Biology Vocab E

actively controls the expression of a trait

• dominant
• lateralization
• neuroplasticity
• epigenetics

brain’s ability to constantly change the structure and function of many cells in response

• epigenetics
• neuroplasticity
• mirror neurons
• nurture

functions or cognitive processes to be specialized to one side of the brain or the other

• neuroplasticity
• epigenetics
• lateralization

• nurture

influence of inherited characteristics on behavior

• dominant
• lateralization
• neuroplasticity
• nature

influence of the environment on behavior

• nurture
• evolution
• natural selection
• recessive

influences the expression of a trait when paired with an identical gene

• heritability
• recessive
• nature
• dominant

inherited characteristics that give a survival advantage are more likely to be passed to

• recessive
• heritability
• natural selection
• nature

measure of how well differences in people's genes account for differences in their traits

• nature
• dominant
• lateralization
• heritability

process of gradual change over time

• evolution
• natural selection
• recessive
• heritability

special type of neuron that fires when we perform an action and also when we observe

• nurture
• mirror neuron
• evolution
• recessive