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Ch. 2 Review Flashcards

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Studies the relationship between biological processes (especially brain activity and behavior

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Physiological Psychology

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Biological causes for abnormal behavior

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Physiological Psychology

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Biologists of psychology

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Physiological Psychology

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Cell body (Powerhouse)

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Soma

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Branching structures that receive signals from other neurons

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Dendrites

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Fiber that carries signals away from other cells

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Axon

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Insulated material that encases some axons - speed BoOsT

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Myelin sheath

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Small knobs at the end of axons that release neurotransmissions at synapse

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Terminal buttons

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Neuron’s stable negative charge when inactive

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Resting potential

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Voltage spike that travels along axons

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Action Potential

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Brief time after spike firing before another can begin (ALL OR NOTHING DANIEL)

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Absolute Refractory Period

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Al-or-None Law

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A neuron either fires or it does not

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Brain and spinal chord

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Central Nervous System

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Goes up from spinal chord - basic body functions

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Hindbrain

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Coordinates fine muscle movement/coordination - alcohol affects this

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Cerebellum

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Involved in sleep and arousal

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Pons

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Regulates automatic functions such as breathing and circulation

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Medulla

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Involved in finding objects in space; synthesizes dopamine

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Midbrain

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Most complex - part of brain that THINKS

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Forebrain

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Relay center for cortex; distributes incoming sensory signals except olfactory (smell)

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Thalamus

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Handles complex mental activities such as sensing, learning, thinking, and planning

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Cerebrum

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Primary sensory cortex

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Parietal lobes

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Primary visual cortex

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Occipital lobes

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Primary thinking cortex

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Frontal lobes

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Involved in mental reasoning; working memory

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Prefrontal cortex

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Cerebellum

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Hindbrain

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POns

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Hindbrain

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Medulla

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Hindbrain

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Thalamus

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Forebrain

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Cerebrum

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Forebrain

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Parietal lobes

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Forebrain

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Temporal lobes

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Forebrain

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Occipital lobe

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Forebrain

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Frontal lobes

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Forebrain

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Frefrontal cortex

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Forebrain

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Loosely connected network that contributes to emotions, attitudes, fears

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Limbic System

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Contributes to memory

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Hippocampus

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Involved in learning of fear responses and anger - angry Galitsky

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Amygdala

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Regulates basic biological needs such hunger, thirst, and sex

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Hypothalamus

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Consists of glands that secrete chemicals called hormones into bloodstream - regulate responses to stress, sexual development, hormones

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Endocrine System

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Nerves to voluntary muscles, sensory receptors

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Somatic Nervous System

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Nerves to skeletal muscles, blood vessels, smooth muscles, and glands

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Autonomic Nervous System

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Sensory function to motor

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Afferent

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Motor function to sensory

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Efferent

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Speeds up bodily resources

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Sympathetic

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Calms down bodily resources

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Parasympathetic

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Monitor electrical activity of brain over time, yielding trace lines called brain waves

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EEG

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Provides precise function of brain structure

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CT/MRI scans

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Removing a piece of the brain to learn about the functioning

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Lesioning

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Monitor level of activity of brain over time

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PET scan

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Sending weak current into a brain structure to stimulate that area

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ESB

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New technique that permits scientists to temporarily slow or stop activity in a specific area of the brain (used as a form of anesthesia)

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TMS

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Released by neurons that control and contract muscles; possible linked to Alzheimer’s

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Acetylcholine

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Increased levels lead to schizophrenia

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Dopamine

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Decreased levels lead to Parkinson’s

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Dopamine

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Dopamine circuits activated by

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Reward center and midbrain

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Natural high; pain suppressor

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Endorphins

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Inhibitory transmitter that contributes to regulation of neurotransmission

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GABA

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Abnormal levels linked to catecholamines; contributes to modulation of mood and arousal

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Norepinephrines

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Regulates sleep, mood, sense of well-being, abnormal levels linked to depression and OCD

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Serotoninin

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Mainly linked with ALS

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ATP

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Receptive problem; difficulty understanding words

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Wernike’s aphasia

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Problems producing words

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Broca’s aphasia

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Difficulty carrying out certain tasks

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Aproxia

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Right hemisphere controls

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Left side of body

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Visual/spatial abilities, art, emotion, intuition, creative processing, spatial, musical, and visual recognition tasks

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Right side brain

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Left hemisphere controls

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Right side of body

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Math, logic, language, problem soling, logical processing, language, speech, reading, and writing

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Left side brain

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Organisms mutate in endliess ways

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Darwin’s insight

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Some traits are hereditary

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Darwin’s insight

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Variation in hereditary traits might affect organisms’ traits and reproductive success

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Darwin’s Insights

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Reproductive success of an organism relative to survival

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Fitness

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How characteristics sculpted through natural selection because they helped sole a problem of survival or reproduction when they emerged

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Adaptation

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The sum of individuals own reproductive success and reproductive success of all others

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Inclusive Fitness

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Species’ typical patterns of behavior often reflect evolutionary solutions to adaptive problems

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Adaptive traits

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Threadlike strands of DNA that carry genetic info

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Chromosomes

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Genetic segments that are key functional units in hereditary transmission

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Genes

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Homozygous

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Same

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Heterozygous

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Different

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Person’s genetic makeup

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Genotype

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Person’s physical characteristics

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Phenoytype

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Assess trait resemblance among blood relatives

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Family studies

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Compare trait resemblance of identical and fraternal twins

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Twin studies

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Compare adopted children to their genetic parents and to adoptive parents

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Adoption studies

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Determines location and chemical sequence of specific genes, which can help pinpoint links between particular genes and genetic traits

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Genetic mapping

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The limbic system is involved in the regulation of emotion memory, and

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Motivation

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Hunger center of the brain

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Hypothalamus

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All sensory info passes through the thalamus except

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Smell

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Charge of largely unconscious but vital functions

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Medulla Oblongata

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Emotion and agression

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Amygdala

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The limbic system is a loosely connected network of structures located roughly along the border between the cerebral cortex and deeper subcortical areas. Limbic mean s

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Edge

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The brainstem resembles

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Cauliflower!

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The left hemisphere of the human brain was implicated int eh control of language as early as

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1861

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Split brain surgery dude

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Roger Sperry

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Damage leads to problems with the comprehension of language

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Wernicke’s area

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Which hemisphere is faster at processing visual spatial than which?

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Right; left

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Hormones released by the stomach and intestines help control what

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Digestion

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The endocrine system is controlled by the nervous system through the

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Hypothalamus

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Secretes hormones in response to stress can signal the hypothalamus to inhibit further hormone output

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Adrenal medulla

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Levels of many hormones are regulated through

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Negative feedback systems

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Body’s sexual glands

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Gonads

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Hormones being released several times a day in outbursts that only last a few minutes

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Pulsatile

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What two characteristics jointly shape behavior

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Logic and Heredity

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Female wood frogs are sexually reproductive

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5 nights a year

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Consists of random fluctuation in gene frequencies over generations as a result of chance alone

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Gene Flow

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Monogamy tends to emerge when male and female parental investements are roughly

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Opposite

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Biochemical bases of genetic information

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Molecular geneticists

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Natural selection works on

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Environment rather than society

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Genes for detached earlobes are dominant over genes for attached earlobes

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Heterozygous

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Empirical approach depends on

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Experimenting

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Empirical methods are

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Lifeblood of the scientific enterprise

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Origin of Species was written in

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1795

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Sex cells that form a zygote each have

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23 chromosomes

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Human physiological makeup is influenced by

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Genes

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Control centers for the endocrine system

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Thalamus, cerebellum

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Twins that don’t have exactly the same genotype

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Dizygotic

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Second cousins with a 6.25% genetic relationship fit into which degree of relatedness?

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3rd degree

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