PSY355H5- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 30 pages long!)
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Introduction: most often, genes influence (lots of complex) behaviour, but do not fully determine behaviour. Mendel: used genetically stable strains of pea plants and started to cross-breed them to look at the offspring. Bf skinner: behaviourist (= genes played no role in behavioural development), very much against genetics. Edward o. wilson: sociobiology / evolutionary biologist. Robert plomin: he believed that iq is determined by a single gene (however, was proved wrong; still, he believes that there is a specific gene that majorly effects iq) Marla sokolowski: genetics of the foraging behaviour of drosophila (fruit fly) John crabbe: studies genetic predisposition of alcoholism. Hans-peter lipp: studies of genetics of learning and memory, designed tracking devices for homing pigeons. Wim crusio: quantitative geneticist, studied hippocampal function. Jerry hirsch: famous drosophila geneticist: conducted selection experiments; and eventually was able to develop dog-breed-like different strains of fruit fly.
