What roles do genes and environment play in determining our behavior?

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What roles do genes and environment play in determining our behavior? What is the study of the biological transmission of traits from parents to child? Define higher correlation coefficients.

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Week of Jan. 21st - Jan. 25th CHAPTER 2 NOTES     I.    Correlational research            A. Statistics looking at a relationship             B. Allows us to predict            C. Correlation expressed as a number between 0 and 1             D. Numbers closer to 1 (+ or -) indicate stronger relationship            E. Can be positive or negative            F. Higher correlation coefficients = increased ability to predict one variable based on                 the other                    1. Act used to predict college performance            G. 2 variables may be highly correlated, but not causally related                     1. Foot size and vocab positively correlated                    2. Called the third variable problem             H. Wit

What roles do genes and environment play in determining our behavior?

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