PSYC 1010 Midterm: Introduction to Psychology Lecture 16 (PSYCH1010 including short answer hint for Test 4))

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Nature-nurture controversy: family studies, twin studies- the correlation in iq scores between identical twins is compared to pairs of fraternal twins. y identical twins have a genetic similarity of 100% (does not mean. Heredity sets the limits on iq and the environment determines where a person falls within these limits. Reaction range- refers to the genetically determined limits on i. q. Genetics are 60% involved in iq and environment is 40%. Flynn effect- performance on iq tests has steadily increased over generations, suggesting the influence of the environment. 1782: pinel proposed that people are not possessed by demons but have sick minds. Medical model- proposes that abnormal behaviour should be viewed as a disease and treated as one. You need to look at the context of behaviours to define disorders or abnormality. Dsm- diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. There are 17 main psychological disorders which branch to 200 specific disorders.