PSYCHOLOGY: FLASHCARD on Chapter 3 "Biology & Behavior"

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Lobes of the brain responsible for processing information about the senses

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Parietal lobe

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The frontal lobe is responsible for

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Reasoning, planning, impulse control

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The debate about the relative contributions of biology and experience to human development is referred to as

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The nature-nurture issue

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Basic building blocks of heredity

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Genes

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Division of the nervous system activated by sudden fright

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Sympathetic nervous system

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Lobe of the brain primarily associated with vision

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Occipital lobe

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Lobe of the brain primarily associated with hearing

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Temporal lobe

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The part of the nervous system that calms the body after stress

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Parasympathetic nervous system

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The process by which traits are passed from parents to offspring

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Heredity

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The brain structure involved in regulating emotions and memory

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Limbic system