Summary PSY1005S Exam Notes: Quantitive Research, Intelligence, & Community psychology

CHAPTER 4: NATURE, NURTURE, AND HUMAN DIVERSITY Behavior genetics: the study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior Environment: every non-genetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us Chromosomes: threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes DNA: a complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes Genes: the biochemical units of heredity that make up the chr...