L33 Psych 353 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Prenatal Hormones And Sexual Orientation, Heritability, Blackboard
9 May 2019
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How genes affect personality: tv and divorce, 1. Television watching is heritable not genetic from parents: underlying characteristics come from that lethargy, 2. Erotic/romantic attraction to opposite same-sex persons (sexual orientation). Predispositions and temperaments not about gender: what directs sexual orientation in general, integrates biological and psychological mechanisms with experiences of child growing up in the usual cultural context, daryl bem (1996, child: genes and hormones, personality styles. Interact with structure of society and formation of groups lead to certain feelings about members of the same and opposite sex: significance = illustrates interactions between biological, psychological, social, and sociological influences on behavior. Evolutionary theory: after i finished reading this paper, the author wanted me to believe. , the author was/was not successful in changing my view. Logic of evolution by natural selection: evolution before darwin, change over time in organic structures: evolution.
