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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
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