While Genes Play a Significant Role in Our Health, It

question 7

True/False

While genes play a significant role in our health, it is the interaction between them and the environment that in many cases is necessary for disease to occur.

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Definitions:

Depressants

Psychoactive drugs that slow down mental and physical activity.

Activation-Synthesis Theory

Theory that dreaming occurs when the cerebral cortex synthesizes neural signals generated from activity in the lower part of the brain and that dreams result from the brain’s attempts to find logic in random brain activity that occurs during sleep.

Neural Activity

The electrical and chemical processes that occur within neurons, allowing them to communicate with each other.

Cognitive Theory

A theory of psychology that emphasizes internal states, such as motivation, problem-solving, decision-making, and thinking, as the key components of understanding behavior.