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Chpt. 2 Flashcards

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Phenotype

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Physical Traits

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Genotype

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genetics; DNA

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Zygote

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egg and sperm fused; 46 chromosomes 23 from mom and dad

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Monozygotic Twins

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Identical Twins; zygote came together as one and split

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Dizygotic Twins

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Fraternal Twins: 2 eggs, 2 sperms = 2 zygotes

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Heritability

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heritability of a particular trait is the amount of phenotypic variation due to genetic variation
-genetic closeness

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Canalized Traits

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a trait that has a strictly defined path, regardless of most environmental and genetic variations
ex. walking, speaking,

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Plastic Traits

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can adapt to changes in enviornment

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Inheriting Culture (3 processes involved)

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  • Social enhancement: lying around, play
  • Imitation: we see it and repeat
  • Explicit instruction: Taught
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What is Culture? (Tools)

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Material and symbolic tools that

  • accumulate through time
  • passed on through socially
  • provide resources for the developing child
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Material Tools

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Physical objects; technology, family routines

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Symbolic Tools

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Want to explore how abstract knowledge, beliefs, and values affect development

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Symbolic Communication

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Permits the expression of abstract ideas, desires, ambitions, and emotions

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Kinship Studies

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To determine the extent to which relatives of varying degrees of genetic closeness are similar on the traits
-fam, twin, adoption

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Family Study

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family compares with one another to determine how similar they are on a given trait.

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Twin Study

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Twins compared with one another and family for similarity on given trait.

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Adoption Study

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Compare children who have been separated from biological parents, or siblings.
-To see if adopted children are more similar to biological parents and sibling who share genes or to adoptive parents/ siblings who they share family environment

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