Test your basic knowledge |

Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology

Subjects : gre, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. An inherited form of defective color vision in which hues with short wavelengths are confused (blue cone dysfunction); see world in green and red






2. Has two lobes that are connected by the massa intermedia (looks like a pair of balls - without the nutsack)






3. Associated with (spoken) language reception/comprehension - memory processing - and emotional control; contains Wernicke'S area and the auditory cortex






4. A behavior that has different forms or occurs with different probabilities or under different circumstances in males than females






5. Is used to treat Parkinson'S Disease






6. Located in the midbrain - a group of neurons which produce dopamine and degenerate in Parkinson'S Disease






7. Self-dissolving






8. An axon of a neuron in one region of the brain whose terminals form synapses with neurons in another region






9. Is used as an anaesthetic for children and animals but causes psychosis in adults






10. 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)

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


11. Affect multiple receptors; highly preferential to which type of receptor they affect






12. A drug that facilitates the effects of a particular neurotransmitter on the postsynaptic cell






13. Receive incoming sensory information or send out motor impulse commands






14. Automatic and rapidly acquired reactions - not attributable to reinforcement or conditioning






15. Trigerminal Nerve - face sensation






16. Increasing effects/effectiveness of a medication due to repeated administration






17. All have similar molecular structure - so many 'dirty' medications






18. Glossopharyngeal Nerve - taste swallow






19. Governs eating/drinking (lateral and ventromedial hypothalami) and sexual activity (anterior portion






20. Is found between the dura mater and arachnoid mater meninges






21. Symptom of narcolepsy; complete paralysis that occurs while AWAKE/conscious; will suddenly fall to floor paralyzed for a few minutes






22. Extensive research in dreams - said BAH to Freud; proposed the activation-synthesis hypothesis (dreams are nothing more than the product of random electrical impulses)






23. Actually are two kinds: monochorionic and dichorionic (blastocyst splis into two before day 4)






24. Damage to this are causes clumsiness and loss of balance






25. Similarity of alleles for a trait in an organism (i.e. heterozygous or homozygous)






26. Functions in metabolism (carbohydrate - protein - lipid) and in the endocrine system'S salt/water balance - produces the hormones cortisol and aldosterone






27. Smooth electrical activity of 8-12 Hz -medium frequency - awake but in a restful state (^ eyes closed but conscious)






28. Is a peptide neurotransmitter and a natural painkiller and antianxiety






29. Cumulative effects of repeated stimulation from a presynaptic neuron






30. Occurs during the deepest stages of slow-wave sleep; regular - synchronous electrical activity of less than 4 Hz






31. Fluid filled cavities in the middle of the brain - linking to the spinal canal that runs down the middle of the spinal cord; this fluid is cerebrospinal fluid






32. Associated with defensive and aggressive behavior; lesions produce docility and hypersexual states (Kluver & Bucy)






33. Include the Nigrostriatal system - Mesolimbic system and Mesocortical system






34. Forebrain -band of nerve fibers connecting the two cerebral hemispheres






35. Holds the lens in place






36. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the ventral tegmental area and ending in prefrontal cortex






37. Controls circadian rhythms - produces melatonin (daylight signals go to the eyes to the hypothalamus to the pineal gland)






38. One of the primary noradrenergic nuclei whose ascending axons project to frontal cortex - thalamus - hypothalamus - limbic system






39. Binding of a drug to a receptor site that does not interfere with the binding site for the principal ligand






40. Convoluted of hills (gyri) and valleys (sulci) divided into two hemispheres (left and right) which are further divided into four lobes (occipital - parietal - temporal and frontal)






41. A large network of neural tissue located in the central region of the brain stem - from the medulla to the diencephalon






42. Focuses light waves on the retina and is held in place by the suspensory ligament; aqueous humor on cornea side; vitreous humor on retina side






43. Is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in vertebrates; these receptors are ionotropic






44. Most brain communications are with the opposite side of the body






45. Adenine - Guanine - Thymine - Cytosine






46. Are postsynaptic potentials that are found in the dendrites and vary in their intensity






47. Skin senses that register the sensations of pressure - warmth and cold






48. In the CNS - is an amino acid that stabilizes neural activity






49. Dorsal part of midbrain; includes the superior and inferior colliculi






50. Thymoleptics = relieves mania of bipolar disorder (lithium carbonate - valproic acid - carbamazepine)