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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. Includes comparative (evolution/genetics/animal behavior/ethology) and behavioral regulation
aqueous humor; vitreous humor
biological foundations
tectum
agonist
2. Controls sexual activity; lesions inhibit sexual behavior; stimulation increases aggressive sexual behavior
progesterone
proximal image
ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)
anterior hypothalamus
3. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the substantia nigra and ending in the neostriatum
bregma
lesions in the reticular activating system
alpha activity
nigrostriatal system
4. Self-dissolving
autolytic
Yerkes-Dodson Law
dopamine (neurotransmitter)
species- specific reactions
5. Is everything anterior to the central sulcus
dopamine (neurotransmitter)
sleep attack
Frontal lobe
GABA
6. Strip of limbic cortex lying along the lateral walls of the groove separating the cerebral hemispheres - just above the corpus callosum
cingulate gyrus
direct antagonist
REM sleep
projection fiber
7. Is found in PTSD/CPTSD patients and persons exposed to chronic stress
ovaries/testes
lipid soluble drugs/medications
hair cells
a decrease in neuropeptide Y
8. Is used to treat Parkinson'S Disease
Cranial Nerve IV
ultimate biological considerations
L-Dopa
parietal lobes
9. Hormones that reduce pain
endorphin & enkephalin
aphasia
diploid
suprachiasmatic nucleus
10. Involved in the effects of odors/pheromones in reproductive behavior - a nucleus that receives olfactory information from the olfactory bulb and accessory olfactory bulb
progesterone
medial nucleus of the amygdala
Korsakoff'S amnesia
hair cells
11. These two developed the criteria for habituation; basic process is a form of synaptic depression that occurs presyntaptically.
autonomic nervous system
umami
indications of psychological-physiological interaction in pain
Thompson & Spencer
12. Tremors - rigidity of limbs - poor balance and difficulty initiating movements
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13. Found that developmental changes occurring in puberty make the brain more susceptible to the psychotic effects of NDMA antagonist and therefore also related to the emergence of symptoms of schizophrenia
Farber et al. (1995)
neostriatum
Hobson & McCarley
Vandenbergh effect
14. Completely disactivates the prefrontal cortex (PFC); due to high levels of norepinephrine (NE)
Ketamine
an increase in alpha-1 receptors
ethology
association areas; projection areas
15. Eating - sex - aggression - sleep - focus on subcortical and neuroendocrine control of behavior
association area
association areas; projection areas
prefrontal cortex
behavioral regulation
16. Affect multiple receptors; highly preferential to which type of receptor they affect
dirty medications; clean medications
non-competitive bonding
progesterone
parathyroid
17. An axon of a neuron in one region of the brain whose terminals form synapses with neurons in another region
equipotentiality
lesions in the reticular activating system
projection fiber
REM sleep
18. The female reproductive cycle of mammals other than primates
sensorimotor cortex
mesencephalon
estrous cycle
REM sleep; Slow Wave Sleep
19. Occurs intermittently during early stages of slow-wave sleep and REM sleep 3.5-7.5 Hz
theta activity
ultimate biological considerations
neostriatum
Cranial Nerve II
20. Pass the easiest through the blood-brain barrier
sensitivity
Cranial Nerve X
lipid soluble drugs/medications
dopamine (neurotransmitter)
21. An ovary or teste
mesencephalon
ionotropic receptors
gonad
spinal cord
22. Is found at the base of the brain - underneath the thalamus (**remember hypo-below)
Cranial Nerve XI
hypothalamus
species- specific reactions
Hobson & McCarley
23. In the limbic system - is a fiber bundle - connects hippocampus with stuff (including the mammillary bodies of the hypothalamus)
autonomic nervous system
HPA Axis
cerebrospinal fluid
fornix
24. Trigerminal Nerve - face sensation
iris
Cranial Nerve V
Bem'S Androgyny studies
association areas; projection areas
25. Controls sexual activity
ethology
dopamine (neurotransmitter)
brainstem
anterior hypothalamus
26. Emotional perception and expression (particularly fearful emotions and detection of threat)
affinity
sleep attack
amygdala
Mesolimbic System
27. Those biological considerations which are DISTANT; Evolutionary Psychology - Comparative Psychology - Ethology
parietal lobes
Cranial Nerve X
acetylcholine
ultimate biological considerations
28. Affect sex characteristics/development and produce estrogen/progesterone (in females - ovaries) and testosterone (in male - testes)
ovaries/testes
effects of repeated administration
symptoms of Parkinson'S Disease
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
29. The slowing and eventual cessation of estrous cycles in groups of female animals that are housed together; caused by a pheromone in the animals urine and first observed in mice
hindbrain
path of cerebrospinal fluid
inferior colliculi
Lee-Boot effect
30. Combines input from diverse brain regions; receives sensory information/sends motor impulses
gonad
Hebb rule
consummatory stimulus
association areas; projection areas
31. Occurs during the deepest stages of slow-wave sleep; regular - synchronous electrical activity of less than 4 Hz
Cranial Nerve XII
reticulum
delta activity
lens
32. Lens changes initiated by the ciliary muscles to change the shape of the lens in order to focus image on the retina
accommodation (bodily)
projection area
ovaries/testes
temporal summation
33. Acetylcholine - glutamate - gamma-aminobutyric acid - dopamine - serotonin - norepinephrine - endorphin
Coolidge effect
anterior hypothalamus
the 7 major neurotransmitters
aqueous humor
34. An area that combines input from diverse brain regions
association area
autolytic
basal ganglia
Thompson & Spencer
35. Automatic and rapidly acquired reactions - not attributable to reinforcement or conditioning
species- specific reactions
endorphin & enkephalin
Bruce effect
ventricles
36. Is found between the dura mater and arachnoid mater meninges
subdural space
sensorimotor cortex
association area
antagonist
37. Symptom of narcolepsy; complete paralysis that occurs while AWAKE/conscious; will suddenly fall to floor paralyzed for a few minutes
a decrease in neuropeptide Y
cataplexy
path of lightwaves entering eye
suprachiasmatic nucleus
38. Readiness with which molecules/drugs/medications join together; varies widely from medication to medication
GABA
affinity
diencephalon
beta activity
39. Is characteristic of indirect antagonists
nigrostriatal system
nucleotides
non-competitive bonding
stages of sleep
40. 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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41. Phantom limb pain - hypnotic induction and the success rate of placebo treatments
pituitary gland
indications of psychological-physiological interaction in pain
adrenocorticotropic (ACTH)
neuropeptide Y (NPY)
42. Has neurons for reflexes
suspensory ligament
biological foundations
spinal cord
alpha activity
43. Ventral part of midbrain - includes periaqueductal gray matter - reticular formation - red nucleus - and substantia nigra
hair cells
theta activity
tegmentum
lesions in the reticular activating system
44. Comprised of the hypothalamus - pituitary gland - thyroid gland - parathyroid - the adrenal cortex - the adrenal medulla - the pancreas - the ovaries/testes - pineal gland.
ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
endocrine system
adrenocorticotropic (ACTH)
45. Supernormal
Coolidge effect
thalamus
supernormal stimulus
umami
46. Also known as ABLATION - is any surgically induced brain lesion
lens
extirpation
gonad
HPA Axis
47. Caudate nucleus and putamen
tectum
neostriatum
HPA Axis
acetylcholine
48. A sensory organ that detects the presence of certain chemicals - especially when a liquid is actively sniffed; mediates the effects of some pheromones
non-competitive binding
autonomic nervous system
noncompetitive binding
Vomeronasal Organ
49. 'Roof'
tectum
beta activity
stages of sleep
alpha activity
50. Optic Nerve - sight
anterior hypothalamus
spinal cord
reciprocal innervation
Cranial Nerve II