Genetic Showdown
The study of how genes and environment interact to influence traits and characteristics is known as what?
What is behavior genetics?
This term encompasses shared beliefs, values, customs, and behaviors within a group that is passed down from generation to generation
What is culture?
The term that refers to characteristics patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting
What is personality?
The test the give you 4-5 letters as a result with catchy and cool titles for each personality type
What is the Myers-Briggs test?
This term refers to physical artifacts like technology, clothing, and art within a culture.
What is material culture?
The term that refers to the proportion of variability in a trait that is due to genetic factors and is received from biological parents
What is heritability?
Shared expectations for behaviour within a culture
What are cultural norms?
The belief that external factors determine outcomes of one's life
What is external locus of control?
When someone's aspects of their personality are relatively consistent
What is a personality trait?
These individuals are energized by social interactions such as sleepovers, parties, and spontaneous road trips
What are Extroverts
An increased likelihood of developing a trait or condition based on one's genetic makeup
What is predisposition?
The tendency to judge other cultures by the standards of one's own culture, leading to misunderstandings and hindering effective communication
What is ethnocentrism?
The belief the a person has control over the outcomes of their own life
What is internal locus of control?
What is self-report?
A Japanese personality test where individuals describe objects (cubes, ladders, horses) characteristics, its location, and its interactions with other objects
What is the Cube personality Test
This type of study allows psychologists test the contributions of nature and nurture in developing children
What are twin studies?
Intangible aspects of culture, such as beliefs and values, fall under this category and are often reflected in material artifacts
What is non-material culture?
These included Openness, Conscientiousness, and Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism
What are the Big Five Personality?
This colloquial name for the gene variant that predicts aggression and influences the brain's neural response to psychosocial stress
What is the warrior gene?
This type of studies involves adopted individuals are conducted to understand the influence of genetics and environment on traits and behaviors
What are Adoption Studies?