Biological
Psych.
Psych.
All behavior begins
What is in a biological context?
Evolutionary Psychology is based on this theory
What is Darwin's Theory of Evolution?
Nerve cells receiving messages from different sources
What is a neuron?
The core or nucleus of the body is called
What is the cell body?
Genetics pay a role in the development of a person's personality is based on this
What is nature?
A characteristic or quality a person has as a result of genetics or the environment
What is a trait?
Behavioral genetics is concerned with
What is the transmission of traits causing behavior patterns
A dendrite extends like roots from the cell body, there function is to
What is receive messages from an axon terminal?
The nuclei of the cells contain
What is chromosomes?
When a person's environment plays in the development of a person's personality.
What is nurture?
Random genetic variations
What is mutations?
The interaction between nature and nurture is
What is genetic-environmental correlation?
Neurons consists of these three things
What is a cell body, dendrites and an axon?
Chromosomes are made up of DNA, segments of DNA are made up of this
What is genes?
chemical messages enter neurons through this
What are dendrites?
Electrochemical messages traveling through the neurons are called this
What is neural impulses?
Evolutionary psychology is based on these Darwinian concepts
What is adaptation and survival?
The difference between an axon and a dendrite.
What is an axon transmits signals away from the cell body, dendrites towards the axon?
These nerves are the longest nerve system in the body, they transmit information from the skin receptors to the brain
What is afferent neurons?
These long nerves send messages sends messages from the brain to the muscles
What is efferent neurons?
The space between on dendrite of one cell and the axon terminals of another cell
What is synapse or synaptic junction?
Behavior patterns that evolve within a particular species, grasping and rooting are examples.
What is an instinct?
The development of this substances enables baby's to crawl
What is myelin or myelin sheath?
Damage to this area leads to multiple sclerosis
What is the myelin sheath?
The case of Phineas Gage showed that our personalities are located in this part of the brain
What is the prefrontal cortex? (behind our forehead)