AP Psychology Homework
Nature and Nurture

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1. The study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using the principles of natural selection. ____________________ _____________________
   
   
2. Every non-genetic influence in our lives, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us. _______________________________
   
   
3. The sex chromosome found in both men and women. Women have two, men have one. ___________ ______________________
   
   
4. A person’s characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity. It seems to be heavily influenced by heredity. ________________________.
   
   
5. Twins who develop from a single fertilized egg that splits in two, creating two genetically identical organisms. ________________________ twins.
   
   
6. The biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes. __________________
   
   
7. A person’s sense of being either male or female. ____________________
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8. The study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior. ____________________ ______________________
   
   
9. Threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain genes. _____________________
   
   
10. The principle that, among the range of inherited traits, those that contribute to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to future generations. _____________________ ______________________
    
    
11. In psychology, the characteristics, whether biologically or socially influenced, by which people define male and female. ____________________
    
    
12. The sex chromosome found only in males. __________ _______________________
    
    
13. A set of expected behaviors for males and for females. ________________ _____________
    
    
14. The theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating the behavior of others. ___________________ __________________ ___________________
    
    
15. Twins who develop from separate eggs. They are genetically no more similar than brothers and sisters, but they share the same fetal environment. _____________________ twins.
    
    
16. A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes. ________________________
    
    
17. The proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes. ________________________
    
    
18. The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next. ________________________
    
    
19. The most important of the male sex hormones. (Both men and women have it.) _________________________
    
    
20. The acquisition of a traditional masculine or feminine role. _____________________ ____________________
    
    
21. The buffer zone we like to maintain around our bodies. _____________________ _____________________
    
    
22. Random errors in gene replication that lead to a change in the sequence of nucleotides; the source of all genetic diversity. _______________________
    
    
23. The project designed to discover the common sequence of all 3 billion nucleotide pairs within human DNA. ______________________ _____________________ project.
    
    
24. The theory that children learn from their cultures a Concept of what it means to be male and female and that they adjust their behavior accordingly. _______________________ _____________________ _____________________