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. Contains delta activity - stages III and IV






2. Termination of pregnancy by the odor of a pheromone in the urine of a male other than the one that impregnated the female; first observed in mice






3. 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


4. Functions as both a hormone and a neurotransmitter in the brain






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






6. The Lee-Boot effect - Whitten effect - Vandenbergh effect - and the Bruce effect; all mediated by the VNO






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






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






9. Located underneath the cerebral cortex and includes the bottom portion of the forebrain - cerebellum - basal ganglia - medulla - pons - midbrain - thalamus - hypothalamus - amygdala - hippocampus






10. 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






11. Is increased in its production by training/experience and therefore - associated with memory






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






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






14. Sudden - sharp waveforms found only in Stage II of sleep; spontaneously occur about one per minute but also to unexpected noises






15. If head is rotated - eye movements occur in the same direction






16. Lesions to this brain structure that is crucial to memory will produce anterograde amnesia






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






18. Is found in PTSD/CPTSD patients and persons exposed to chronic stress






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






20. Comprised of the hypothalamus - pituitary gland - thyroid gland - parathyroid - the adrenal cortex - the adrenal medulla - the pancreas - the ovaries/testes - pineal gland.






21. Is used to treat Parkinson'S Disease






22. Junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures of the skull; often used as a reference point for stereotaxic brain surgery






23. Vagus Nerve - heart rate and digestion






24. Sleep tests (i.e. to diagnosis sleep apnea)






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






26. Binding of drug to receptor site that doesn'T interfere with the principal ligand






27. Occurs at the onset of puberty; a hypothalamic hormone that stimulates the pituitary gland to secrete gonadotropin






28. Refers to both the somatosensory cortex and motor cortex (they are a little different but very interrelated)






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






30. These cells perform a variety of functions but do not transmit information; one type forms the myelin sheath






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






32. 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)






33. 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






34. 1. Stage I (non-REM sleep) 2. Stage II (non-REM sleep 3. Stage III (non-REM sleep - slow-wave sleep) 4. Stage IV (non-REM sleep - slow-wave sleep) 5. Rapid Eye Movement Sleep (REM sleep) ~takes about 90 minutes for one full sleep cycle






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






36. Projects to ventral tegmental area






37. Facial Nerve - moves face and salivates






38. ...






39. Are direct antagonists; binds with a receptor but does not activate it - but prevents the natural ligand from binding with the receptor






40. 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)






41. Viscous substance between cornea and lens; transparent substance between lens and retina






42. Those biological considerations which are IMMEDIATE;Behavioral/Cognitive Neuroscience (i.e. how the nervous and endocrine systems influence behaviors/thoughts)






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






44. Is characteristic of indirect antagonists






45. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis -controls stress response






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






47. The female reproductive cycle of mammals other than primates






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






49. Occurs intermittently during early stages of slow-wave sleep and REM sleep 3.5-7.5 Hz






50. Receptors whose activation directly affects potassium or chloride ion channels in the neuron - (many drugs of abuse substitute for natural GABA- alcohol - benzos - barbituates