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Chapter 18: Key Terms Flashcards

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What is the study of genetic influence on cognitive and behavioral traits?

Psychobiology

Evolutionary Psychology

Behavioral Genetics

Sociobiology

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Behavioral Genetics

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What is the innate genetic predisposition influencing social behaviors?

Biogrammar

Cell Assembly

Engram

Equipotentiality

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Biogrammar

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What is a group of interconnected neurons forming a functional unit?

Phase Sequences

Engram

Mass Action

Cell Assembly

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Cell Assembly

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What is a hypothetical physical trace of memory in the brain?

Leash Principle

Ethology

Instinctual Drift

Engram

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Engram

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What is the idea that different brain areas have equal learning and memory capacities?

Heritability

Equipotentiality

Preparedness Continuum

Split-Brain Preparation

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Equipotentiality

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What is the scientific study of animal behavior in natural settings?

Mass Action

Leash Principle

Ethology

Phase Sequences

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Ethology

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What is applying Darwinian principles to study the evolution of the human mind?

Evolutionary Psychology

Psychobiology

Sociobiology

Species-Specific Behavior

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Evolutionary Psychology

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What is the proportion of variability in a trait within a population attributable to genetic differences?

Heritability

Instinctual Drift

Leash Principle

Mass Action

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Heritability

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What is the interference of instinctive behaviors with learned behaviors over time?

Phase Sequences

Leash Principle

Mass Action

Instinctual Drift

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Instinctual Drift

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What is the notion that there is a biological predisposition for humans to create culture?

Mass Action

Leash Principle

Phase Sequences

Preparedness Continuum

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Leash Principle

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What is the idea that the brain functions as a whole in certain tasks?

Preparedness Continuum

Phase Sequences

Mass Action

Split-Brain Preparation

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Mass Action

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What are coordinated patterns of neural activity occurring during learning?

Phase Sequences

Preparedness Continuum

Split-Brain Preparation

Sociobiology

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Phase Sequences

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What is the spectrum of genetic predispositions for certain associations in animals?

Split-Brain Preparation

Preparedness Continuum

Sociobiology

Species-Specific Behavior

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Preparedness Continuum

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What is the study of the biological basis of behavior and mental processes?

Split-Brain Preparation

Sociobiology

Species-Specific Behavior

Psychobiology

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Psychobiology

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What is applying evolutionary principles to understand social behavior in animals and humans?

Sociobiology

Species-Specific Behavior

Split-Brain Preparation

Biogrammar

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Sociobiology

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What are behaviors exhibited by members of a species under specific environmental conditions?

Species-Specific Behavior

Split-Brain Preparation

Biogrammar

Cell Assembly

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Species-Specific Behavior

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What is a neuroscientific technique involving the severing of the corpus callosum to study hemispheric specialization?

Cell Assembly

Biogrammar

Split-Brain Preparation

Engram

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Split-Brain Preparation

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