Nervous System
This part of the brain controls balance, coordination, and fine motor movements.
What is the cerebellum?
This lobe helps you see and process visual information.
What is the occipital lobe?
This gland is known as the “master gland” because it controls other glands in the endocrine system.
What is the pituitary gland?
In the Nature vs. Nurture debate, “nature” refers to this.
What are genetics or biological inheritance?
These tiny gaps between neurons allow neurotransmitters to travel from one cell to another.
What are synapses?
This seahorse-shaped brain structure is essential for forming new memories.
What is the hippocampus?
This hormone, released by the adrenal glands, is often called the “stress hormone.”
What is cortisol?
In the Nature vs. Nurture debate, “nurture” refers to this.
What are environmental influences or experiences?
This lobe is responsible for decision-making, planning, personality, and voluntary movement.
What is the frontal lobe?
Known as the brain’s fear center, this structure helps process strong emotions like fear and aggression.
What is the amygdala?
This hormone lowers blood sugar and is produced by the pancreas.
What is insulin?
These types of twins are especially useful in studying Nature vs. Nurture because they share 100% of their genes.
What are identical (monozygotic) twins?
This branch of the autonomic nervous system activates your “fight or flight” response.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
This part of the brain controls vital life functions like breathing and heart rate.
What is the medulla?
This gland, located in the neck, controls metabolism through the release of thyroxine.
What is the thyroid gland?
Modern psychologists believe nature and nurture work together in this type of combined relationship.
What is an interactionist approach?
These chemical messengers help neurons communicate and include dopamine, serotonin, and acetylcholine.
What are neurotransmitters?
This outer layer of the brain is responsible for complex thinking, planning, and consciousness.
What is the cerebral cortex?
Also known as adrenaline, this hormone prepares the body for immediate physical action.
What is epinephrine?
This concept explains how genes can be turned on or off by environmental factors, showing nature and nurture working together.
What is epigenetics?