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Chapter 2: Biological Foundations and the Brain


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Chapter 2: Biological Foundations of the Brain

  1. Distinguish between nature and nurture and discuss the interaction between the two factors.
  2. Describe the genetic perspective and explain the dominant-recessive genes principle.
  3. Describe the evolutionary perspective and explain the concept of natural selection.
  4. Distinguish between the following nervous systems divisions: the central and the peripheral; the somatic and the autonomic; and the sympathetic and the parasympathetic.
  5. Distinguish among afferent nerves, interneurons, and efferent nerves.
  6. Describe the structure of a neuron, including the cell body, the dendrite, the axon, and the myelin sheath.
  7. Discuss the transmission of a nerve impulse.
  8. Describe synapses and discuss the significance of neurotransmitters.
  9. Describe the structures and functions of areas within the hindbrain, the midbrain, and the forebrain.
  10. Identify the major structures of the cerebral cortex.
  11. Describe the results of research regarding the split-brain, hemispheric specialization, and male-female brain differences.
  12. Discuss the localization and integration of functions within the brain.
  13. Describe the brain's plasticity and discuss the research on brain tissue implants.
  14. Identify the techniques used by neuroscientists to study the brain.

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