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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. Audition: protrusions on top of midbrain; part of auditory system
substantia nigra
amygdala
inferior colliculi
indirect antagonists
2. The midbrain; a region that surrounds the cerebral aqueduct; includes tectum and the tegmentum
tardive dyskinesia
non-REM sleep
mesencephalon
tectum
3. An area that combines input from diverse brain regions
Cranial Nerve VI
fusiform face area
contralateral
association area
4. Occurs under drug-induced conditions - including excessive use of marijuana; high body temperature - autonomic instability and muscle rigidity
spinal cord
neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
aqueous humor
reciprocal innervation
5. The increase in REM sleep seen after a period of REM sleep deprivation
consummatory stimulus
aqueous humor
REM rebound
tectum
6. Are postsynaptic potentials that are found in the dendrites and vary in their intensity
graded potentials
menstrual cycle
sleep attack
basal ganglia
7. Occurs when a neuron is hyperpolarized and characterized by sufficient strength of stimulation triggering a new action potential
supernormal stimulus
biological etiology of Parkinson'S Disease
indications of psychological-physiological interaction in pain
relative refractory period
8. Tremors - rigidity of limbs - poor balance and difficulty initiating movements
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9. 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)
relative refractory period
septum
aphasia
fusiform face area
10. 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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11. Consummatory stimulus
receptive field
monoamines
ultimate biological considerations
consummatory stimulus
12. 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
cutaneous senses
retinal ganglion cells
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
sign stimulus
13. Strip of limbic cortex lying along the lateral walls of the groove separating the cerebral hemispheres - just above the corpus callosum
cingulate gyrus
antagonist
receptive field
pheromone
14. Includes the tectum and tegmentum
mesencephalon
tritanopia
Cranial Nerve X
Yerkes-Dodson Law
15. Thymoleptics = relieves mania of bipolar disorder (lithium carbonate - valproic acid - carbamazepine)
antimanics
aphasia
amygdala
glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)
16. Decreasing effects of a medication due to repeated administration
acetylcholine
tolerance
glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)
hypothalamus
17. Is found between the dura mater and arachnoid mater meninges
subdural space
Cranial Nerve V
Cranial Nerves
L-Dopa
18. If a synapse is active at about the same time that a postsynaptic neuron is active - that synapse will be strengthened
substantia nigra
Hebb rule
thyroid
amygdala
19. 'covering'
Cranial Nerve V
tegmentum
gonad
hypothalamus
20. Sits just above the hindbrain - contains cranial nerves - parts of the reticular formation -important relay stations for sensory information and the substantia nigra
midbrain
reciprocal innervation
proximal image
anterior hypothalamus
21. First described by Descartes - a combination of antagonistic muscle movements (e.g. those involved in walking)
hypocretin
relative refractory period
polysomnograms
reciprocal innervation
22. Completely disactivates the prefrontal cortex (PFC); due to high levels of norepinephrine (NE)
an increase in alpha-1 receptors
Cranial Nerve I
monoamines
Hobson & McCarley
23. Are direct antagonists; binds with a receptor but does not activate it - but prevents the natural ligand from binding with the receptor
anterograde
hypothalamus
occipital lobes
receptor blockers
24. Binding of drug to receptor site that doesn'T interfere with the principal ligand
indirect antagonists
noncompetitive binding
tolerance
cerebellum
25. 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)
hypothalamus
equipotentiality
indirect antagonists
REM rebound
26. 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
REM sleep
proximal image
the ___ refractory period follows the ____ refractory period
ethology
27. Adenine - Guanine - Thymine - Cytosine
Cranial Nerve IX
nucleotides
Cranial Nerve V
substantia nigra
28. Those biological considerations which are DISTANT; Evolutionary Psychology - Comparative Psychology - Ethology
ultimate biological considerations
sensitivity
scotopic vision
cutaneous senses
29. Found in the hypothalamus - function to maintain the water balance in the body
osmoreceptors
Whitten effect
law of specific nerve energies
acetylcholine (neurotransmitter)
30. Oculomotor Nerve - moves eye pupil
neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
locus coeruleus
sleep
Cranial Nerve III
31. Is regulated by the hypothalamus
menstrual cycle
agonist
homeostasis
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
32. Can occur after long term antipsychotic tx (opposite of Parkinson'S?); oversensitivity to dopamine
fornix
tardive dyskinesia
meninges
motor cortex
33. Supernormal
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
Hebb rule
supernormal stimulus
All-or-None Law
34. Hormone secreted during the night by the pineal body; role in circadian and seasonal rhythms
melatonin
motor cortex
dopamine (neurotransmitter)
menstrual cycle
35. Cornea - aqueous humor - pupil - lens - vitreous humor - retina
path of lightwaves entering eye
cerebral cortex
medulla & pons
emotional disclosure + immune functioning
36. Stimulates bone growth and produces the hormones: somatotropin - prolactin - thyroid-stimulating - adrenocorticotropic (ACTH) - follicle-stimulating - luteinnizing
monoamines
pituitary gland
cerebral cortex
the adrenal medulla
37. Occurs intermittently during early stages of slow-wave sleep and REM sleep 3.5-7.5 Hz
prefrontal cortex
theta activity
alpha activity
proximal image
38. 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)
biological etiology of schizophrenia
collateral sprouting
superior colliculi
cerebral cortex
39. Abducens Nerve - moves eye
effects of repeated administration
Cranial Nerve VI
Coolidge effect
cerebrospinal fluid
40. Refers to both the somatosensory cortex and motor cortex (they are a little different but very interrelated)
dopaminergic systems
sensorimotor cortex
aphasia
tegmentum
41. 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
retinal ganglion cells
antimanics
stages of sleep
hypothalamus + thalamus
42. All have similar molecular structure - so many 'dirty' medications
supernormal stimulus
reticular formation
monoamines
substantia nigra
43. 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
projection area
dirty medications; clean medications
Bruce effect
fusiform face area
44. Readiness with which molecules/drugs/medications join together; varies widely from medication to medication
zygote
ethology
hypothalamus
affinity
45. Most pervasive excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain
spatial summation
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
monoamine neurotransmitters
homeostatic regulation
46. Include tolerance (possible withdrawal) and sensitivity
pheromone
the 4 effects of pheromones on reproductive cycles
effects of repeated administration
hypocretin
47. Is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in vertebrates; these receptors are ionotropic
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
endorphin
antagonist
ventricles
48. Located in the midbrain - a group of neurons which produce dopamine and degenerate in Parkinson'S Disease
substantia nigra
collateral sprouting
Cranial Nerve II
Bruce effect
49. The scientific study of animal behavior; documentation of species-specific instinctual behaviors
Lee-Boot effect
ethology
Cranial Nerve VIII
aqueous humor; vitreous humor
50. Is found in the interior rostral temporal lobe - part of limbic system
law of specific nerve energies
estrous cycle
receptor blockers
amygdala