Genes Affect Disorders Such as Alcohol Use Disorder and Nearsightedness

question 44

True/False

Genes affect disorders such as alcohol use disorder and nearsightedness, but research indicates that the environment plays a role as well.

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Definitions:

Patriarchal Societies

Societies that are structured with males as the primary authority figures, central to social organization, and where fathers hold authority over women, children, and property.

Procreation

The biological process of reproducing offspring; the act of bringing new life into existence.

Conditioning

A process of behavior modification in which a subject learns to respond in a desired manner to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly presented along with an unconditioned stimulus that elicits the desired response.

Behaviourist

Referring to the school of psychology that focuses on observing and controlling behavior as the main source of psychological research and theory.