Biological Quiz

Question 1

Enedocrine system

Answer 1

Glands that release hormones

Question 2

What does testosterone do?

Answer 2

Hormone associated with aggression

Question 3

What does oxytocin do?

Answer 3

Regulate our emotional responses and pro-social behavior,increases trust,empathy,bonding,positivity

Question 4

What does cortisol do?

Answer 4

Primary stress hormone,increases glucose in the body

Question 5

neurotransmitters

Answer 5

Produced in neurons, function in between neurons, immediate affect

Question 6

Hormones

Answer 6

Produced in endocrine glands,function in the bloodstream,slow effect

Question 7

What are pheromones?

Answer 7

Chemical messengers secreted outside of body to signal other organisms

Question 8

What is epigenetics?

Answer 8

Changes in genetic expression as a result of chemical reactions that occur in the DNA but are external to the genome

Question 9

What are twin studies?

Answer 9

Studies that are conducted on twins, important to see environmental and genetic influences of traits

Question 10

Dabbs study

Answer 10

Testosterone levels were measured on 692 male prisoners,found that the higher testosterone levels correlated with how bad the crime was

Question 11

Baumgartner study

Answer 11

Aim was to see the role oxytocin has on trust broken,participants were placed in fmri,received oxytocin or placebo and played trust games, found that people that got a placebo had less trust and people who got oxytocin had more trust

Question 12

Albert study

Answer 12

Investigate how testosterone influences aggression in “alpha males”,rats who’s testosterone was lowered acted less aggressive

Question 13

Kosfeld

Answer 13

Find evidence to support oxytocin increases trust in humans,level in trust in those who got oxytocin increased

Question 14

Wedekind and Fur

Answer 14

Investigate the correlation between t shirt scent and attraction,participants preferred the scent of people with the most different immune systems then them

Question 15

Kaati

Answer 15

Impact of diet on generations,the diet of grandparents affected the kids based on gender

Question 16

Water land and jirtle

Answer 16

Investigate role of nutrition in epigenetic process, mice were separated and given different diets, one with methyl and one without, ones who got methyl gave birth to brown mice and the ones who didn’t get it gave birth to yellow mice

Question 17

Fernandez-pujals

Answer 17

Heritbality of major depressive disorder, found out that it’s hereditary by 28%