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The Fisher Valley

College
S/Y 2015 16
General
Psychology

HEREDITY
Presented by IAN PAUL CONDES
MUOZ

OBJECTIVES OF THE
PRESENTATION
HEREDITY: What does it mean?
Brief History of HEREDITY
The role of GENETICS
Differentiating DNA and RNA
Role of HEREDITY and ENVIRONMENT in the
development of personality and behavior

Intro to
Heredity

During family reunions, have you ever heard any of

your relatives say that you look like your father or
mother? Possibly, more than one occasion that you
were told that you resemble your parents,
grandparents, or any relative. This is where HEREDITY
comes in.
In this presentation, I shall discuss to you what
HEREDITY is about.

HEREDITY
refers to a biological mechanism as a result of which a child
obtains something in terms of specific species or ancestral
characteristics by which he can trace his individuality from his
ancestral stock through his parents
the manner in which traits and characteristics are passed from
parent to offspring

thus contributes something in the

form of
INHERITANCE

BRIEF HISTORY OF HEREDITY

The idea of Heredity began in the ancient times when philosophers started to
ask about humanity. The following were philosophers / scientist that contributed
to the development of Heredity:
Theophrastusproposed that male flowers caused female flowers to ripen
Hippocratesspeculated that "seeds" were produced by various body parts and
transmitted to offspring at the time of conception
Aristotlethought that male and female semen mixed at conception.
Aeschylus, in 458 BC, proposed the male as the parent, with the female as a
"nurse for the young life sown within her".
During the 18th century, Dutch microscopistAntonie van Leeuwenhoek(1632
1723) discovered "animalcules" in the sperm of humans and other animals.

GENETICS
is the study of HEREDITY
the scientific study of how genes control the
characteristics of plants and animals
a branch of biology that deals with the heredity and
variation of organisms

DNA

RNA

DNA
or deoxyribonucleic acid
a substance that carries genetic
information in the cells of plants and
animals

RNA
or ribonucleic acid
a substance in the cells of plants and animals that helps
make proteins

GETTING
BORED?

THE ROLE OF HEREDITY AND

ENVIRONMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIOR

 Gregor Mendel (1822 1884) was the first to

use the method of selective breeding in the
investigation of the inherited traits by
crossing different types of peas.
Selective Breeding is the method of studying
inheritance, members of some specific
specie high or low in a particular trait
copulate with other members of the species
in the same position and then the genetic
characterof the so-produced offspring is
made the subject of study.

In actual experimentation it is impossible to get

individuals having the same heredity (possessing exactly
the same genes). Hence it is difficult to make the heredity
factor as constant.
On the other hand, it is also impossible to get the
environmental factors as constant because it is very
difficult to provide exactly the same environment for
different individuals. Even a mother cannot show equal
amount of love and affection to her own children.

SUMMARY