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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. Is used as an anaesthetic for children and animals but causes psychosis in adults
amygdala
cerebrospinal fluid
Ketamine
hypothalamus + thalamus
2. 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
thalamus
non-REM sleep
corpus callosum
3. 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
symptoms of Parkinson'S Disease
tegmentum
indirect antagonists
REM sleep
4. Absolute; relative
the ___ refractory period follows the ____ refractory period
tectum
motor cortex
cingulate gyrus
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)
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6. Also known as ABLATION - is any surgically induced brain lesion
dopamine (neurotransmitter)
extirpation
midbrain
non-REM sleep
7. Has neurons for reflexes
hippocampus
spinal cord
Whitten effect
symptoms of Parkinson'S Disease
8. Caudate nucleus and putamen
monozygotic twins
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
neostriatum
iris
9. A patient who had intact intelligence but an inability to learn/remember anything new (severe anterograde amnesia)
reciprocal innervation
H.M
nigrostriatal system
projection areas
10. AKA the striate cortex - located at the back of the brain - and contains the visual cortex
occipital lobes
prefrontal cortex
affinity
indications of psychological-physiological interaction in pain
11. Smooth electrical activity of 8-12 Hz -medium frequency - awake but in a restful state (^ eyes closed but conscious)
alpha activity
Farber et al. (1995)
Korsakoff'S amnesia
Glial cells
12. Important to motor system
tectum
monozygotic twins
red nucleus + substantia nigra
non-competitive bonding
13. Is characteristic of indirect antagonists
aphasia
Farber et al. (1995)
substantia nigra
non-competitive bonding
14. Occurs when their is damage to the septal area and results in unchecked aggressive and vicious behavior
septal rage
theta activity
beta activity
lipid soluble drugs/medications
15. A region of the visual association cortex located in the extrastriate cortex at the base of the brain that has special face-recognizing circuits (more important in right hemisphere)
trichromatic levels of color vision
sleep spindles
fusiform face area
efferent neurons
16. Oculomotor Nerve - moves eye pupil
extirpation
Cranial Nerve III
Yerkes-Dodson Law
reciprocal innervation
17. Hormone secreted during the night by the pineal body; role in circadian and seasonal rhythms
gonad
prefrontal hypoactivity
pituitary gland
melatonin
18. Eating - sex - aggression - sleep - focus on subcortical and neuroendocrine control of behavior
behavioral regulation
delta activity
Ketamine
dirty medications; clean medications
19. Precursor to GABA (the most inhibitory/regulatory/pervasive neurotransmitter)
the ___ refractory period follows the ____ refractory period
glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)
Bruce effect
Glial cells
20. Occurs when a neuron is hyperpolarized and characterized by sufficient strength of stimulation triggering a new action potential
path of lightwaves entering eye
relative refractory period
temporal lobes
pituitary gland
21. Part of a glial cell that wraps around the axon of a neuron - providing insulation that facilitates speed of propagation of action potential
myelin sheath
motor cortex
brainstem
hindbrain
22. These two developed the criteria for habituation; basic process is a form of synaptic depression that occurs presyntaptically.
projection area
Bruce effect
Thompson & Spencer
extirpation
23. Hormones that reduce pain
Cranial Nerve VIII
endorphin & enkephalin
behavioral regulation
aphasia
24. Actually are two kinds: monochorionic and dichorionic (blastocyst splis into two before day 4)
monozygotic twins
monoamines
Vandenbergh effect
anterograde
25. If head is rotated - eye movements occur in the same direction
stages of sleep
sensorimotor cortex
nystagmus
indirect antagonists
26. All have similar molecular structure - so many 'dirty' medications
norepinephrine
superior colliculi
monoamines
osmoregulation
27. Can occur after long term antipsychotic tx (opposite of Parkinson'S?); oversensitivity to dopamine
Cranial Nerve XI
emotional disclosure + immune functioning
tardive dyskinesia
L-Dopa
28. Those biological considerations which are DISTANT; Evolutionary Psychology - Comparative Psychology - Ethology
ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)
cerebellum
non-competitive binding
ultimate biological considerations
29. Skin senses that register the sensations of pressure - warmth and cold
K Complexes
zygote
the 4 effects of pheromones on reproductive cycles
cutaneous senses
30. 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)
phenotype
ovaries/testes
non-REM sleep
sleep spindles
31. Is an oversensitivity to dopamine (D2)
tegmentum
diencephalon
neuropeptide Y (NPY)
biological etiology of schizophrenia
32. The visual image of the world on the retina
proximal image
anterior hypothalamus
melatonin
homeostasis
33. Produce drowsiness and sleepiness
lesions in the reticular activating system
tectum
zygosity
relative refractory period
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
medial nucleus of the amygdala
autonomic nervous system
mesencephalon
thyroid
35. Thymoleptics = relieves mania of bipolar disorder (lithium carbonate - valproic acid - carbamazepine)
GABA
antimanics
endorphin
ipsilateral
36. Serotonin = 5-HT -regulation of mood - anxiety - aggression - sleep - appetite - sexuality -rostral and caudal raphe nuclei
umami
basal forebrain
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
mesencephalon
37. Is found in PTSD/CPTSD patients and persons exposed to chronic stress
K Complexes
a decrease in neuropeptide Y
ionotropic receptors
efferent neurons
38. Contains receptors to detect when the body needs food or fluids; the hunger center; lesions lead to aphagia
fusiform face area
alpha activity
hypocretin
lateral hypothalamus (LH)
39. Activates one of 5 types of receptors in the CNS - cognition - motor activity - reward - muscle tone - sleep - mood - attention - learning -higher level effects of dopamine = D2
medulla & pons
Hobson & McCarley
Lee-Boot effect
dopamine (neurotransmitter)
40. Olfactory Nerve - smell
Cranial Nerve I
triggers of behavior
Cranial Nerve VIII
ethology
41. Is found in the frontal lobe (which is divided into the prefrontal lobes and ___ ___)
receptor blockers
motor cortex
retinal ganglion cells
supernormal stimulus
42. Increasing effects/effectiveness of a medication due to repeated administration
biological etiology of schizophrenia
fusiform face area
reciprocal innervation
sensitivity
43. When a neuron reaches its excitation threshold - the neuron will produce an action potential of FIXED amplitude regardless of the magnitude of the stimulation
indirect antagonists
noncompetitive binding
All-or-None Law
Bruce effect
44. Facial Nerve - moves face and salivates
proximal image
amygdala
Cranial Nerve VII
ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)
45. The increase in REM sleep seen after a period of REM sleep deprivation
REM rebound
motor cortex
theta activity
Coolidge effect
46. Is characteristic of indirect antagonist drugs
noncompetitive binding
acetylcholine
dopamine (neurotransmitter)
Frontal lobe
47. 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
slow-wave sleep
non-competitive binding
suprachiasmatic nucleus
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
48. A sensory organ that detects the presence of certain chemicals - especially when a liquid is actively sniffed; mediates the effects of some pheromones
melatonin
Vomeronasal Organ
cerebellum
Cranial Nerve X
49. Made from within - natural
occipital lobes
endogenous
corpus callosum
sexual dimorphic behavior
50. Located in the midbrain - a group of neurons which produce dopamine and degenerate in Parkinson'S Disease
Frontal lobe
ionotropic receptors
hypothalamus + thalamus
substantia nigra