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Genetics and behavior

Behavioral genetics deals with understanding how both genetics and the environment contribute to individual variations in human behavior. We inherit our genetic material – that is, DNA – from our parents. However, when psychologists argue that behavior may be inherited, what exactly does that mean? What is inherited is the genes that give rise to the development of specific physiological processes that contribute...

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