Heredity and Environment
________ refers to genetic or predisposed characteristics that influence physical, behavioral, and mental traits and processes.
What is heredity (Nurture)?
Information is relayed to the spinal cord or the brain by...
What are sensory neurons?
The tremors of Parkinson's disease result from the death of nerve cells that produce the neurotransmitter…
What is Dopamine?
A person will most likely develop aphasia due to damage to this part of the brain:
What is Wernicke’s area?
Waking up frequently, loud snoring, silent pauses in breathing, and sleepiness during the day are symptoms of this sleep disorder:
What is sleep apnea?
The evolutionary perspective argues that humans and animals compete for survival. Traits that are best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce. This process is called:
What is Natural Selection?
This nervous system would be responsible for a fearful response to a frightening stimuli:
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
drugs that bind to cell receptors and block other chemicals from activating them are known as...
What are antagonists?
If you have lost the ability to understand language, you most likely suffered damage to the…
What is the left temporal lobe?
an extremely high-pitched squeal can be described as having (name the 2 parts, wavelength and frequency)
What is a short wavelength and a high frequency?
This research method compares identical and fraternal twins to understand how genetics and environment contribute to traits, behaviors, and conditions
What are Twin Studies?
The division of the nervous system that most directly allows voluntary muscle movement is the…
What is the Somatic nervous system?
Endorphins are most closely associated with...
What is pain reduction and pleasure?
The region of the brain most associated with visual perception is the:
What is the occipital lobe?
Sensation is a physical process, whereas perception is ___________.
What is psychological?
The Nature v.s. Nurture debate argues that your genes (Heredity) can impact these 3 things:
What are personality, behavior, and intelligence?
Digestion is controlled by...
What is the autonomic nervous system?
Complete the phrase: Everything ___________ is simultaneously __________.
What is psychological and biological?
The parietal lobe is most involved in...
What is processing sensory information?
This is an experience of sensation in which one system of sensation is experienced through another.
What is synesthesia?
A researcher was conducting an investigation about twins separated at birth, and the impact of genes and environment in their height difference. What research method and explanation best fit this scenario?
What is a case study?
Activation of the ________ results in a decrease in heart rate is
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
This inhibitory neurotransmitter is involved in memory, movement, and sleep...
What is GABA?
The part of your brain that would be most involved in memorizing the layout of a neighborhood:
What is the hippocampus?
Gustation is the sense of taste, and types of tastes include _________, _____________, __________, _________, ______________, _____________.
What are sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami, and oleogustus.