Nature and Nurture

• genetics
• 23 chromosomes
• DNA
• bases
• genes
• amino acids
• protein
• sexual recombination
• identical and fraternal twins
• dominant and recessive genes
• X and Y chromosomes
• mutation
• spontaneous mutation
• chemical mutagens
• physical mutagens
• human genome project
• gene therapy
• human evolution
• evolution
• Charles Darwin
• variability of traits
• artificial selection
• populations
• natural selection
• australopithecus - when?
• homo sapiens - when?
• what is unusual about us
  
• sociobiology
• instincts
• sign stimuli
• fixed action patterns
• attraction
• sexual
• health, strength, vigor, averageness
• sexual dimorphism
• sexual selection
• children
• imprinting
• following response
• kin selectiion
• herd behavior
• reciprocal altruism
• aggression
• displays or contests
• surrender signals
• aggression in humans

• prenatal
• zygote
• embryo
• teratogens
• fetus
• birth
• infections
• anoxia
• C-section
• Infant, child, and adolescent
• neonatal
• plasticity
• reflexes
• preferences
• attachment
• temperaments
• childhood
• parenting styles
• authoritarian
• permissive
• authoritative
• peer influences
• school
• media
• adolescence
• puberty
• menarche
• social acceptance
• problems of childhood
• mental retardation
• IQ [= ma/ca x 100]
• mean
• standard deviation
  
• autism
• reading disorder ("dyslexia")
• attention-deficit/hyperactivity
• stuttering
• tics
• Tourette's syndrome
• separation anxiety
• conduct disorder
• Piaget’s theory of cognitive dev.
• schema
• 1. sensorimotor stage
• circular reactions
• object permanence
• 2. preoperational stage
• egocentrism
• 3. concrete operations
• decentering
• conservation
• 4. formal operations
• hypothetical thinking
• Moral development
• Kohlberg's theory
• I. preconventional
• 1. rewards and punishments
• 2. simple exchange
• II. conventional
• 3. good boy/good girl
• 4. law and order
• III. postconventional
• 5. social contract
• 6. universal principles
• Erikson’s theory of psychosocial dev.
• 1. infancy
• trust/mistrust
• 2. toddler
• autonomy/shame and doubt
• 3. preschool
• initiative/guilt
• 4. school age child
• industry/inferiority
• 5. adolescence
• ego identity/role confusion
• identity crisis
• rites of passage
• 6. early adult
• intimacy/isolation
• 7. middle adult
• generativity/stagnation
• 8. late adult
• ego integrity/despair
• Aging
• vascular dementia
• Alzheimer's disease