Across
- 6. System calms the system down to their normal resting state.
- 8. A perspective that studies how natural selection of traits has promoted the survival of genes.
- 11. The transmission of traits from one generation to the next
- 12. The impact of the environment on intellect, social, and personality
- 13. Studies that investigate whether nature or nurture has a larger impact on behavior and personality.
- 16. Part of the nervous system that contains the Somatic nervous system.
- 17. Modern psychologists agree that people are influenced by a ___ of both their genetics and environment.
Down
- 1. Releases hormones like adrenaline, leading to increased heart rate, elevated blood pressure, and dilated pupils.
- 2. Organisms with the best variations of a trait are chosen through reproduction to continue in the gene pool.
- 3. System arouses and causes flight or fight
- 4. The part of the nervous system that controls the glands and muscles of the internal organs.
- 5. The part of the nervous system that controls that voluntary movement of skeletal muscles.
- 7. The part of the nervous system that includes the brain and spinal cord
- 9. The Influence of our inherited characteristics on our personality, physical growth, intellectual growth, and social interactions
- 10. The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
- 14. Studies that access hereditary influence by examining the resemblance between adopted children and both their biological and adopted parents.
- 15. Study of the factors that influence the hereditary qualities of the human race and ways to improve those qualities.
