PSY 1102 Lecture 1: Lecture 1

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Nurture: all factors that are not genetics. There is a constant interaction between the two. Basic unit of heredity: linked with the production of proteins, carry instructions that hold characteristics. Can be active or expressed (producing an effect) One gene or a complex can be the cause of a trait. Genes consist of nucleotides (a-t and c-g: alphabet of life, humans are 99. 99% similar. Race does not exist in biology (it is a social construct) Darwin: survive and reproduce, natural selection, survival of the fittest, survival depends on demands of the environment. If environment changes, organisms must change with it: according to ep we have traits of anything that helped our ancestors survive. Men are more into recreational sex: this gives men the highest probability of reproduction. Women are more into relational sex: gives the highest chance of healthy offspring. Ep starts with effect, and works backwards to explain what happened. Some say not to evaluate future based on past.