Genetics and Behaviour

Question 1

Behavioural Genomics

Answer 1

study of DNA and the ways in which specific genes are related to behaviour

Question 2

Behavioural Genetics

Answer 2

study of how genes and environment influence behaviour

Question 3

Heritability

Answer 3

statistic between 0 and 1 that represents the degree to which genetic differences between individuals contribute to individual difference in a behaviour or trait found in a population. 0= genes do not contibute, 1= genes account for all differences

Question 4

Diathesis-Stress Model

Answer 4

interaction between genetic tendency to suffer from a disorder and life stress

Question 5

Intrasexual Selection

Answer 5

embers of the same sex compete in order to win the opportunity to mate

Question 6

Intersexual Selection

Answer 6

members of one sex select a mating partner based on desirable traits

Question 7

Netony

Answer 7

ability for the brain to continue developing after birth