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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. 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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2. Viscous substance between cornea and lens; transparent substance between lens and retina
aqueous humor; vitreous humor
sensitivity
progesterone
non-REM sleep
3. Is a receptor blocker; binds with a receptor but does not activate it - actually prevents the natural ligand from binding with the receptor
substantia nigra
Bem'S Androgyny studies
norepinephrine
direct antagonist
4. 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
reciprocal innervation
hypothalamus
cerebral cortex
amacrine cells
5. Colored part of the eye
midbrain
aqueous humor; vitreous humor
ultimate biological considerations
iris
6. Is found in PTSD/CPTSD patients and persons exposed to chronic stress
a decrease in neuropeptide Y
sleep
locus coeruleus
neuropeptide Y (NPY)
7. Found in the hypothalamus - function to maintain the water balance in the body
osmoregulation
monozygotic twins
osmoreceptors
Cranial Nerve VI
8. Abducens Nerve - moves eye
hippocampus
tegmentum
Cranial Nerve VI
equipotentiality
9. Relays nerve impulses - processes sensory impulses - reflex behavior and contains nerve cell bodies
Whitten effect
direct antagonist
amygdala
spinal cord
10. A steroid hormone produced by the ovary that maintains the endometrial lining of the uterus during the later part of the menstrual cycle and during pregnancy; along with estradiol it promotes receptivity in female mammals with estrous cycles
temporal lobes
spatial summation
amygdala
progesterone
11. Sits just above the hindbrain - contains cranial nerves - parts of the reticular formation -important relay stations for sensory information and the substantia nigra
homeostatic regulation
hindbrain
neuropeptide Y (NPY)
midbrain
12. 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
homeostasis
Mesocortical system
monozygotic twins
hypothalamus
13. Lens changes initiated by the ciliary muscles to change the shape of the lens in order to focus image on the retina
ovaries/testes
norepinephrine
accommodation (bodily)
Korsakoff'S amnesia
14. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the ventral tegmental area and ending in prefrontal cortex
path of lightwaves entering eye
spatial summation
sleep attack
Mesocortical system
15. Produces acetylcholine. One of the earliest sites of cell death in Alzheimer'S Disease (neurological disorder associated with a deficiency in acetylcholine) is in the basal forebrain
basal forebrain
cerebellum
thyroid
endorphin & enkephalin
16. Is found in the interior rostral temporal lobe - part of limbic system
superior colliculi
emotional disclosure + immune functioning
amygdala
retinal ganglion cells
17. Has two lobes that are connected by the massa intermedia (looks like a pair of balls - without the nutsack)
path of cerebrospinal fluid
thalamus
Glial cells
reciprocal innervation
18. Olfactory Nerve - smell
Vomeronasal Organ
Cranial Nerve I
mesencephalon
Cranial Nerve X
19. Norepinephrine and serotonin
beta activity
monoamine neurotransmitters
fusiform face area
subarachnoid space
20. Can occur after long term antipsychotic tx (opposite of Parkinson'S?); oversensitivity to dopamine
tardive dyskinesia
endocrine system
Vomeronasal Organ
pituitary gland
21. States that performance is worst at extremely low or extremely high levels of arousal and optimally at an intermediate level
cerebellum
Yerkes-Dodson Law
aphasia
biological etiology of schizophrenia
22. 1. ventral tegmentum to mesolimbic forebrain (cognition - reward systems - emotional behavior) 2. substantia nigra to caudate nucleus putamen (movement and sensory stimulation) 3. hypothalamus to pituitary gland (neuronal/hormonal control)
alpha activity
substantia nigra
cataplexy
the 3 major pathways of dopamine in the brain
23. If a synapse is active at about the same time that a postsynaptic neuron is active - that synapse will be strengthened
reticulum
Hebb rule
diploid
emotional disclosure + immune functioning
24. Consummatory stimulus
indications of psychological-physiological interaction in pain
dopaminergic systems
K Complexes
consummatory stimulus
25. Convoluted of hills (gyri) and valleys (sulci) divided into two hemispheres (left and right) which are further divided into four lobes (occipital - parietal - temporal and frontal)
hypothalamus + thalamus
cerebral cortex
scotopic vision
tolerance
26. Sudden - sharp waveforms found only in Stage II of sleep; spontaneously occur about one per minute but also to unexpected noises
efferent neurons
K Complexes
Cranial Nerve VI
dopamine (neurotransmitter)
27. A drug that facilitates the effects of a particular neurotransmitter on the postsynaptic cell
prefrontal hypoactivity
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
agonist
estrous cycle
28. Accessory Nerve - moves the head
stages of sleep
graded potentials
hypnagogic activity
Cranial Nerve XI
29. Is increased in its production by training/experience and therefore - associated with memory
ultimate biological considerations
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
hindbrain
projection area
30. The maintenance of water balance in the body
emotional disclosure + immune functioning
lateral hypothalamus (LH)
adrenocorticotropic (ACTH)
osmoregulation
31. Regulates body temperature
aphasia
anterior hypothalamus
norepinephrine
hypothalamus
32. Supernormal
supernormal stimulus
subcortical structures
mesencephalon
affinity
33. Caudate nucleus and putamen
neostriatum
alpha activity
agonist
endocrine system
34. Involved in the effects of odors/pheromones in reproductive behavior - a nucleus that receives olfactory information from the olfactory bulb and accessory olfactory bulb
cutaneous senses
medial nucleus of the amygdala
H.M
phenotype
35. Focuses light waves on the retina and is held in place by the suspensory ligament; aqueous humor on cornea side; vitreous humor on retina side
cerebral cortex
adrenal cortex
hypothalamus
lens
36. Sleepwalking - sleep talking
ultimate biological considerations
hypnagogic activity
endogenous
umami
37. Cornea - aqueous humor - pupil - lens - vitreous humor - retina
adrenocorticotropic (ACTH)
tolerance
path of lightwaves entering eye
Korsakoff'S amnesia
38. Decreases with age up until age 30 - then begins to increase *(counter intuitive)*
lens
pupil
reaction time
Hebb rule
39. A drug that opposes/inhibits the effects of a particular neurotransmitter on the postsynaptic cell
fornix
parathyroid
receptive field
antagonist
40. Comprised of the hypothalamus - pituitary gland - thyroid gland - parathyroid - the adrenal cortex - the adrenal medulla - the pancreas - the ovaries/testes - pineal gland.
indications of psychological-physiological interaction in pain
synthesis-activation hypothesis
endocrine system
the 4 effects of pheromones on reproductive cycles
41. Motor neurons found in the Somatic (voluntary) and Autonomic (involuntary) Nervous Systems
efferent neurons
occipital lobes
tyrosine
homeostasis
42. Is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in vertebrates; these receptors are ionotropic
pituitary gland
vitreous humor
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
midbrain
43. Vision: protrusions on top of the midbrain; part of visual system
L-Dopa
an increase in alpha-1 receptors
zygosity
superior colliculi
44. An anterograde amnesia in which one cannot form episodic memories BUT in experiments - patients that cannot identify previously heard melodies do show a preference for them -> explicit memory function has a different neurological basis than implicit
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45. 'little brain'
monoamines
substantia nigra
hair cells
cerebellum
46. Research indicates that the expressing of negative emotions is associated with increased immune function; inhibiting negative emotions with decreasing immune function
emotional disclosure + immune functioning
REM rebound
cingulate gyrus
occipital lobes
47. Projects to ventral tegmental area
Cranial Nerve VIII
corpus callosum
diencephalon
prefrontal cortex
48. Part of limbic system; protrusion of the bottom of the brain at the posterior end of the hypothalamus - contains some hypothalamic nuclei
mammillary bodies
motor cortex
stages of sleep
Cranial Nerve III
49. An area that combines input from diverse brain regions
aphasia
Cranial Nerve VIII
umami
association area
50. Is characteristic of indirect antagonists
non-competitive bonding
osmoreceptors
antagonist
hindbrain