CHYS 2P35 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Intelligence Quotient, Mutation, Genetics
12 Oct 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
CHYS 2P35
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
CHYS 2P35
J. McNamara
January 11, 2018
jmcnamara@brocku.ca
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John McNamara
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CHYS 2P35 Team
jsinnigeegger@brocku.ca
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Jo-anne Sinnige-Egger
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Course Coordinator
Tara Johnston
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Lindsay Cramp
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Courtney Bishop
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Anne Readhead
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Michelle Janzen
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Teaching Assistants
Weekly schedule
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Assignment information
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Office Hours –Mondays 10 - 11
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Email
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Course Outline
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Read text before the class
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Lecture notes
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Seminar
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Assignment info
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Sakai
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Seminar Participation –10 marks
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Seminar Media Assignment –15 marks
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Seminar responses –15 marks
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Midterm Assignment –30 marks
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Final Exam –30 marks
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Your Grade
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Based on Lectures
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First half of term
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Two parts
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Midterm Assignment (30%)
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Assignments
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Based on Lectures
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Second half of term
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Open book
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Final Exam (30%)
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Seminar Participation (10%)
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Based on Textbook Chapters
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Questions posted on Sakai
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5 due over the term
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Handed in at end of seminar
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Seminar Responses (15%)
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Work in pairs/threes
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Seminar Media Responses (15%)
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Course Information
Week 1: Introduction
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Work in pairs/threes
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Present in seminar
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Seminars begin the week of January 15th
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You must attend the seminar in which you are registered
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TAs will walk you through seminar requirements
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Seminars
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Reserved for students where work is of outstanding quality that provides evidence of
rare talent…
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A (90-100)
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Awarded for excellent, accurate work in which evidence of a certain flair for the
subject is clearly perceptible
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A (80-88)
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Indicates competent work that shows a sound grasp of the course goals.
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B (70-78)
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Represents work of adequate quality which may suffer from incompleteness or
inaccuracy.
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C (60-68)
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Given where the minimum requirements of a course are barely met
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D (50-58)
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Means that the minimum requirements have not been met.
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F (45 or lower)
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Grades
Change can happen
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"a different world cannot be built by indifferent people"
Identify early in pregnancy
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Starts at the very beginning
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Human genome project
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Science is important
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Important to understand
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Genetics
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We are scientifically there (cure), but not ethically
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Problems for science
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Share 100% of their genetic material
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Not 100%
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If 1 twin has a disease then the other twin should have it
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Identical twins
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What happen biologically that isn't always about genetics
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Can't control genetics, but you can control their environment
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Importance of environment
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The Matthew effect: the rich get richer and the poor get poorer
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Lecture notes
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Document Summary
You must attend the seminar in which you are registered. Reserved for students where work is of outstanding quality that provides evidence of rare talent . Awarded for excellent, accurate work in which evidence of a certain flair for the subject is clearly perceptible. Indicates competent work that shows a sound grasp of the course goals. Represents work of adequate quality which may suffer from incompleteness or inaccuracy. Given where the minimum requirements of a course are barely met. Means that the minimum requirements have not been met. "a different world cannot be built by indifferent people" We are scientifically there (cure), but not ethically. If 1 twin has a disease then the other twin should have it. What happen biologically that isn"t always about genetics. Can"t control genetics, but you can control their environment. The matthew effect: the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Don"t do things you aren"t very good at, they will decline.
