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| Darwins theory that favorable adaptations to features of the environment allow some members of a species to reproduce more successfully than others |
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| The genetic structure an organism inherits from its parents |
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| The observable characteristics of an organism, resulting from the interaction between the organisms genotype and its environment |
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| The biological transmission of traits from parents to offspring |
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| The study of the inheritance of physical and psychological traits from ancestors |
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| The physical basis for the transmission of genetic info. |
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| The biological unit of heredity, discrete section of a chromosome responsible for transmission of traits |
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| Chromosome that contains the genes that code for the development of male or female characteristics |
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| Characteristic that is influenced by more than one gene |
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| the genetic info for an organism stored in the dna of its chromosomes |
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| The area of study that evaluates the genetic component of individual differences in behaviors and traits |
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| The relative influence of genetics, versus environment, in determining patterns of behavior |
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| A field of research that focuses on evolutionary explanations for the social behavior and social systems of humans and other animal species |
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| The study of behavior and mind using the principles of evolutionary theory |
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| The scientific study of the brain and of the links between brain activity and behavior |
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| A cell in the nervous system specialized to receive, process, and/or transmit info to other cells |
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| One of the branches fiber of neurons that receive incoming signals |
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| The cell body of a neuron, containing the nucleus and cytoplasm |
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| The extended fiber of a neuron through which nerve impulses travel from the soma to the terminal buttons |
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| A bulblike structure at the branched ending of an axon that contains vesicles filled with neurotransmitters |
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| Neuron that carries messages from sense receptors toward the central nervous system |
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| Neuron that carries messages away from the central nervous system toward the muscles and glands |
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| Brain neuron that relays messages from sensory neurons to other interneurons or to motor neurons |
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| The cells that hold neurons together and facilitates neural transmissions remove damaged and dead neurons, and prevent poisonous substances in the blood from reaching the brain |
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| Insulating material that surrounds axons and increases the speed of neural transmission |
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| Information entering a neuron that signals it to fire |
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| information entering a neuron that signals it not fire |
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| The nerve impulse activated in a neuron that travels down the axon and causes neurotransmitters to be released into a synapse |
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| Chemical messenger released from a neuron that crosses the synapse from one neuron to another, stimulating the postsynaptic neuron |
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| The region of the brain that translates thoughts into speech or signs |
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| CNS (central nervous system) |
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| THe part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord |
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| Peripheral nervous system |
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| The part of the nervous system composed of the spinal and cranial nerves that connect the bodys sensory receptors to the CNS and the CNS to muscles and glands |
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| The brain structure that regulates the bodys basic life processess |
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| The region of the brain that regulates emotional behavior, basic motivational urges, and memory, as well as major physiological functions |
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| The region of the brain attacthed to the brain stem that controls motor coordination, posture and balance as well as ability to learn control of body movements |
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| The part of the limbic system that is involved in the acquisition of explicit memory |
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| The part of the limbic that controls emotion, aggression and the formation of emotional memory |
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| The brain structure that regulates motivated behavior (such as eating and drinking) and homeostasis |
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| The region of the brain that regulates higher cognitive and emotional functions |
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| Region of the brain located above the lateral fissure and in the front of the central sulcus involved in motor central and cognitive activities |
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