PSYB30H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Electrodermal Activity, Ct Scan, Somatic Nervous System
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Behavioral genetics; the study of the genetic and environmental contributions to individual differences in personality and behavior. Nature and nurture transact: can work together, apart, or can influence each other. Phenotype= how genetic makeup is expressed: genotype + environment + gene-environment correlation + gene-environment interaction. Gene-environment correlation; if people change environments and environments change people. Happens when a genotype responds differently to an environment. Gene-environment interaction; combination of nature and nurture. Occurs when a genotype is exposed differently to an environment. People respond differently to the same environment because of different genetic make-up. Heritability; the inheritance of a particular trait in a particular population at a particular time. Environmentality; estimates the extent to which observed individual differences can be traced in any way to individual differences in environment (nutrition) Shared environment; includes aspects of the family environment that are generally the same for all the children in the household.
