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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology

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1. Made from within - natural






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






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






4. The maintenance of water balance in the body






5. Physiologically different from the other four stages of sleep (i.e. the similarity between the summed electrical activity of neurons measured on the scalp (EEG) during REM sleep and during wakefulness






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






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






8. A drug that opposes/inhibits the effects of a particular neurotransmitter on the postsynaptic cell






9. ...






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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)






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






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






19. Occurs when an external stimulation - regardless of intensity - will not trigger a new action potential






20. 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






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






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






23. Includes comparative (evolution/genetics/animal behavior/ethology) and behavioral regulation






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






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






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






27. Self-dissolving






28. Contains delta activity - stages III and IV






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






30. Phantom limb pain - hypnotic induction and the success rate of placebo treatments






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






32. Portion of a sensory field to which a cell responds






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






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






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






36. 'Roof'






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






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






39. Regulates body temperature






40. Consummatory stimulus






41. Moving forward






42. Pleasure center of the brain; discovered by Olds & Milner






43. 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






44. Is generated by photoreceptors that are only sensitive to degrees of brightness; black-and-white vision found in the rods






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






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






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






48. Is used to treat Parkinson'S Disease






49. Adenine - Guanine - Thymine - Cytosine






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






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