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Intro to Psychology Unit 2
Enviornment, Culture/Gender Differences, Reproduction, Developmental Psychology, Assimilation/Accomodation, Cognitive Psychology, Learning and Conditioning
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
06/24/2012

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Environment
Definition
Includes every nongenetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us. 
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Genes
Definition
Create proteins to determine our development
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Temperament
Definition
Refers to a person's stable emotional reactivity and intensity. Identical twins express similar temperaments, suggesting heredity predisposes temperament.
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Nature v. Nurture
Definition
The interaction between genetic predisposition and the affects our environment has on our development.
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Gender Identity
Definition
How a person views themselves in terms of gender.
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Reproductive Success
Definition
When reproduction yields a successful offspring that continues the genetic improvement of the species.
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Evolutionary Perspective
Definition
The psychological perspective of looking at development and psychology through an evolutionary lense. 
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