PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Pluralistic Ignorance, Extraversion And Introversion, Acronym
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The final approach is the dynamical systems approach. Genes not altered by environment, no lamarckian evolution, but gene activity is altered by. It emphasizes genetic-environment interaction: lamarck: acquired characteristics passed down to children (working out, muscles passed environment and behaviour within the environment down to kids giraffe neck lengthened over generations(cid:524) Two types of genes: structural and regulatory: structural genes are genes that provide codes for making proteins and enzymes (metabolism, regulatory genes are genes that turn various combinations of structural genes on and off. Know this because of puberty, regulatory genes turned certain ones on. Most traits, especially cognitive one like intelligence, are polygenetic in nature: polygenetic meaning many genes contribute to this trait, many genes for intelligence and personality. So behaviour within the environment can alter the pattern of which sets of genes are turned of or and after a month its harder to lose weight)
