PSYC 100 Chapter 3: Chapter 3

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Russell Day

Document Summary

Evolutionary noise: variations which neither hurt nor help humans causes) both influence the human behaviour. Remote causes (distant past causes) and proximate causes (recent: genetics, genotype: specific genetic makeup of the individual, phenotype: individual"s observable characteristics, chromosome: double-stranded, tightly coiled molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid. Zygote: union of a sperm and an egg: genes: biological units of heredity. Psyc 100 chapter 1: adoption study: study of adopted people on characteristics with their biological and adopted parents (biological vs environmental, twin study: study to compare identical and fraternal twins. Dizygotic: 2 eggs (fraternal twins: heritability coefficient: estimates the extent to which variation in a group of people can be attributed to genetic factors. Made of: cell body (soma), dendrites, axon: cell body (soma): contains biochemical structures for the life of neuron and genetic information, dendrite: signal receivers, axon: message senders, glial cells: support and protect neurons from toxics www. notesolution. com www. notesolution. com.