Chapter 1

Question 0

The belief that the mind and brain are different kinds of substance and exist independently.

Answer 0

Dualism

Question 1

Proposed “the hard problem.”

The universe is created of matter and energy, why is there consciousness?

Answer 1

David Chalmers

Question 2

The belief that the universe consist of only one kind of substance.

Answer 2

Monism

Question 3

The study of the physiological evolutionary and developmental mechanisms of behavior and experience.

Answer 3

Biological Psychology

Question 4

This relates a behavior today activity of the brain and other organs. Physical structure of the brain and body.

Answer 4

Physiological explanation

Question 5

Describes how to structure our behavior develops and clean the influences of genes nutrition experiences and other interactions. How something develops.

Answer 5

Ontogenetic explanation

Question 6

This reconstruct the evolutionary history of a structure of behavior. The history of it or the ancestry of it.

Answer 6

Evolutionary explanation

Question 7

This describes why structure and behavior evolved as it did.

Answer 7

Functional explanation

Question 8

These are units of heredity that maintain their structural a day from one generation to another.

Answer 8

Genes

Question 9

Who demonstrated the inheritance depends on genes?

Answer 9

Gregor Mendel

Question 10

These are strands of genes comprised of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).

Answer 10

Chromosomes

Question 11

This provides the template for synthesis of ribonucleic acid.

Answer 11

DNA

Question 12

Adenine, guanine, cytosine, and uracil are the bases for what?

Answer 12

DNA

Question 13

How many amino acids are proteins consisted of?

Answer 13

20

Question 14

These are biological catalyst that regulate chemical regulations in the body.

Answer 14

Enzymes

Question 15

These are identical pair genes on the chromosome.

Answer 15

Homozygous

Question 16

These are unmatched pair of genes.

Answer 16

Heterozygous

Question 17

Dominant recessive or intermediate are a type of what?

Answer 17

Genes

Question 18

This shows a strong effect and either homozygous or heterozygous conditions.

Answer 18

Dominant genes

Question 19

This shows it’s effect only in the homozygotes condition.

Answer 19

Recessive gene

Question 20

What sex has 2 X chromosomes?

Answer 20

Females

Question 21

What sex has an X and a Y chromosome?

Answer 21

Male

Question 22

What is a heritable change in a DNA molecule?

Answer 22

A mutation

Question 23

This deals with changes in gene expression without modification of DNA sequence.

Answer 23

Epigenetic’s

Question 24

Which is more important heredity or environment?

Answer 24

Both are equally as important

Question 25

What is the type of twin that develop from one egg? Also known as identical twins.

Answer 25

Monozygotic twins

Question 26

What is a type a twin that develop from two eggs? Also knows fraternal twins.

Answer 26

Dizygotic twins

Question 27

This is the degree to which variations in some characteristic depend on genetic differences.

Answer 27

Heritability

Question 28

This is the change over generations in their frequencies of various genes in a population.

Answer 28

Evolution

Question 29

This is choosing individuals with the desired trait and using them as parents for the next generation.

Answer 29

Artificial selection

Question 30

This deals with how behaviors evolved especially social behaviors.

Answer 30

Evolutionary psychology

Question 31

An action that benefit someone other than the actor.

Answer 31

Altruistic behavior

Question 32

And idea that individuals help those who will return the favor.

Answer 32

Reciprocal altruism

Question 33

Selection for a gene that benefits the individuals relatives.

Answer 33

Kin selection