Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Heritability, Twin, Far-Sightedness

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Read chapter 3 of dr. mike book and ask a question in the discussion that is not already there and answer one. Question: we would expect a one year child to recover from traumatic brain damage more quickly than an adult. Young children have more synapses so they can recover easily. Nature (something we"re born with) vs. nurture (something we learn) People eventually came to the conclusion that it is both. Human karyotype: 23 pairs of chromosomes (22 autosomes + sex chromosomes) Genes (dna) rna protein molecules (sequences of amino acids) Code for other things that produce other entities that are important to us. The influence of genes is through protein synthesis there are no genes for a particular attribute. If you react to something faster = faster connection, more heavily myelinated neurons. Genes determine change of possibilities, but not degree of expression. Ex. white crowned sparrow must ear adult song between 7th and 60th day.