IB Biology of Psychology

Question 1

The correlation found in twin research

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Concordance Rate

Question 2

The inherited characteristics passed from parents to children to make it more likely a person will develop an addiction.

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Genetic Vulnerability

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Are secreted from a number of different parts of the body and selects part of the brain.

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Hormones

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chemicals that transfers information from one neuron to another.

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Neurotransmitters

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a longitudinal study in which researchers look back to a certain point in time to analyze a particular group of subjects who have already experienced an outcome of interest.

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Retrospective Research

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Spends reserved energy

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Sympathetic Nervous System

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Restores and repairs spent energy

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Parasympathetic Nervous System

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Study of how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work.

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Epigenetics

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Stress hormones that help with the metabolism of glucose. They are released during stress to assist with fight-or-flight

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Glucocorticoids

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certain functions have certain locations or areas with the brain.

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Localization of function

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A type of longitudinal study where researchers will follow and observe a group of subjects over a period of time to gather information and record the development of outcomes.

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Prospective Research

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The reabsorption by a neuron of a neurotransmitter following the transmission of a nerve impulse across a synapse.

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Reuptake

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Theory that the brain has the capacity (in case of an injury) to transfer functional memory from the damaged portion of the brain to other undamaged portions of the brain.

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Equipotential theory

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Located just behind the forehead and the largest of the four lobes responsible for controlling inhibitions, short-term memory, reasoning, and planning for the future.

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Frontal Lobe

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Responsible for receiving and combining tactile stimuli from all over the body to allow the formation of a single contact.

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Parietal Lobe

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Responsible for processing auditory stimuli

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Temporal Lobe

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Responsible for processing visual stimuli, as well as maintaining balance.

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Occipital Lobe

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the outer most layer of the brain that is associated with our highest mental capabilities

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Cerebral Cortex

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Plays a role in the regulation of complex cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning.

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Prefrontal Cortex

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Regulates hunger, thirst, the fight or flight response, sex drive, and body temperature; maintains homeostasis.

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Hypothalamus

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The location at the base of the brain at which the optic nerves from the two eyes meet.

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Optic chiasm

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Known as the “master gland” responsible for the production and distribution of hormones throughout the body.

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Pituitary Gland

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Relays information between the cerebellum and the cerebrum (brain); helps control autonomic functions such as sleeping and dreaming.

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Pons

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Automatically controls basic life support function.

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Medulla

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Regulates alertness and arousal levels; damage in this area results in a coma.

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Reticular Formation

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The neural tissue/fiber that connects the two halves of the brain.

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Corpus Callosum

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Serves as a switchboard that relates information to the appropriate area of the brain for procession; doesn’t process the sense of smell.

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Thalamus

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Produces melatonin, and as melatonin levels rise, a person becomes more tired. Hormone levels should increase as darkness (nighttime) sets in.

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Pineal Gland

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Voluntary movement, balance, implicit memories including classically conditioned response.

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Cerebellum

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Controls formation of new explicit memories; has the largest concentration of acetylcholine.

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Hippocampus

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Associated with fear and aggression; if removed, the subject will not experience fear or aggression.

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Amygdala

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motor movement and implicit memories including procedural memories.

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Basel Ganglia

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The life long ability to recognize our neural pathways in response to learning or to brain damage.

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Neuroplasticity

Question 34

The birth of new neurons

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Neurogenesis