PSYC 3406 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Measure (Mathematics), Opioid, Epigenetics
9 Oct 2018
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Theoretical perspectives = orientation to understanding the causes of human behavior and. 4. 2 biological perspective: abnormalities in body"s functioning, theories, role of nervous system i. Neurotransmitters : chemical messengers that travel across the synapse: norepinephrine, serotonin, gaba, dopamine, acetylcholine, opioid peptides, role of genetics i. Basis of genetics: genes : instructions for forming proteins contained within each of. Gene-environment interaction: gene-environment correlations, people with genetic predispositions are distributed unequally in environments i. ii. iii. Passive exposure: athletic parents let child do sports. Parents treating their children in particular ways bc their abilities bring out particular responses: athletics coach recruits athletic child earlier, more talent. Niche picking: athletic child actively seeks out sports. Genetics research methods: family inheritance studies, compare disorder rates across relatives who have varying degrees of genetic relatedness i. Snp happens when single nucleotide like a replaces one of the other three. Do not produce physical changes but can predispose people to disease i. ii. iii: treatment.
