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For Psych 14 and 200 and 201

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To view the video: Ghost in the genes

This video extends information to our discussions in class and to the lecture I provided for the notes concerned with

sensitive/critical periods, nature and nurture and learning.

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Refer concepts in learning theory (UCS UCR) Freud (Id) and Darwin (genotype)

Prior learning in organism and learning in prior generations

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This video extends and provides new information to support our lecture discussions and text.

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1. Please write a paragraph summarizing how your understanding of how the concepts discussed in video-lecture

concerning the role that interaction and natural selection have on the transition from genes and genotype to gene

expression and phenotype relates to the concept of epigenetics as described in the video.

2. How do the syndromes discussed in the video "Ghost in the genes" relate to the concepts of dis- and continuous models of

gene expression during a critical/sensitive period as discussed in video-lecture and text?

3. Using the information from your text, video lectures, and the video "Ghost in the genes", explain why having fewer genes

than other species may offer humans selective advantage.

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