scores of adopted children are more highly correlated with biological parents than with adoptive parents. Contribution of genetic overshadows the contribution of shared environments environmental factors involved in iq: Human thought, behaviour, and the brain biological influences on what you do and think: two assumptions of the scientific community: The process of evolution is responsible for physical traits found in members of a species (including humans) The nervous system (mostly brain) is the origin of all thought and behaviour. Attempt to understand how processes in the brain (and other parts of nervous system) give rise to aspects of thought and behaviour. Components of the nervous system: the central nervous system (cns, the peripheral nervous system (pns) Receives and processes information from the world through the senses and internal organs.
