PSY 1102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Jean Piaget, Frontal Lobe, Primitive Reflexes

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Ersin Asliturk

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A: identical twins develop from a single fertilized egg that splits into two whereas fraternal twins develop from separate fertilized eggs. Fraternal twins are genetically no more similar than ordinary siblings whereas identical twins have the same genes but not always the same number of copies of genes. A: parenting can affect attitude, faith, politics, values and manners but has no influence on personality/temperament. A: supportive parenting can reduce the impact of early withdrawal while unsupportive parenting can bring out the anxious child. A: studies the molecular structure and function of genes. A: study of influences on the gene expression that occur without a dna change (how the environment can affect genes). Abusive parents turning on a child"s depressive gene. A: they study how heredity and environment contribute to human differences. A: personality, interests/taste, attitude, abilities, specific fears and brain waves. A: the variation in the population that is explained by genetic factors.