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Psychology Chap 6
Question | Answer |
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Frontal Lobes | Behind your forehead |
Parietal Lobes | At the top and to the rear |
Occipital Lobes | At the back of your head |
Temporal Lobes | Just above your ears |
Plasticity | the brain's ability to change, especially during childhood, by reorganizing after damage or by building new pathways based on experience |
Neurogenesis | The formation of new neurons |
Environment | Every nongenetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us |
Heredity | the genetic transfer of characteristics from parents to offspring |
Behavior Geneticists | The study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influence on behavior. |
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) Genes | A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes |
Genome | The complete instructions for making an organism, consisting of all the genetic material in that organism's chromosomes |