intro to psych 5

• the scientific study of the biological processes underlying or influencing mind and behavior.​

• Biological psychology

• biological basis of behavior

• DNA

• Double helix

• essential for inheritance, coding for proteins, and providing instructions for life and its processes

• Biological psychology

• biological basis of behavior

• DNA

• Double helix

• is an important field of study in psychology that explores the ways in which biological factors impact behavior.​

• Biological psychology

• biological basis of behavior

• DNA

• Double helix

• is a term used to describe the structure of DNA. A DNA double helix consists of two spiral chains of deoxyribonucleic acid. The shape is similar to that of a spiral staircase.

• Biological psychology

• biological basis of behavior

• DNA

• Double helix

• chemicals that coordinate different functions in your body by carrying messages through your blood to your organs, skin, muscles and other tissues.

• Genes

• Hormones

• Chromosomes

• Sleep

• influence each individual's behavioral and psychological characteristics, including intellectual ability, personality, and risk for mental illness—all of which have bearing on both parents and children within a family. ​considered the basic unit of inheritance. ​short section of DNA

• Genes

• Hormones

• Chromosomes

• Sleep

• are thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells.

• Genes

• Hormones

• Chromosomes

• Sleep

is important to a number of brain functions, including how nerve cells (neurons) communicate with each other

• Genes

• Hormones

• Chromosomes

• Sleep

the six components of DNA except

• deoxyribose sugar

• guanine

• adrenaline

• cytosine

the membrane-enclosed organelle within a cell that contains the chromosomes. 

• Nucleus

• endocrine system

• Biological Bases Of Behavior

• Neurotransmissions