PSYC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Culture Shock, Menarche, Secondary Sex Characteristic
6 Apr 2018
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The study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior. The environment refers to every non-genetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us. Threadlike structure made of dna molecules that contain the gene. Dna (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosome. Each person has 23 chromosomes from one parent and 23 from the other (total of 46 chromosomes) Small segments of the giant dna molecule. People have 20,000 to 25,000 genes, which are either active (expressed) or inactive. When genes are expressed, they provide the code for creating the proteins that form our body"s building blocks. Human genome researchers have discovered the common sequence within human dna. Though, slight person-to-person variations from the common pattern give clues to our uniqueness. Understanding the effects and interactions of nature and nurture.
