PSY 1102 Lecture Notes - Psychopharmacology, Diazepam, Operant Conditioning

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Gary Capstick

Document Summary

Nurture: anything and everything other than genes, dna, heredity (learning, experience, environment) Today, researchers believe we are who we are because of a result of both nature and nurture. In every cell we have chromosomes (46, or 23 pairs). Gene complex: group of genes responsible for a trait or characteristic. Consist of nucleotides (biochemical bases) there are four: a (adenine), g (guanine), t (thymine), c (cytosine). Come in pairs: a-t, g-c. alphabet of life because of sequence that determines what gene does and does not do. 99. 99% genetically similar to every other human on earth. Us and other organisms: chimps: 95-98% shared; mouse: 90%; banana: 50%; fruit fly: 44%; daisy: 30%: evolutionary psychology. Main goal of any organism is to survive and transmission of genes into the future. Survival of the fittest . any behaviour that helps our ancestors survive, are behaviours we are going to see the majority of humans display.