NSES Content Standard C
Life Science: Regulation and behavior Grades 5-8, page 157 Behavior is one kind of response an organism can make to an internal
or environmental stimulus. A behavioral response requires coordination
and communication at many levels, including cells, organ systems, and whole
organisms. Behavioral response is a set of actions determined in part by
heredity and in part from experience.
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Benchmark 6C The Human Organism: Basic
Functions
Grades 9-12, page 138
Communication between cells is required to coordinate their diverse
activities. Some cells secrete substances that spread only to nearby cells.
Others secrete hormones, molecules that are carried in the bloodstream
to widely distributed cells that have special receptor sites to which they
attach. Along nerve cells, electrical impulses carry information much more
rapidly than is possible by diffusion or blood flow. Some drugs mimic or
block the molecules involved in transmitting nerve or hormone signals and
therefore disturb normal operations of the brain and body.
Benchmark 6D The Human Organism: Learning
Grades 9-12, page 142
Differences in the behavior of individuals arise from the interaction
of heredity and experience--the effect of each depends on what the other
is. Even instinctive behavior may not develop well if the individual is
exposed to abnormal conditions.
Benchmark 7A Human Society: Cultural
Effects on Behavior
Grades 9-12, page 156
Heredity, culture, and personal experience interact in shaping human
behavior. Their relative importance in most circumstances is not clear.