Biological Psychology Chapter1

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Biological Psychology

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is the study of the physiological, evolutionary, and developmental mechanisms of behavior and experience

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What is a field closely related to Biological Psychology

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Neroscience

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What are the four categories that behacior fall into

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Physiological, ontogenetic, ecolutionary , and functional

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Physiological explanation

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relates a behavior to the activity of the brain and other organs

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ontogenetic explanation

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describes the development of a structure or a behavior

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evolutionary explanation

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reconstructs the envolutionary history of a structure or behavior

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Functional explanation

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describes why a structure or behacior evolved as it did

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what is genetic drift

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a change in the allele frecuencies in a population due to reproduction

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What is Dualism

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the belief that mind and body are different kinds of substance, mental substance and physical substance, that exist independently

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What is the objection to dualism

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the law of conservation of matter

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What is monism

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the belief that the universe consists of only one kind of substance

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Biological Psychology

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is the study of the physiological, evolutionary, and developmental mechanisms of behavior and experience

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What is a field closely related to Biological Psychology

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Neroscience

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What are the four categories that behacior fall into

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Physiological, ontogenetic, ecolutionary , and functional

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Physiological explanation

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relates a behavior to the activity of the brain and other organs

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ontogenetic explanation

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describes the development of a structure or a behavior

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evolutionary explanation

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reconstructs the envolutionary history of a structure or behavior

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Functional explanation

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describes why a structure or behacior evolved as it did

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what is genetic drift

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a change in the allele frecuencies in a population due to reproduction

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What is Dualism

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the belief that mind and body are different kinds of substance, mental substance and physical substance, that exist independently

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What is the objection to dualism

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the law of conservation of matter

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What is monism

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the belief that the universe consists of only one kind of substance

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Biological Psychology

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is the study of the physiological, evolutionary, and developmental mechanisms of behavior and experience

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What is a field closely related to Biological Psychology

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Neroscience

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What are the four categories that behacior fall into

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Physiological, ontogenetic, ecolutionary , and functional

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Physiological explanation

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relates a behavior to the activity of the brain and other organs

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ontogenetic explanation

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describes the development of a structure or a behavior

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evolutionary explanation

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reconstructs the envolutionary history of a structure or behavior

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Functional explanation

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describes why a structure or behacior evolved as it did

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what is genetic drift

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a change in the allele frecuencies in a population due to reproduction

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What is Dualism

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the belief that mind and body are different kinds of substance, mental substance and physical substance, that exist independently

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What is the objection to dualism

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the law of conservation of matter

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What is materialism

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the view that ecerything that exists is material or physical

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What is mentalism

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the view that onl the mind really exists

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What is the identity position

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the view that mental processes are the same thing as certain kinds of brain processes but are described in different terms

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What is solipsism

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I alone exist , or I alone am concious

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What is the problem of the minds

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the difficulty of knowing wheather other people have conscious experiences

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What is an easy problem

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Pertain to many phenomena that we call consciousness such as the difference between wakefulness and sleep and the mechanisms that enable us to focus our attention

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What is a hard problem

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concerns why and how any kind of brain activity is associated with consciousness

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What are genes

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units of heredity that maintain their structural identity from one generation to another

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What are chromosomes

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strands of genes

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What are enzymes

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biological caralysts that regulate chemical reactions in the body

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What is homozygous

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identical pair of genes on the two chromosomes

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What heterozygous

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unmatched pair of genes

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What is crossing over

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A pair of chromosomes may break apart during reproduction and reconnect such that part of one chromosome attaches to the other part of the second chromosome

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What are body genes

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autosomes

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What are sex-limited genes

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genes which are present in both sexes but have effects mainly or exclusively on one sex

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What are sex- linked genes

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genes located on sex chromosomes but do not have to pertain to a certain sex

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What is recombination

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a new combination of genes some from one parent and some from the other that yields characteristics not found in either parent

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What is a change in a gene

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mutation

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What type of mutation is beneficial and what type is detramental

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A mutation that alters a protien is detramental but a mutation that alters the timing a protein is formed is sometimes benificial

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What is a monozygote

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identical twins

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What is a dizygote

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fraternal twins

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Multiplier effect

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If genetic or prenatal influences produce even a small increase in some activity the early tendency will change the environment in a way that magnifies that tendency

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What is evolution

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a change over generations in the frequencies of various genes in a population

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What is artificial selection

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breeding animals to produce certain traits

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What is Lamarckian evolution

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evolution through the inheritance of acquired characteristics this is false

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What is fitness

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the number of copies of one's genes that endure in later generations

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What is altruism

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actions that benefits someone other than the actor

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What is reciprocal altruism

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animals help those who help them in return

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What is Kin selection

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Selecting for a gene because it benefits the individuals relatives

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What is homozygous

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identical pair of genes on the two chromosomes

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What heterozygous

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unmatched pair of genes

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What is crossing over

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A pair of chromosomes may break apart during reproduction and reconnect such that part of one chromosome attaches to the other part of the second chromosome

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What are body genes

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autosomes