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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. Made from within - natural
endogenous
zygote
lesions in the reticular activating system
iris
2. 'Roof'
autolytic
tectum
fusiform face area
hypothalamus
3. Self-dissolving
beta activity
autolytic
dopamine (neurotransmitter)
cerebral cortex
4. Found in the hypothalamus - function to maintain the water balance in the body
subcortical structures
hypothalamus
emotional disclosure + immune functioning
osmoreceptors
5. Is increased in its production by training/experience and therefore - associated with memory
reticular formation
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
subarachnoid space
Cranial Nerve X
6. Is found in the interior rostral temporal lobe - part of limbic system
vitreous humor
amygdala
Vomeronasal Organ
symptoms of Parkinson'S Disease
7. Abducens Nerve - moves eye
endocrine system
Cranial Nerve VI
pituitary gland
mesencephalon
8. Attaches to a binding site on receptor and interferes with the action of the receptor without affecting the binding site for the principal ligand (noncompetitive binding)
indirect antagonists
ventricles
ultimate biological considerations
melatonin
9. Suggests that dreams are nothing more than the product of random electrical impulses (Hobson & McCarley)
tegmentum
polysomnograms
zygosity
synthesis-activation hypothesis
10. Contains delta activity - stages III and IV
symptoms of Parkinson'S Disease
sleep attack
slow-wave sleep
Cranial Nerve XII
11. Strip of limbic cortex lying along the lateral walls of the groove separating the cerebral hemispheres - just above the corpus callosum
hindbrain
cingulate gyrus
monoamines
symptoms of Parkinson'S Disease
12. An inherited form of defective color vision in which hues with short wavelengths are confused (blue cone dysfunction); see world in green and red
HPA Axis
myelin sheath
tritanopia
temporal lobes
13. Areas in the brain receiving incoming sensory information or sending out motor-impulse commands
superior colliculi
L-Dopa
projection area
reticular formation
14. Is a peptide neurotransmitter and a natural painkiller and antianxiety
ultimate biological considerations
consummatory stimulus
endorphin
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
15. 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
autonomic nervous system
thyroid
galvanic skin response (GSR)
endorphin
16. Neurotransmitter in CNS - hormone in peripheral vascular system; deficiencies > depression - ADD; noradrenergic nuclei = locus coeruleus
norepinephrine
inferior colliculi
parathyroid
indirect antagonists
17. Activates one of 5 types of receptors in the CNS - cognition - motor activity - reward - muscle tone - sleep - mood - attention - learning -higher level effects of dopamine = D2
melatonin
adrenal cortex
Ketamine
dopamine (neurotransmitter)
18. The female reproductive cycle of mammals other than primates
progesterone
the adrenal medulla
estrous cycle
ultimate biological considerations
19. Is a loss of dopamine cells in the substantia nigra of the basal ganglia; these cells are usually dark (nigra) but in Parkinson'S - the substantia nigra appears white due to cell death
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20. Governs eating/drinking (lateral and ventromedial hypothalami) and sexual activity (anterior portion
hypnagogic activity
Farber et al. (1995)
hypothalamus
monoamines
21. The Lee-Boot effect - Whitten effect - Vandenbergh effect - and the Bruce effect; all mediated by the VNO
path of lightwaves entering eye
diencephalon
the ___ refractory period follows the ____ refractory period
the 4 effects of pheromones on reproductive cycles
22. Precursor to the catecholamine neurotransmitters (DA + NE)
thalamus
sleep attack
sensorimotor cortex
tyrosine
23. Sign
effects of repeated administration
adrenocorticotropic (ACTH)
Korsakoff'S amnesia
sign stimulus
24. Expression of traits
phenotype
affinity
projection area
occipital lobes
25. Controls circadian rhythms - produces melatonin (daylight signals go to the eyes to the hypothalamus to the pineal gland)
pineal gland
alpha activity
gonad
reticular formation
26. Has two lobes that are connected by the massa intermedia (looks like a pair of balls - without the nutsack)
association areas; projection areas
thalamus
reticular formation
homeostatic regulation
27. Is everything anterior to the central sulcus
locus coeruleus
ethology
Frontal lobe
L-Dopa
28. Occurs when a neuron is hyperpolarized and characterized by sufficient strength of stimulation triggering a new action potential
amygdala
indirect antagonists
association area
relative refractory period
29. Some brain communications are with the same side of the body
trichromatic levels of color vision
emotional disclosure + immune functioning
ipsilateral
motor cortex
30. Olfactory Nerve - smell
galvanic skin response (GSR)
Cranial Nerve I
diploid
Yerkes-Dodson Law
31. Important to motor system
adrenal cortex
superior colliculi
red nucleus + substantia nigra
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
32. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the ventral tegmental area and ending in the nucleus accumbens - amygdala and hippocampus
nucleotides
Cranial Nerve V
endogenous
Mesolimbic System
33. Is found between the arachnoid mater and Pia mater; this is where CSF cushions (and bathes) the brain - giving it the floating quality (and keeping it moist/circulating)
sleep
subarachnoid space
substantia nigra
anterograde
34. A region of the visual association cortex located in the extrastriate cortex at the base of the brain that has special face-recognizing circuits (more important in right hemisphere)
iris
Cranial Nerve V
fusiform face area
estrous cycle
35. Include indolamines (serotonin) and catecholamines (dopamine - norepinephrine and epinephrine)
homeostasis
monoamines
locus coeruleus
cerebellum
36. Most pervasive excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
biological etiology of Parkinson'S Disease
stages of sleep
diploid
37. Follow Hering'S Opponent Process of color vision - and only have two types: red-green and yellow-blue; other levels of color vision are tri-chromatic
retinal ganglion cells
REM sleep
beta activity
locus coeruleus
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
hypothalamus
receptive field
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
norepinephrine
39. The viscous substance between cornea and lens
receptive field
aqueous humor
ventricles
medulla & pons
40. Sits just above the hindbrain - contains cranial nerves - parts of the reticular formation -important relay stations for sensory information and the substantia nigra
midbrain
agonist
aphasia
subcortical structures
41. Those biological considerations which are IMMEDIATE;Behavioral/Cognitive Neuroscience (i.e. how the nervous and endocrine systems influence behaviors/thoughts)
path of cerebrospinal fluid
proximate biological considerations
iris
melatonin
42. Consummatory stimuli - sign stimuli - supernormal stimuli - releaser
locus coeruleus
amygdala
myelin sheath
triggers of behavior
43. Forebrain -band of nerve fibers connecting the two cerebral hemispheres
corpus callosum
galvanic skin response (GSR)
bregma
indirect antagonists
44. Is an oversensitivity to dopamine (D2)
biological etiology of schizophrenia
osmoregulation
corpus callosum
Coolidge effect
45. The scientific study of animal behavior; documentation of species-specific instinctual behaviors
Lee-Boot effect
relative refractory period
amygdala
ethology
46. 'covering'
law of specific nerve energies
Cranial Nerve VI
lesions in the reticular activating system
tegmentum
47. Pleasure center of the brain; discovered by Olds & Milner
fusiform face area
septum
direct antagonist
endorphin & enkephalin
48. States that performance is worst at extremely low or extremely high levels of arousal and optimally at an intermediate level
adrenocorticotropic (ACTH)
Yerkes-Dodson Law
affinity
relative refractory period
49. In the tegmentum (ventral part of midbrain); its neurons connect to caudate nucleus + putamen (in basal ganglia)
triggers of behavior
corpus callosum
substantia nigra
hindbrain
50. Is characteristic of indirect antagonist drugs
zygote
noncompetitive binding
autonomic nervous system
affinity
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