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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. Is increased in its production by training/experience and therefore - associated with memory
prefrontal hypoactivity
Cranial Nerves
cerebrospinal fluid
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
2. In the posterior frontal lobe - contains the somatosensory cortex (touch - pressure - temperature - pain)
tectum
extirpation
hypothalamus
parietal lobes
3. The visual image of the world on the retina
proximal image
cerebral cortex
adrenocorticotropic (ACTH)
tectum
4. Important to motor system
red nucleus + substantia nigra
effects of repeated administration
polysomnograms
ultimate biological considerations
5. Cumulative effects of repeated stimulation from a presynaptic neuron
temporal summation
lipid soluble drugs/medications
nystagmus
Bem'S Androgyny studies
6. Precursor to the catecholamine neurotransmitters (DA + NE)
aqueous humor
tyrosine
mesencephalon
galvanic skin response (GSR)
7. Has a calcium-related role and produces the hormone parathyroid
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
monozygotic twins
lipid soluble drugs/medications
parathyroid
8. Produces acetylcholine. One of the earliest sites of cell death in Alzheimer'S Disease (neurological disorder associated with a deficiency in acetylcholine) is in the basal forebrain
red nucleus + substantia nigra
Korsakoff'S amnesia
basal forebrain
hindbrain
9. Irregular electrical activity of 13-30 Hz - state of arousal - attentive
beta activity
supernormal stimulus
scotopic vision
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
10. Optic Nerve - sight
non-competitive bonding
homeostasis
Cranial Nerve II
antagonist
11. Is everything anterior to the central sulcus
Frontal lobe
neuropeptide Y (NPY)
subarachnoid space
myelin sheath
12. Is generated by photoreceptors that are only sensitive to degrees of brightness; black-and-white vision found in the rods
Frontal lobe
scotopic vision
basic rest-activity cycle
sensitivity
13. Referred to as the satiety center; lesions lead to obesity and hyperphagia
ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)
stages of sleep
parathyroid
substantia nigra
14. Most brain communications are with the opposite side of the body
Cranial Nerve XI
contralateral
biological etiology of schizophrenia
amygdala
15. Phantom limb pain - hypnotic induction and the success rate of placebo treatments
ionotropic receptors
Cranial Nerve XII
acetylcholine
indications of psychological-physiological interaction in pain
16. Lens changes initiated by the ciliary muscles to change the shape of the lens in order to focus image on the retina
accommodation (bodily)
supernormal stimulus
subcortical structures
Cranial Nerves
17. Result in either tolerance (and possible withdrawal symptoms) or sensitization (increase effectiveness of the drug)
anterograde
mammillary bodies
Cranial Nerve III
effects of repeated administration
18. These two developed the criteria for habituation; basic process is a form of synaptic depression that occurs presyntaptically.
effects of repeated administration
basic rest-activity cycle
endocrine system
Thompson & Spencer
19. Completely disactivates the prefrontal cortex (PFC); due to high levels of norepinephrine (NE)
endorphin
Cranial Nerves
an increase in alpha-1 receptors
cerebellum
20. Vision: protrusions on top of the midbrain; part of visual system
superior colliculi
dopaminergic systems
projection fiber
nucleotides
21. Vestibulocochlear Nerve - hearing and balance
fornix
indications of psychological-physiological interaction in pain
association area
Cranial Nerve VIII
22. Symptom of narcolepsy - paralysis occurring just before a person falls alseep
Cranial Nerve IX
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
sleep paralysis
projection fiber
23. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the substantia nigra and ending in the neostriatum
projection fiber
nigrostriatal system
ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)
neuropeptide Y (NPY)
24. Sign
Cranial Nerve V
noncompetitive binding
sign stimulus
H.M
25. Affect sex characteristics/development and produce estrogen/progesterone (in females - ovaries) and testosterone (in male - testes)
ovaries/testes
mammillary bodies
parietal lobes
synthesis-activation hypothesis
26. Are postsynaptic potentials that are found in the dendrites and vary in their intensity
graded potentials
extirpation
Cranial Nerve IX
corpus callosum
27. Is characteristic of indirect antagonists
subcortical structures
K Complexes
non-competitive bonding
tectum
28. Comprised of the hypothalamus - pituitary gland - thyroid gland - parathyroid - the adrenal cortex - the adrenal medulla - the pancreas - the ovaries/testes - pineal gland.
endocrine system
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
basal forebrain
zygosity
29. The maintenance of water balance in the body
osmoregulation
monoamine neurotransmitters
septum
GABA
30. Glossopharyngeal Nerve - taste swallow
subarachnoid space
accommodation (bodily)
Cranial Nerve IX
pituitary gland
31. Instead of one continuum for sex (masculine-feminine) - her work in the presence of both masculine and feminine features/development suggests these are actually two separate continuums (defeminized-feminized and unmasculinized-masculinized)
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32. Is used as an anaesthetic for children and animals but causes psychosis in adults
Ketamine
menstrual cycle
sleep
ethology
33. Cells that integrate information across the retina; rather than sending signals toward the brain - amacrine cells link bipolar cells to other bipolar cells and ganglion cells to other ganglion cells
K Complexes
amacrine cells
brainstem
vitreous humor
34. Consummatory stimuli - sign stimuli - supernormal stimuli - releaser
tegmentum
triggers of behavior
monoamines
All-or-None Law
35. Trigerminal Nerve - face sensation
Cranial Nerve V
locus coeruleus
zygosity
Cranial Nerve VII
36. Short bursts of waves 12-14 Hz that occur 2-5 times a minute during stages 1-4 of sleep; most characteristic of sleep Stage II; some believe sleep spindles are involved in keeping one asleep (decline in older people)
brainstem
projection areas
monoamine neurotransmitters
sleep spindles
37. Trochlear Nerve - moves eye
Cranial Nerve IV
gonad
tolerance
antimanics
38. Glandular system control center - produces the hormones oxytocin and antidiuretic; functions in both the nervous system and endocrine sytem - In the forebrain - regulates motivated behaviors (eating - drinking - aggression - sexual behavior
sleep paralysis
hypothalamus
superior colliculi
ventricles
39. Most pervasive excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain
mesencephalon
pineal gland
Vomeronasal Organ
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
40. Some brain communications are with the same side of the body
projection area
subcortical structures
ipsilateral
indirect antagonists
41. Has two lobes that are connected by the massa intermedia (looks like a pair of balls - without the nutsack)
parathyroid
Bem'S Androgyny studies
thalamus
tegmentum
42. An inherited form of defective color vision in which hues with short wavelengths are confused (blue cone dysfunction); see world in green and red
hypothalamus
midbrain
tritanopia
neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
43. The viscous substance between cornea and lens
pituitary gland
GABA
aqueous humor
estrous cycle
44. Precursor to GABA (the most inhibitory/regulatory/pervasive neurotransmitter)
indirect antagonists
Cranial Nerve XI
species- specific reactions
glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)
45. Located underneath the cerebral cortex and includes the bottom portion of the forebrain - cerebellum - basal ganglia - medulla - pons - midbrain - thalamus - hypothalamus - amygdala - hippocampus
REM sleep; Slow Wave Sleep
indirect antagonists
subcortical structures
receptive field
46. First described by Descartes - a combination of antagonistic muscle movements (e.g. those involved in walking)
reciprocal innervation
reticulum
non-competitive bonding
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
47. Links the nervous system and endocrine system; comprised of involuntary efferent neurons and divided into the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic branches: Sympathetic Nervous System is involved in the 'fight or flight' response and the Parasympathetic N
sleep
hypocretin
the 7 major neurotransmitters
autonomic nervous system
48. Extensive research in dreams - said BAH to Freud; proposed the activation-synthesis hypothesis (dreams are nothing more than the product of random electrical impulses)
retinal ganglion cells
Thompson & Spencer
sensitivity
Hobson & McCarley
49. Accessory Nerve - moves the head
law of specific nerve energies
Cranial Nerve XI
menstrual cycle
subcortical structures
50. Controls sexual activity; lesions inhibit sexual behavior; stimulation increases aggressive sexual behavior
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
pituitary gland
anterior hypothalamus
effects of repeated administration