What is the part of the neuron that receives information?
100
brain and spinal cord
What are the two parts of the central nervous system?
100
EEG
What is the device that measures the brain's electrical activity?
100
Helps execute and coordinate physical movement
What is the cerebellum?
100
The two genes that make up your ear lobe.
What is an example of your genotype?
200
axon
What is the part of the neuron that transmits the neural impulse away from the soma?
200
peripheral nervous system
What is the name of the nerves that lie outside of the central nervous system?
200
lesioning
What is the technique of studying the brain that involves destroying brain tissue to examine its effects on behavior?
200
Dopamine releasing neurons originate here and help to coordinate voluntary movements.
What is the region of the midbrain?
200
Spontaneous, heritable changes in a piece of DNA that can occur in an individual organism.
What is a mutation?
300
neurotransmitter
What is the chemical messenger that transmits the electrical impulse from one neuron to the next?
300
somatic and autonomic
What are the two subdivisions of the peripheral nervous system?
300
ESB
What is the technique used to electrically stimulate the brain to examine its effects on behavior?
300
Contains the primary motor cortex that controls the movement of muscles
What is the frontal lobe?
300
Parental investment is high for the female and low for the maler
What is polygyny?
400
1. synthesis and storage of transmitters
2. release of transmitters into the synaptic cleft
3. binding of transmitters at receptor sites
4. enzyme activation or drifting away of transmitters
5. reuptake of neurotransmitter by presynaptic neuron
What is the correct order of communication at the synapse?
400
Prepares the body for "fight or flight" and conserves the body's resources (calms the body).
What are the opposing roles of the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions of the nervous system?
400
fMRI
What is the newer variation of the MRI that allows the monitoring of blood and oxygen flow?
400
"executive control center"
What is the prefrontal cortex sometimes called?
400
Members of a species die from starvation or overcrowding.
What is an example of Darwin's insight regarding reproduction occurring at a faster rate than available resources?
500
pruning
What is the process of changing or eliminating neural networks?
500
Carries information inward from the periphery while the other carries information outward to the periphery.
What is the role of afferent and efferent nerve fibers?
500
It shows the brains activity over time.
What is a PET scan?
500
Plays a role in regulating the "4 F's" (fighting, fleeing, feeding, and mating)
What is the hypothalamus?
500
Studies show that characteristics such as intelligence and extraversion are similar for identical twins, however identical twins are rarely identical in terms of these traits.
What is an example of the role of heredity and environment on human development?