the study of how the environment and a person’s behavior affect their genes and how they work
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Central Nervous system
brain and spinal cord
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Peripheral nervous system
connects CNS to the rest of the body
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Sensory/afferent neurons
carry signals from the body’s sensory receptors to the brain
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Motor/Efferent neurons
carry signals from the brain to the body
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Peripheral divisions of the nervous system
Somatic (skeletal muscles), autonomic (automatic systems), sympathetic (responds to stressor), parasympathetic (calms down after stressor)
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Spinal Cord reflex arc
sensory info enters the body → spinal cord intercepts signal and reacts → motor neurons receive commands from spinal cord → pain stimulants enter the brain
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Endocrine system
a set of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream
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Adrenal glands
near the kidneys, release fight or flight response (epinephrine)
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Pituitary glands
release growth hormones and tell other glands to release sex and stress hormones
trust vs mistrust, autonomy vs shame and doubt, competence vs inferiority, identity vs role confusion, intimacy vs isolation, generativity vs stagnation, integrity vs despair
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Lawrence Kohlberg’s stages of moral development
pre-conventional (avoiding punishment and self-interest), conventional (good boy attitude and law and order morality), post-conventional (social contract and principle)