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Ch. 2 Review The area of psychology that focuses on the biological foundations of behavior and mental processes.
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Psychobiology
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Ch. 2 Review Structure in the brain that controls certain reflexes and coordinates the body’s movements.
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Cerebellum
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Ch. 2 Review Studies of identical and fraternal twins to determine the relative influence of heredity & environment on human behavior.
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Twin Studies
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Ch. 2 Review Functions of this area in the brain include concentration, goal-directed behavior, personality, complex problem solving & emotional control.
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Frontal Lobe
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Study of how traits are transmitted from one generation to the next.
Ch. 2 Review Study of how traits are transmitted from one generation to the next.
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Genetics
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Ch. 2 Review Research carried out on children, adopted at birth by parents not related to them, to determine the relative influence of heredity and environment on human behavior.
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Adoption Studies
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Permits three-dimensional imaging of a living human brain.
Ch. 2 Review Permits three-dimensional imaging of a living human brain.
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CAT Scan
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Area of the left hemisphere which is crucial to our ability to talk.
Ch. 2 Review Area of the left hemisphere which is crucial to our ability to talk.
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Broca’s Area
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Ch. 2 Review A subfield of psychology concerned with the origins of behaviors and mental processes, their adaptive value, and the purposes they continue to serve.
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Evolutionary Psychology
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One part of the limbic system that is important for memory & learning.
Ch. 2 Review One part of the limbic system that is important for memory & learning.
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Hippocampus
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Ch. 2 Review Studies that estimate the heritability of a trait by breeding animals with other animals that have the same trait.
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Selection Studies
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Ch. 2 Review The most famous case study to have survived severe damage to the brain.
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Phineas Gage
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Ch. 2 Review Part of the cerebral cortex that receives sensory information from throughout the body.
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Parietal Lobe
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Ch. 2 Review Area of the brain which includes the hippocampus. This area controls emotional responses to given situations.
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Limbic System
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Area of the brain essential for processing & understanding language.
Ch. 2 Review Area of the brain essential for processing & understanding language.
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Wernicke’s Area
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Ch. 2 Review Darwin’s theory of evolution, which states that organisms best adapted to their environment tend to survive longer.
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Natural Selction
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Ch. 2 Review Magnetic resonance imaging which produces pictures of the inner brain structure.
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MRI
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Ch. 2 Review Studies of heritability in humans based upon the assumption that if genes influence a certain trait, close relatives should be more similar on that trait than distant relatives.
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Family Studies
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Ch. 2 Review Part of the peripheral nervous system that carries messages between the central nervous system and the internal organs.
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Autonomic Nervous System
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Ch. 2 Review A thick band of nerve fibers connecting the left and right cerebral cortex.
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Corpus Callosum
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This structure connects the brain
Ch. 2 Review This structure connects the brain to the spinal cord.
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Brain Stem
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Ch. 2 Review Region of the brain the relays and translates incoming messages from the sense receptors, except those for smell.
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Thalamus
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Ch. 2 Review Division of the nervous system that connects the central nervous system to the rest of the body.
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Peripheral Nervous System
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Member of a gene pair that controls the appearance of a certain trait.
Ch. 2 Review Member of a gene pair that controls the appearance of a certain trait.
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Dominant Gene
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The part of the peripheral nervous system
Ch. 2 Review The part of the peripheral nervous system that carries messages from the senses to the central nervous system.
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Somatic Nervous System
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The ability of the brain to change in response to experience.
Ch. 2 Review The ability of the brain to change in response to experience.
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Neural Plasticity
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Ch. 2 Review Division of the nervous system that consists of the brain & spinal cord.
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Central Nervous System
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Ch. 2 Review Complex cable of neurons that runs down the spine, connecting the brain to most of the rest of the body.
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Spinal Cord
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Ch. 2 Review Part of the cerebral hemisphere that receives and interprets visual information.
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Occipital Lobe
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Individual cells that are the smallest units of the nervous system.
Ch. 2 Review Individual cells that are the smallest units of the nervous system.
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Neuron
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Branch of the autonomic nervous system; it calms and relaxes the body.
Ch. 2 Review Branch of the autonomic nervous system; it calms and relaxes the body.
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Parasympathetic Nervous System
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Ch. 2 Review Member of a gene pair that can control the appearance of a certain trait only if it is paired with another recessive gene.
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Recessive Gene
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Ch. 2 Review Pairs of threadlike bodies within the cell nucleus that contain the gene.
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Chromosomes
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The area of the brain that governs motivation & emotional responses.
Ch. 2 Review The area of the brain that governs motivation & emotional responses.
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Hypothalamus
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