Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Mendelian Inheritance, Evolutionary Psychology, Extrapolation

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Derek Quinlan

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Chapter 4: biological psychology: organisms have an enormous capacity to overproduce, and, populations, with few exceptions, remain remarkably stable, we can deduce that, there is a struggle for survival. Individuals differ in their characteristics and many of these differences are heritable. So, too, their behaviour: cross-cultural, species specific behaviour, e. g. emotional expression, a lasting impact on the study of brain and behaviour , extrapolate findings from studies of other species. Mendel(cid:495)s experiments: the transmission of genes and characteristics across , expressed and hidden elements are transmitted, dominant and recessive traits and genes. Phenotype: the expression of the genotypes called genes even if that contribution not always visible in phenotype (expressed: each gene makes a unique contribution to what is passed on to offspring. Mendel(cid:495)s principles: there are discrete units of cross-generational transmission heredity now. Chromosome: molecule of dna deoxy-ribo-nucleic acid, contains many genes.