Biological Psychology Flashcards

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Knowledge of Evolution and Biology

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Evolutionary Psychology

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2
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Functional Unit of Nervous System

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Neurons

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3
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Branch of Psychology that studies biological foundation of behavior, emotions, and mental processes

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Biological Psychology

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4
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It is a map of challenging conceptual grounds

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Methatheory

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5
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It is produced by natural selection

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Adaptation

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6
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Chemical Messengers that travels between each neuron

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Neurotransmitters

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7
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Unit of heredity

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Genes

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8
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Sum of all biological processes by which particular characteristics transimitted from parents to offspring

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Heredity

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9
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First appears or visibly expressed in the organism

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Dominant

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10
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Masked and does not show in the organism

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Recessive

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11
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One to two or more alternative forms of a gene

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Allele

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12
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The three methatheory assumptions

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Natural selection, adaptation, sexual selection

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13
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Competition between members of one sex

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Intra sexual

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14
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A preferential mate choice between opposite sex

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Inter sexual

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15
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Observable properties of sn organism

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Phenotype

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