Heredity & Environment
Max has a natural talent for baking inherited from his parents. Is this an example of nature or nurture?
Nature
Part of your nervous system that lies outside your brain and spinal cord.
Plays key role in both sending information from different areas of your body back to your brain, as well as carrying out commands from your brain to various parts of your body.
Peripheral nervous system
Name the cell that nourishes and protects neurons.
Glial Cells
What class of drugs alters perception and causes hallucinations?
Hallucinogens
Name a sleep disorder where a person uncontrollably falls asleep suddenly.
Narcolepsy
Amy learned to play the violin through hard work and practice. Nature or Nurture?
Nurture
The brain and spinal cord are part of which nervous system?
Central nervous System
What is the long slender projection of a neuron that carries impulses away from the cell body?
Axon
What part of the brain helps with balance and coordination?
Cerebellum
During which stage of sleep does memory consolidation mainly occur?
NREM
Define the term "natural selection."
The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
Which system takes care of unconscious processes like heart beating and blinking?
Autonomic Nervous System
Explain the all-or-nothing principle in neural firing.
The neuron either fires an action potential at full strength or not at all; there are no partial fires.
What brain imaging technique measures blood flow to identify active brain areas?
fMRI
Physical, mental, and behavioral changes an organism experiences over a 24-hour cycle.
Circadian Rhythm
What process explains why humans who were afraid of snakes were more likely to survive and pass on their genes?
Natural Selection
What part of the nervous system controls voluntary movements like raising a hand?
Somatic Nervous System
What process involves a neuron reabsorbing neurotransmitters after they are released?
Reuptake
What term describes the brain’s ability to reorganize itself after injury?
Neuroplasticity
What theory explains color vision using three types of cones responding to red, green, and blue?
Trichromatic Theory
How do heredity and environment interact to influence human behavior?
Behavior is influenced by both inherited traits (nature) and experiences/environment (nurture).
Which nervous system causes heart rate and breathing to speed up when startled?
Sympathetic Nervous System
What neurotransmitter increases the likelihood of the next neuron firing?
Glutamate,
The thalamus processes all the five senses except for....
smell
Sound waves are vibrations that travel through a medium. What is the process of detecting and interpreting sound called?
Audition