Week 9 AP Vocabulary

Question 1

Genes

Answer 1

Biochemical units of heredity that forms chromosomes

Question 2

Genome

Answer 2

The complete set of genetic information for an organism

Question 3

Heritability

Answer 3

The extent to which differences in a trait can be attributed to our genetic makeup

Question 4

Molecular Genetics

Answer 4

The field of biology and genetics that studies the structure and function of genes at a molecular level

Question 5

Unconscious

Answer 5

The deepest level of consciousness as a pool of unwanted unacceptable ideas wishes or desires memories and emotions

Question 6

Id

Answer 6

Part of the human personality that is made up of all of our inborn biological urges that seek out immediate gratification

Question 7

Ego

Answer 7

Prevents us from acting on every urge we have

Question 8

Superego

Answer 8

Acts as our mental guide and mediates between the id and the ego

Question 9

Oedipus Complex

Answer 9

Concentrates soon a child’s desire to have sexual relations with the parent of the opposite sex

Question 10

Displacement

Answer 10

When a person shifts his or her impulses from an unacceptable target to a more acceptable/ less threatening target

Question 11

Repression

Answer 11

Attempt made by an individual to repel ones own desires and impulses toward pleasurable instincts by excluding the desire from ones consciousness and holding or subduing it in the unconscious

Question 12

Behavior Genetic

Answer 12

The field in which variation among individuals is separated into genetic versus environmental components