PSY 321 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Impulsivity, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Behavioural Genetics
1 May 2017
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Chapter 9:the inheritance of personality: behavioral genetics and. A recent major meta-analysis that summarized the results of many studies concluded that the shared family environment was important in the development of many forms of psychopathology between childhood and adolescence, including conduct disorder, rebelliousness, anxiety, and depression. Association method: tries to determine whether differences in a trait correlate with differences in a particular gene across individuals. Examples: the genetic basis of homosexuality in males: x chromosomes they shared. They do not apply to everybody: gene-environment interaction. Basic principle: genes influence the development of behavior only in people who live in some kind of environment. Genes affect personality (shorter and was teased) People choose their environment due to genes. The same environment can affect individuals in different ways. A tendency to be aggressive can help a person to protect territory, property, and mates, and also lead to dominance in the social group and higher status.
