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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






3. Is a receptor blocker; binds with a receptor but does not activate it - actually prevents the natural ligand from binding with the receptor






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






5. Colored part of the eye






6. Is found in PTSD/CPTSD patients and persons exposed to chronic stress






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






8. Abducens Nerve - moves eye






9. Relays nerve impulses - processes sensory impulses - reflex behavior and contains nerve cell bodies






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






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






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






13. Lens changes initiated by the ciliary muscles to change the shape of the lens in order to focus image on the retina






14. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the ventral tegmental area and ending in prefrontal cortex






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






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






17. Has two lobes that are connected by the massa intermedia (looks like a pair of balls - without the nutsack)






18. Olfactory Nerve - smell






19. Norepinephrine and serotonin






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






21. States that performance is worst at extremely low or extremely high levels of arousal and optimally at an intermediate level






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)






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






24. 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)






26. Sudden - sharp waveforms found only in Stage II of sleep; spontaneously occur about one per minute but also to unexpected noises






27. A drug that facilitates the effects of a particular neurotransmitter on the postsynaptic cell






28. Accessory Nerve - moves the head






29. Is increased in its production by training/experience and therefore - associated with memory






30. The maintenance of water balance in the body






31. Regulates body temperature






32. Supernormal






33. Caudate nucleus and putamen






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






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






36. Sleepwalking - sleep talking






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






38. Decreases with age up until age 30 - then begins to increase *(counter intuitive)*






39. A drug that opposes/inhibits the effects of a particular neurotransmitter on the postsynaptic cell






40. Comprised of the hypothalamus - pituitary gland - thyroid gland - parathyroid - the adrenal cortex - the adrenal medulla - the pancreas - the ovaries/testes - pineal gland.






41. Motor neurons found in the Somatic (voluntary) and Autonomic (involuntary) Nervous Systems






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






43. Vision: protrusions on top of the midbrain; part of visual system






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'






46. Research indicates that the expressing of negative emotions is associated with increased immune function; inhibiting negative emotions with decreasing immune function






47. Projects to ventral tegmental area






48. Part of limbic system; protrusion of the bottom of the brain at the posterior end of the hypothalamus - contains some hypothalamic nuclei






49. An area that combines input from diverse brain regions






50. Is characteristic of indirect antagonists