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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






2. The midbrain; a region that surrounds the cerebral aqueduct; includes tectum and the tegmentum






3. An area that combines input from diverse brain regions






4. Occurs under drug-induced conditions - including excessive use of marijuana; high body temperature - autonomic instability and muscle rigidity






5. The increase in REM sleep seen after a period of REM sleep deprivation






6. Are postsynaptic potentials that are found in the dendrites and vary in their intensity






7. Occurs when a neuron is hyperpolarized and characterized by sufficient strength of stimulation triggering a new action potential






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)






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






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






13. Strip of limbic cortex lying along the lateral walls of the groove separating the cerebral hemispheres - just above the corpus callosum






14. Includes the tectum and tegmentum






15. Thymoleptics = relieves mania of bipolar disorder (lithium carbonate - valproic acid - carbamazepine)






16. Decreasing effects of a medication due to repeated administration






17. Is found between the dura mater and arachnoid mater meninges






18. If a synapse is active at about the same time that a postsynaptic neuron is active - that synapse will be strengthened






19. 'covering'






20. Sits just above the hindbrain - contains cranial nerves - parts of the reticular formation -important relay stations for sensory information and the substantia nigra






21. First described by Descartes - a combination of antagonistic muscle movements (e.g. those involved in walking)






22. Completely disactivates the prefrontal cortex (PFC); due to high levels of norepinephrine (NE)






23. Are direct antagonists; binds with a receptor but does not activate it - but prevents the natural ligand from binding with the receptor






24. Binding of drug to receptor site that doesn'T interfere with the principal ligand






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)






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






27. Adenine - Guanine - Thymine - Cytosine






28. Those biological considerations which are DISTANT; Evolutionary Psychology - Comparative Psychology - Ethology






29. Found in the hypothalamus - function to maintain the water balance in the body






30. Oculomotor Nerve - moves eye pupil






31. Is regulated by the hypothalamus






32. Can occur after long term antipsychotic tx (opposite of Parkinson'S?); oversensitivity to dopamine






33. Supernormal






34. Hormone secreted during the night by the pineal body; role in circadian and seasonal rhythms






35. Cornea - aqueous humor - pupil - lens - vitreous humor - retina






36. Stimulates bone growth and produces the hormones: somatotropin - prolactin - thyroid-stimulating - adrenocorticotropic (ACTH) - follicle-stimulating - luteinnizing






37. Occurs intermittently during early stages of slow-wave sleep and REM sleep 3.5-7.5 Hz






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)






39. Abducens Nerve - moves eye






40. Refers to both the somatosensory cortex and motor cortex (they are a little different but very interrelated)






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






42. All have similar molecular structure - so many 'dirty' medications






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






44. Readiness with which molecules/drugs/medications join together; varies widely from medication to medication






45. Most pervasive excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain






46. Include tolerance (possible withdrawal) and sensitivity






47. Is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in vertebrates; these receptors are ionotropic






48. Located in the midbrain - a group of neurons which produce dopamine and degenerate in Parkinson'S Disease






49. The scientific study of animal behavior; documentation of species-specific instinctual behaviors






50. Is found in the interior rostral temporal lobe - part of limbic system