front 1 Behavioral Genetics | back 1 Study how both genetics and environment contribute to human behavior
Based on this principle, some people may have a genetic 'predisposition' towards a behavior, however, without the appropriate environmental stimuli, the gene is not 'turned on' and the behavior is not expressed Due to the bidirectional nature of behavior (nature vs nurture), genetic research is based largely on correlation studies
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front 2 Twin and Kinship studies | back 2 Methods used in biological psychology that allows results to study links between genes and behavior. In general, twin studies investigate the role of nature... genes have been inherited from biological parents and kinship studies investigate the role of nurture... environment and upbringing, regardless of who parents are |
front 3 Twin Studies | back 3 Used in research to study the correlation between genetic inheritance and behavior die to common genetics shared by twins
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front 4 Study Used | back 4 Bouchard and McGue (1981): Twin studies and heritability |