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. A patient who had intact intelligence but an inability to learn/remember anything new (severe anterograde amnesia)






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






3. 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






4. Research indicates that the expressing of negative emotions is associated with increased immune function; inhibiting negative emotions with decreasing immune function






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






6. Cornea - aqueous humor - pupil - lens - vitreous humor - retina






7. These two brain structures contain entry/exits for most of the cranial nerves and control vital functions (heart rate -digestion - respiration)






8. A chemical released by one animal that affects the behavior or physiology of another animal; usually smelled or tasted






9. Strip of limbic cortex lying along the lateral walls of the groove separating the cerebral hemispheres - just above the corpus callosum






10. Is everything anterior to the central sulcus






11. The increase in REM sleep seen after a period of REM sleep deprivation






12. The midbrain; a region that surrounds the cerebral aqueduct; includes tectum and the tegmentum






13. Is found in the frontal lobe (which is divided into the prefrontal lobes and ___ ___)






14. Is a receptor blocker; binds with a receptor but does not activate it - actually prevents the natural ligand from binding with the receptor






15. Controls sexual activity; lesions inhibit sexual behavior; stimulation increases aggressive sexual behavior






16. 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)






17. Symptom of narcolepsy - irresistible urge to






18. Irregular electrical activity of 13-30 Hz - state of arousal - attentive






19. Ventral part of midbrain - includes periaqueductal gray matter - reticular formation - red nucleus - and substantia nigra






20. Consummatory stimulus






21. An inherited form of defective color vision in which hues with short wavelengths are confused (blue cone dysfunction); see world in green and red






22. Self-dissolving






23. Motor neurons found in the Somatic (voluntary) and Autonomic (involuntary) Nervous Systems






24. A single - unfertilized cell created during conception; the combined egg + sperm






25. Expression of traits






26. Are found in the diencephalon






27. Found in the ventricles and spinal canal






28. Occurs under drug-induced conditions - including excessive use of marijuana; high body temperature - autonomic instability and muscle rigidity






29. Mechanism whereby neurons make connections to new areas to change their connectivity






30. A 90-minute activity cycle occurs throughout the day as well as throughout sleep (in humans) waxing and waning alertness controlled by a biological clock in the caudal brainstem that also controls cycles of REM and slow-wave sleep






31. Reduces anxiety - released with NE in amygdala - hippocampus - basal ganglia - periaqueductal gray region - locus coeruleus and PFS; NPY is diminished in persons with PTSD/CPTSD and those exposed to chronic stress






32. Occur in amacrine - bipolar and horizontal cells; govern/encompass the opponent-process level of color vision






33. Maintains balance/posture and coordinates body movements






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






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






36. Contains receptors to detect when the body needs food or fluids; the hunger center; lesions lead to aphagia






37. Begins where spinal cord ends - 3 structures: the medulla - the pons - the cerebellum






38. Facial Nerve - moves face and salivates






39. In the posterior frontal lobe - contains the somatosensory cortex (touch - pressure - temperature - pain)






40. The female reproductive cycle of mammals other than primates






41. 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

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


42. Vestibulocochlear Nerve - hearing and balance






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






44. 3 layers of tissues that cover and protect CNS; dura mater (outermost layer) - arachnoid mater (middle layer) - Pia mater (innermost layer)






45. An anterograde amnesia in which one cannot form episodic memories BUT in experiments - patients that cannot identify previously heard melodies do show a preference for them -> explicit memory function has a different neurological basis than implicit

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


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






47. learning and memory -neurotransmitter released at the neuromuscular junction of skeletal muscle axons to excite the muscle to contract






48. Occurs when their is damage to the septal area and results in unchecked aggressive and vicious behavior






49. Also known as ABLATION - is any surgically induced brain lesion






50. 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