Chapter 3: The Biological and Evolutionary Bases of Behavior

When Peter and Rosemary Grant studied several species of Darwin's finches, they discovered that major climate changes affected which populations of finches survived. This is an example of

Sharon is involved in a project in which she observes the behaviors of young children. She is most able to directly observe their

Suppose you carried out a study to assess whether there is a genetic component to "sense of humor." To conclude that genetics play a role, you would want to find that

One of the jobs of _________ is to receive stimulation from other neurons.

After Jonas withdraws money from the bank, he has to wait two minutes before his card will work again. This sounds a lot like the _________ in neural transmission.

Wilma is creating an illustration of neural transmission. She leaves a small gap between a terminal button on one neuron and the dendrite of the next. She should label that gap the

Which techniques allows researchers to create reversible "lesions"?

The _________ nervous system processes incoming neural messages and sends commands to different parts of the body

After he experienced damage to his _________, H.M. had difficulties acquiring new information.

As you are chatting with Tajus, you noticed that she is right-handed. You think that it's most likely that her ability to produce speech is controlled by

Brain-imaging techniques reveal that the brain representation of the fingers of the left hand is enhanced for people who play the violin versus nonplayers. This result provides an example of