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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. Vestibulocochlear Nerve - hearing and balance
anterior hypothalamus
Ketamine
Cranial Nerve VIII
Frontal lobe
2. Optic Nerve - sight
ethology
spinal cord
Cranial Nerve II
the 7 major neurotransmitters
3. The female reproductive cycle of mammals other than primates
sensorimotor cortex
estrous cycle
consummatory stimulus
spinal cord
4. Functions as both a hormone and a neurotransmitter in the brain
Glial cells
biological etiology of Parkinson'S Disease
norepinephrine
endorphin
5. Contains receptors to detect when the body needs food or fluids; the hunger center; lesions lead to aphagia
motor cortex
hippocampus
lateral hypothalamus (LH)
hypothalamus
6. Moving forward
anterograde
substantia nigra
septum
norepinephrine
7. Some brain communications are with the same side of the body
behavioral regulation
ipsilateral
Hobson & McCarley
hippocampus
8. Regulates body temperature
reticular formation
hypothalamus
theta activity
Cranial Nerve IX
9. Contains delta activity - stages III and IV
slow-wave sleep
myelin sheath
lipid soluble drugs/medications
cataplexy
10. Opening in the iris; dilates and contracts allowing different levels of light in
efferent neurons
Thompson & Spencer
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
pupil
11. Controls sexual activity
Lee-Boot effect
anterior hypothalamus
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
hippocampus
12. Supernormal
phenotype
supernormal stimulus
Bruce effect
path of cerebrospinal fluid
13. Irregular electrical activity of 13-30 Hz - state of arousal - attentive
Hobson & McCarley
brainstem
beta activity
path of cerebrospinal fluid
14. Dorsal part of midbrain; includes the superior and inferior colliculi
neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
retinal ganglion cells
graded potentials
tectum
15. Stimulates bone growth and produces the hormones: somatotropin - prolactin - thyroid-stimulating - adrenocorticotropic (ACTH) - follicle-stimulating - luteinnizing
pituitary gland
law of specific nerve energies
REM sleep; Slow Wave Sleep
the adrenal medulla
16. A sensory organ that detects the presence of certain chemicals - especially when a liquid is actively sniffed; mediates the effects of some pheromones
efferent neurons
monoamines
Vomeronasal Organ
lens
17. Abducens Nerve - moves eye
association areas; projection areas
Cranial Nerve VI
tegmentum
Bruce effect
18. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the ventral tegmental area and ending in the nucleus accumbens - amygdala and hippocampus
affinity
Mesolimbic System
REM sleep; Slow Wave Sleep
sensitivity
19. Viscous substance between cornea and lens; transparent substance between lens and retina
the 4 effects of pheromones on reproductive cycles
cerebellum
aqueous humor; vitreous humor
an increase in alpha-1 receptors
20. 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
hypothalamus
hypocretin
retinal ganglion cells
association area
21. Consummatory stimulus
trichromatic levels of color vision
consummatory stimulus
nystagmus
tardive dyskinesia
22. Is found between the dura mater and arachnoid mater meninges
subdural space
cerebellum
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
delta activity
23. Areas in the brain receiving incoming sensory information or sending out motor-impulse commands
hypothalamus + thalamus
projection area
cutaneous senses
Cranial Nerve III
24. hormone - secreted by the pituitary gland -signals the adrenal gland to secrete corticosteroid hormones -ACTH is a critical component of the HPA Axis that controls the stress response
association areas; projection areas
sign stimulus
adrenocorticotropic (ACTH)
L-Dopa
25. Serotonin = 5-HT -regulation of mood - anxiety - aggression - sleep - appetite - sexuality -rostral and caudal raphe nuclei
tegmentum
cingulate gyrus
affinity
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
26. Phantom limb pain - hypnotic induction and the success rate of placebo treatments
myelin sheath
projection areas
indications of psychological-physiological interaction in pain
spinal cord
27. States that performance is worst at extremely low or extremely high levels of arousal and optimally at an intermediate level
ipsilateral
thalamus
iris
Yerkes-Dodson Law
28. Refers to both the somatosensory cortex and motor cortex (they are a little different but very interrelated)
meninges
spatial summation
ultimate biological considerations
sensorimotor cortex
29. Occurs for body temperature - blood glucose levels - blood concentration - etc -hormones are important
proximate biological considerations
sleep
homeostatic regulation
accommodation (bodily)
30. In the tegmentum (ventral part of midbrain); its neurons connect to caudate nucleus + putamen (in basal ganglia)
the adrenal medulla
substantia nigra
monoamines
Frontal lobe
31. Has a major role in metabolism - stimulation/maintenance - produces the hormones thyroxin and calcitonin
thyroid
hair cells
iris
reaction time
32. Is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in vertebrates; these receptors are ionotropic
amygdala
ionotropic receptors
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
REM rebound
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
hypothalamus
septal rage
association areas; projection areas
Coolidge effect
34. Occurs during the deepest stages of slow-wave sleep; regular - synchronous electrical activity of less than 4 Hz
graded potentials
delta activity
Thompson & Spencer
nucleotides
35. Short bursts of waves 12-14 Hz that occur 2-5 times a minute during stages 1-4 of sleep; most characteristic of sleep Stage II; some believe sleep spindles are involved in keeping one asleep (decline in older people)
sleep spindles
prefrontal cortex
fornix
relative refractory period
36. Occur in amacrine - bipolar and horizontal cells; govern/encompass the opponent-process level of color vision
anterograde
reticular formation
trichromatic levels of color vision
fusiform face area
37. Is everything anterior to the central sulcus
Frontal lobe
aphasia
hypothalamus
pituitary gland
38. Transparent substance between lens and retina
Cranial Nerve II
effects of repeated administration
vitreous humor
behavioral regulation
39. Automatic and rapidly acquired reactions - not attributable to reinforcement or conditioning
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
species- specific reactions
hypocretin
Bem'S Androgyny studies
40. 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)
medial nucleus of the amygdala
Vomeronasal Organ
progesterone
aphasia
41. 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)
REM rebound
indirect antagonists
pituitary gland
zygosity
42. Extensive research in dreams - said BAH to Freud; proposed the activation-synthesis hypothesis (dreams are nothing more than the product of random electrical impulses)
noncompetitive binding
accommodation (bodily)
Cranial Nerve IX
Hobson & McCarley
43. Begins where spinal cord ends - 3 structures: the medulla - the pons - the cerebellum
sign stimulus
hindbrain
noncompetitive binding
substantia nigra
44. Include the Nigrostriatal system - Mesolimbic system and Mesocortical system
tectum
dopaminergic systems
proximal image
accommodation (bodily)
45. Damage to this are causes clumsiness and loss of balance
proximal image
cerebellum
monoamine neurotransmitters
cingulate gyrus
46. The scientific study of animal behavior; documentation of species-specific instinctual behaviors
zygote
ethology
Whitten effect
emotional disclosure + immune functioning
47. 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)
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48. Portion of a sensory field to which a cell responds
non-REM sleep
mammillary bodies
receptive field
projection fiber
49. Self-dissolving
Cranial Nerve I
autolytic
association area
fusiform face area
50. The increase in REM sleep seen after a period of REM sleep deprivation
cataplexy
REM rebound
H.M
ipsilateral