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| every nongenetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us. |
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| the study of the relationship power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior. |
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| the nucleaus of every human cell contains chromosomes, each of which is made up of two strands of DNA connected in a double helix. |
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| threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain genes. |
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| DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)? |
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| a complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up chromosomes. |
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| the biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes; a segment of DNA capable of synthesizing a protein. |
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| twins who develop from a single fertilized egg that splits in two, creating two genetically identical organisms. |
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| twins who develop from separate fertilized eggs. They are genetically no closer than brothers and sisters, but they share fetal environment. |
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| a person's characteristic emotional re-activity and intensity. |
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| the interplay that occurs when the effect of one factor (such as environment) depends on another factor (such as heredity.) |
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| Gene-environment interaction? |
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| People respond differently to will ferrel than they do Zac Efron. |
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| the study of the roots of behavior and mental processes, using the principles of natural selection. |
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| the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those that lead to increased reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations. |
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| a random error in gene replication that leads to change. |
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| in psychology, the biologically and socially influenced characteristics by which people define male and female. |
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| a well-learned finger-tapping task activates more motor cortex neurons (orange area) than were activated in the same brain before training. |
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| the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next. |
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| an understood rule for accepted and expected behavior. Norms prescribe "proper" behavior. |
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| the buffer zone we like to maintain around our bodies. |
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| giving priority to one's own goals over group goals and defining one's identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group identification. |
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| giving priority to group goals (often those of the extended or work group) and defining one's identity accordingly. |
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| physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone else. |
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| the sex chromosome found in both men and women. Females have two X chromosomes; males have one. an X chromosomes from each parent produces a female child. |
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| the sex chromosome found only in males. When paired with an X chromosomes from the mother, it produces a male child. |
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| the most important of the male sex hormones. Both males and females have it, the the additional testosterone in males stimulates the growth of male sex organs in the fetus and the development of the male sex characteristics during puberty. |
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| a set of expectations (norms) about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave. |
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| a set of expected behaviors for males and females. |
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| our sense of being male or female. |
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| the acquisition of a traditional masculine or feminine role. |
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| the theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and being rewarded or punished. |
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