PSYCH211 Lecture 2: The Basics
1 Mar 2017
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The basics: evolution, genes, conception, and prenatal development. Some experiments instead of covering objects they turned off the lights. If you are piaget and believe that infants will look longer when they are surprised; the minute that the box is out of sight they think it is gone. Left side of graph shows habituation: right side shows result from impossible/possible events --> use it as a violation/expectation technique rather than habituation. Segments of dna, store info for production of particular proteins: and proteins serve many functions in our bodies, children inherit from parents. Allele: one possible form for a gene, e. g. , a gene associated with eye color. A (cid:271)it (cid:373)ore o(cid:374) ge(cid:374)e e(cid:454)pressio(cid:374) : not all genes active all the time, turned on and off through development, gene activity via regulator genes, hormones, and other mechanisms. Sperm & egg are gametes or germ cells; produced by meiosis; chromosomes involved as well.
