| Codes For life | Evolutionary Psychology | Prenatal Development |
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What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
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What is Natural Selection?
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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What is a fertilized egg called?
A Zygote
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What is Temperament?
A person’s characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity
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What is Mutation?
Random errors in gene replication
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What is FAS?
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
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At what month of life do newborns become reactive?
9 months
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What is Darwin's Second theory of Revolution?
the application of evolutionary principles to psychology
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What week of pregnancy does an embryo become a fetus?
Week 9
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What was Thomas Bouchard's research on?
psychologist at University of Minnesota, conducted the first separated twins research in 1998 with Jim Lewis and Jim Springer and is still continuing the research of twins today.
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What do women prefer in a male companion?
Women prefer mates with resources and social status and men who seem mature, dominant, and bold.
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What are some effect of FAS?
Such as misproportioned head and lifelong brain abnormalities.
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What is the difference between identical and fraternal twins?
Identical:genetically identical and formed from single fertilized
egg (monozygotic) Fraternal:formed from separate fertilized eggs (dizygotic) |
What is a gene?
The biochemical unit os heredity that make up the chromosomes (DNA)
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True/ False: Newborns are born with automatic responses?
True
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