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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. Phantom limb pain - hypnotic induction and the success rate of placebo treatments
homeostatic regulation
indications of psychological-physiological interaction in pain
autonomic nervous system
consummatory stimulus
2. Opening in the iris; dilates and contracts allowing different levels of light in
cingulate gyrus
Thompson & Spencer
pupil
projection areas
3. Associated with (spoken) language reception/comprehension - memory processing - and emotional control; contains Wernicke'S area and the auditory cortex
aqueous humor; vitreous humor
All-or-None Law
temporal lobes
Cranial Nerve I
4. If head is rotated - eye movements occur in the same direction
nystagmus
temporal summation
cutaneous senses
menstrual cycle
5. 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)
6. Causes mesolimbic dopamine hyperactivity; etiology of schizophrenia
graded potentials
glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)
homeostasis
prefrontal hypoactivity
7. Facial Nerve - moves face and salivates
subdural space
ultimate biological considerations
Cranial Nerve VII
REM rebound
8. Pleasure center of the brain; discovered by Olds & Milner
occipital lobes
septum
aphasia
the adrenal medulla
9. Part of limbic system; protrusion of the bottom of the brain at the posterior end of the hypothalamus - contains some hypothalamic nuclei
mammillary bodies
dopaminergic systems
biological etiology of Parkinson'S Disease
Cranial Nerve I
10. Supernormal
neostriatum
supernormal stimulus
adrenal cortex
Cranial Nerve VI
11. A patient who had intact intelligence but an inability to learn/remember anything new (severe anterograde amnesia)
affinity
endorphin
mesencephalon
H.M
12. Occurs when a neuron is hyperpolarized and characterized by sufficient strength of stimulation triggering a new action potential
relative refractory period
REM sleep; Slow Wave Sleep
Hebb rule
superior colliculi
13. 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
Bruce effect
hypothalamus + thalamus
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
Lee-Boot effect
14. Extensive research in dreams - said BAH to Freud; proposed the activation-synthesis hypothesis (dreams are nothing more than the product of random electrical impulses)
Hobson & McCarley
suprachiasmatic nucleus
non-REM sleep
amygdala
15. The maintenance of water balance in the body
Cranial Nerve VIII
Frontal lobe
dopamine (neurotransmitter)
osmoregulation
16. Caudate nucleus and putamen
hypothalamus
neostriatum
reticulum
ethology
17. Occurs for body temperature - blood glucose levels - blood concentration - etc -hormones are important
Whitten effect
ventricles
homeostatic regulation
hypnagogic activity
18. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the ventral tegmental area and ending in the nucleus accumbens - amygdala and hippocampus
sign stimulus
sleep paralysis
Mesolimbic System
endogenous
19. Found in the ventricles and spinal canal
ethology
cerebrospinal fluid
Vandenbergh effect
glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)
20. Contains receptors to detect when the body needs food or fluids; the hunger center; lesions lead to aphagia
melatonin
REM sleep
lateral hypothalamus (LH)
diencephalon
21. A large network of neural tissue located in the central region of the brain stem - from the medulla to the diencephalon
prefrontal hypoactivity
reticular formation
Vomeronasal Organ
septum
22. Occurs intermittently during early stages of slow-wave sleep and REM sleep 3.5-7.5 Hz
a decrease in neuropeptide Y
theta activity
adrenocorticotropic (ACTH)
norepinephrine
23. Is an oversensitivity to dopamine (D2)
amacrine cells
indications of psychological-physiological interaction in pain
nigrostriatal system
biological etiology of schizophrenia
24. Are postsynaptic potentials that are found in the dendrites and vary in their intensity
corpus callosum
graded potentials
endorphin & enkephalin
REM sleep; Slow Wave Sleep
25. A chemical released by one animal that affects the behavior or physiology of another animal; usually smelled or tasted
pheromone
amygdala
tritanopia
Yerkes-Dodson Law
26. Relays nerve impulses - processes sensory impulses - reflex behavior and contains nerve cell bodies
reticulum
contralateral
spinal cord
superior colliculi
27. 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
subarachnoid space
antagonist
basic rest-activity cycle
28. Sudden - sharp waveforms found only in Stage II of sleep; spontaneously occur about one per minute but also to unexpected noises
K Complexes
glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)
dirty medications; clean medications
lateral hypothalamus (LH)
29. Oculomotor Nerve - moves eye pupil
Cranial Nerve III
Bem'S Androgyny studies
mammillary bodies
temporal summation
30. Eating - sex - aggression - sleep - focus on subcortical and neuroendocrine control of behavior
behavioral regulation
indirect antagonists
homeostasis
motor cortex
31. States that performance is worst at extremely low or extremely high levels of arousal and optimally at an intermediate level
estrous cycle
Yerkes-Dodson Law
collateral sprouting
path of lightwaves entering eye
32. Tremors - rigidity of limbs - poor balance and difficulty initiating movements
33. These two developed the criteria for habituation; basic process is a form of synaptic depression that occurs presyntaptically.
equipotentiality
aqueous humor; vitreous humor
symptoms of Parkinson'S Disease
Thompson & Spencer
34. Dorsal part of midbrain; includes the superior and inferior colliculi
sexual dimorphic behavior
tolerance
REM sleep
tectum
35. Sign
neuropeptide Y (NPY)
sign stimulus
path of lightwaves entering eye
bregma
36. Has neurons for reflexes
REM rebound
relative refractory period
Cranial Nerve X
spinal cord
37. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the ventral tegmental area and ending in prefrontal cortex
pineal gland
Cranial Nerve IX
Mesocortical system
pupil
38. Holds the lens in place
direct antagonist
suspensory ligament
Korsakoff'S amnesia
the adrenal medulla
39. Two different presynaptic neurons/inputs to a post-synaptic cell
stages of sleep
Frontal lobe
Cranial Nerve I
spatial summation
40. An axon of a neuron in one region of the brain whose terminals form synapses with neurons in another region
projection fiber
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
receptive field
Ketamine
41. Increasing effects/effectiveness of a medication due to repeated administration
alpha activity
sensitivity
umami
autolytic
42. Affect multiple receptors; highly preferential to which type of receptor they affect
projection fiber
Vandenbergh effect
dirty medications; clean medications
pineal gland
43. Lens changes initiated by the ciliary muscles to change the shape of the lens in order to focus image on the retina
hindbrain
All-or-None Law
accommodation (bodily)
neuropeptide Y (NPY)
44. 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
ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)
neuropeptide Y (NPY)
adrenal cortex
basal forebrain
45. Binding of a drug to a receptor site that does not interfere with the binding site for the principal ligand
hypothalamus
non-competitive binding
autonomic nervous system
hippocampus
46. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis -controls stress response
indications of psychological-physiological interaction in pain
Vomeronasal Organ
HPA Axis
mesencephalon
47. Research indicates that the expressing of negative emotions is associated with increased immune function; inhibiting negative emotions with decreasing immune function
anterior hypothalamus
emotional disclosure + immune functioning
tardive dyskinesia
parietal lobes
48. Means 'Savory' in Japanese and is a taste receptor found on the tongue; activated by glutamate present in meats - cheese and other protein heavy foods
ipsilateral
absolute refractory periods
umami
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
49. When a neuron reaches its excitation threshold - the neuron will produce an action potential of FIXED amplitude regardless of the magnitude of the stimulation
lateral hypothalamus (LH)
Glial cells
All-or-None Law
an increase in alpha-1 receptors
50. Moving forward
Mesocortical system
behavioral regulation
anterograde
the adrenal medulla