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1
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What is the major accomplishment of the Human Genome Project?

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Identify the particular sequence of DNA molecules in the human species

2
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What are the main goals of Behavioural Genetics?

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Determine % of individual differences in a trait that can be attributed to genetic differences and environmental differences

Determine ways in which genes and environment interact and correlated with each other to produce individual differences

3
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What is the truth about the three misconceptions about Heritability?

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Heritability CANNOT be applied to a single individual

Heritability is NOT constant or unable to be changed (adaptations)

Heritability is NOT a precise statistic (it’s based on correlations)

4
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Advantage to Selective Breeding?

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Can infer heritability if selective breeding works

5
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What is a Disadvantage to Selective Breeding?

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Cannot ethically be conducted with humans

6
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Advantage to Family Studies?

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Provide heritability estimates

7
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Disadvantage to Family Studies?

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Members of family who share the same genes also usually share the same environment (results in confounds)

8
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Advantage to Twin Studies?

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Can provide both heritability and environmentality estimates

9
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Disadvantages to Twin Studies?

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Twins don’t always have equal environments

Twins don’t always represent general population

10
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Positive correlations on traits between adopted children and adoptive parents provides evidence on _______ influences

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Environmental

11
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Positive correlations on traits between adopted children and genetic parents provides evidence of _______ influences

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Genetic

12
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Advantages of Adoption Studies?

A

Can provide both heritability and environmentality estimates

Bypasses equal environment assumption

13
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Disadvantages of Adoption Studies?

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Potential problem of selective placement of adopted children

14
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_______ environments have the most influence on personality traits

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Non-Shared

15
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People high in what show EDA in absence of external stimuli?

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Anxiety

Neuroticism

16
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What is correlated with increased frontal brain activation to negative images?

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Neuroticism

17
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What is correlated with increased frontal brain activation to positive images?

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Extraversion

18
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Four main components of Human Nature?

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Need to Belong
Helping and Altruism
Universal Emotions
Depression

19
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Key Ideas in Psychoanalytic Theory?

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Psychic Determinism
Mental Energy
Internal structures
Psychic Conflict

20
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What is the purpose of psychoanalysis?

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Dig deep into hidden part of the mind to explain behaviour

21
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What is the source of psychic energy?

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Instincts

22
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What are the two Basic Instincts?

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Life Instinct (libido) - Sex
Death Instinct (Thanatos) - Aggression
23
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One part of the mind creates urges _______, another part has a sense of what society expect _______, and another part tried to satisfy urges within bounds of reality and society _______

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id
superego
ego

24
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The Superego is also sometimes referred to as the _______

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Conscience

25
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What are the 7 Defence Mechanisms proposed in psychoanalytical theory?

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Repression
Denial
Displacement
Rationalization 
Reaction Formation
Projection
Sublimation 
(RDDRRPS)
26
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What are the three main techniques for revealing the unconscious?

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Free Association
Dream Analysis
Projective Techniques (TAT)

27
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What are challenges faced in psychoanalysis?

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Resistance - unconscious obstacles and defences

Transference - patient reacts to psychoanalyst as if they were important figure from life

28
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What causes a motive?

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A deficit, lack of something

29
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As a need is satisfied, _______ is reduced

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Tension

30
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Motives propel people to perceive, _______, and _______ in ways that serve to satisfy a need

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Think

Act

31
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Relation between needs and motives:

_______ > _______ > _______ > Thoughts and Behaviour

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Deficit > Need > Motive