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-- Infant and Child Development, Hudson, Rutgers University
Class Lecture
Notes -- Chapter 3, Biology and Behavior
Nature and Nurture
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Each of us is a product of :
Genetic and Environmental Forces
Genotype:
Phenotype:
Environment:
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Earlier Models of Gene-Environment Effects:
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Recent models include 4 relations fundamental to a child’s
development
1. Parents’ Genotype ---> Child’s
Genotype
Every cell has _________
_______ of genetic inheritance comes from _______
and the other _______
from ________
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Sex Determination
by Sex Chromosomes
Females:
Males:
presence of the _______ determines _______
2. Child’s Genotype ---> Child’s
Phenotype
Regulator genes
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Genetic Transmission of Diseases and Disorders
Dominant–Recessive
Pattern—
Polygenic Inheritance
Sex-Linked Inheritance
X-linked Disorders
Chromosomal Anomalies
Regulator Gene Defects
3. Child’s Environment Child’s
Phenotype
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Depending on _________________________ numerous _______________
may result
4. Child’s Phenotype Child’s
Environment
Behavioral Genetics
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The study of how variation results from _______________and
_____________
Family studies
Twin studies
Adoption studies
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These research methods are used to investigate:
Shared environmental
effects
Nonshared environmental
effects
A statistical estimate of __________________________
on a given trait among ________________________
that is attributable to _________________________
Heritability estimates apply only to:
Heritability applies only to:
High heritability does not:
Heritability estimates tell us nothing about: