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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Self-dissolving






2. EEG desynchrony (rapid -irregular waves) - lack of muscle tonus - rapid eye movements - penile erection/vaginal secretion - dreams; EEG synchrony (slow waves) - moderate muscle tonus - slow/absent eye movements - lack of genital activity






3. Opening in the iris; dilates and contracts allowing different levels of light in






4. The earlier onset of puberty seen in female animals that are housed with males caused by a pheromone in the male'S urine and first observed in mice






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






6. Those biological considerations which are DISTANT; Evolutionary Psychology - Comparative Psychology - Ethology






7. Relays nerve impulses - processes sensory impulses - reflex behavior and contains nerve cell bodies






8. Eating - sex - aggression - sleep - focus on subcortical and neuroendocrine control of behavior






9. Involved in the effects of odors/pheromones in reproductive behavior - a nucleus that receives olfactory information from the olfactory bulb and accessory olfactory bulb






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






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






12. The scientific study of animal behavior; documentation of species-specific instinctual behaviors






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






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






15. Serotonin = 5-HT -regulation of mood - anxiety - aggression - sleep - appetite - sexuality -rostral and caudal raphe nuclei






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






17. Vagus Nerve - heart rate and digestion






18. The restorative effect of introducing a new female sex partner to a male that has apparently become 'exhausted' by sexual activity






19. Moving forward






20. 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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21. Expression of traits






22. 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






23. Tremors - rigidity of limbs - poor balance and difficulty initiating movements

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24. Suggests that dreams are nothing more than the product of random electrical impulses (Hobson & McCarley)






25. Acquired language disorders - usually caused by damage in the left hemisphere; includes Broca'S: (left frontal lobe damage) and Wernickes'S (left temporal/parietal damage)






26. Result in either tolerance (and possible withdrawal symptoms) or sensitization (increase effectiveness of the drug)






27. Consummatory stimulus






28. Located in the forebrain - basal ganglia -> movement -speech and other complex behaviors






29. 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






30. 'little brain'






31. 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






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






33. Somewhat excitatory - also involved in synaptic plasticity - learning and short-term memory






34. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the substantia nigra and ending in the neostriatum






35. SCN = controls circadian rhythms - located directly above the optic chasm in the anterior portion of the hypothalamus - receives input from the eyes which is why light exposure affects our sleep-wake cycles






36. 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






37. Has a calcium-related role and produces the hormone parathyroid






38. A BEHAVIOR; insistent urge of sleepiness forces us to seek sleep/a bad






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






40. Referred to as the satiety center; lesions lead to obesity and hyperphagia






41. Part of limbic system; protrusion of the bottom of the brain at the posterior end of the hypothalamus - contains some hypothalamic nuclei






42. The female reproductive cycle of mammals other than primates






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






44. Oculomotor Nerve - moves eye pupil






45. Combines input from diverse brain regions; receives sensory information/sends motor impulses






46. Found in the hypothalamus - function to maintain the water balance in the body






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






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






49. 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






50. States that performance is worst at extremely low or extremely high levels of arousal and optimally at an intermediate level