Unit 2 Biological approach to behaviour

frontal lobes

The ____________ are associated with reasoning, planning, thinking and decision-making, voluntary action, and complex emotions.

parietal lobe

The ___________________ associated with movement, orientation, perception, and recognition

occipital lobe

that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head

wernicke's area

the auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people

neuroplasticity

the ability of the brain to change throughout the course of life.

serotonin

affects prosocial behavior

CAT

works on the principle of differential absorption of X-rays.

Positron emission tomography (PET)

uses blood flow as the indicator of brain activity.

oxytocin

hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland; stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk

pheromone

a chemical substance secreted externally by some animals that influences the physiology or behavior of other animals of the same species

genotype

The set of traits as coded in an individual’s DNA

phenotype

what an organism looks like as a consequence of the interaction of its genotype and the environment

gene expression

conversion of the information encoded in a gene first into messenger RNA and then to a protein