Biological Fundamentals of Behavior

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What three approaches shape an organism's response to environmental stimuli?

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Biological, psychological, and social approaches.

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What acts in a consistent and predictable manner?

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Hormones and neurotransmitters.

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Flashcards about conceptual approaches to behavior, genetics and development and human physiological development.

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What three approaches shape an organism's response to environmental stimuli?

Biological, psychological, and social approaches.

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What acts in a consistent and predictable manner?

Hormones and neurotransmitters.

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What does the psychological approach to behavior involve?

The human mind as a whole.

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List higher-level abstractions used in the psychological approach.

Emotions, attitudes, cognition, memory, and personality.

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What research designs are common in sociological questions?

Retrospective, cross-sectional, and qualitative research designs.

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What type of factors shape outcomes, evident in the lives of people from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds?

Environmental factors.

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Experiences of stress and exposure to certain compounds can impact what?

Development.

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Children’s attitudes and perceptions can be influenced by those of whom?

Their parents.

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What is 'heritability'?

Characterizing the genetic component of a trait (how much a trait is determined by genes alone).

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What range does the heritability of psychological traits fall between?

0.3 to 0.6, implying both genetic and environmental factors play a role.

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What type of features can genetics explain?

Inherited physical and behavioral features.

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What are adaptive traits?

Behaviors promoting reproductive success and are selected for in evolution.

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What is temperament?

How individuals respond behaviorally and emotionally to stimuli. It is biologically shaped and can form the foundations of personality.

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Human behaviors are largely shaped by what?

Experiences.

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What differs among individuals and can be adjusted depending on needs or stimuli?

Gene expression.

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Changes to the genome that influence gene expression but don’t alter nucleotide content is called what?

Epigenetics.

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Name some developmental milestones in early childhood.

Standing with assistance, crawling, walking, and more complex motor tasks like stacking blocks.

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During the first few years of life the interactions of children are focused on who?

Primary caregiver.

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What is a critical period?

The idea that experiences, either positive or negative, in early childhood can imprint themselves on a person, with implications that extend throughout the lifetime.

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What are some important reflexes during infancy that disappear during further development?

Palmar grasp, rooting, sucking, Moro, and Babinski reflexes.

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What marks the biological changes that occur during adolescence?

Puberty.

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What hormones orchestrate the changes that occur during adolescence?

Testosterone and estradiol.

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What continues developing until around age 25, impacting rational decision-making?

The prefrontal cortex.

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What is telomere degradation?

The loss of telomeres that protect chromosomes during DNA replication, thought to contribute to aging.