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SELF NATURE, NURTURE, AND HUMAN DIVERSITY
Test yourself repeatedly throughout your studies. This will not only help you figure out what you know and don’t know; the testing itself will help you learn and remember the information more effectively thanks to the testing effect.
Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences
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2. A small segment of DNA that codes for particular proteins is referred to as a ySbd0F5DbnhSSNjW .
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7. From the very first weeks of life, infants differ in their characteristic emotional reactions, with some infants being intense and anxious, while others are easygoing and relaxed. These differences are usually explained as differences in yPkUqFg1aGdvOW44AX0Q3A== .
8. H3WVX2urZlmzvk2NBpI4Fdl+nTk= is the proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes.
9. Epigenetics is the study of the molecular mechanisms by which E0iSJiKj4IELCUd+3yLlz6Bq88u8m4vqe50PDk+NMy4= trigger or block genetic expression.
Evolutionary Psychology: Understanding Human Nature
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Culture, Gender, and Other Environmental Influences
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15. A fertilized egg will develop into a boy if it receives a/n H7pgbobQ4ZQ= chromosome from its father.
17. On average, girls begin puberty at about the age of 0d8hsd/FYT8= , boys at about the age of rGG77e26s3s= .
18. An individual who is born with sexual anatomy that differs from typical male or female anatomy has a mt30vsnytOiYsySQeTejJA== fd5L+rg1KVM= mpB3W6fDGrHXHOtL A6GPDJ81ZFl44zubDrjw1Q== .
20. When children have developed a ZMB3aFyLwx8a2Nlk obHwXz3V05kMw7qfLVPENA== , they have a sense of being male, female, or a combination of the two.