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BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF BEHAVIOR
Chapter 2
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THE
CENTURY THEORY THAT BUMPS ON THE
SKULL REVEAL A PERSON’S ABILITIES AND TRAITS IS
CALLED?
Phrenology
WHAT IS SOMETIMES CUT TO PREVENT SEIZURES?
Corpus Callosum
HORMONES CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH STRESS ARE
PRODUCED BY WHAT GLAND?
Adreanal
WHICH PORTION OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX IS MOST
DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN DECISION MAKING AND
JUDGEMENT FORMATION?
Frontal
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TECHNOLOGIES ENABLES
PSYCHOLOGISTS TO VISUALIZE BRAIN FUNCTION?
fMRI and PET Scan
WHAT VARIABLE IS MANIPULATED BY THE
RESEARCHER?
Independent Variable
WHAT TYPE OF NEURONS MOVE MUSCLES?
Motor Neurons
SIMPLE BEHAVIORS SUCH AS BLINKING AND
SNEEZING ARE CALLED?
Reflexes
AS A RESULT OF INJURY TO HER BRAIN, BRIAN NO
LONGER CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT PEOPLE SAY TO HER,
ALTHOUGH SHE HEARS THEM. THE REGION OF THE
CEREBRAL CORTEX MOST LIKELY INJURED IS HER
Temporal Lobe
WHAT TYPE OF NEURONS ARE ONLY FOUND IN
THE CNS?
Interneurons
WHAT IS THE ONLY TYPE OF RESEARCH THAT CAN
SHOW CAUSE AND EFFECT?
Experiment
WHAT DOES THE CEREBELLUM DO?
Balance and Coordination
THE BRAIN NOT PRODUCING ENOUGH DOPAMINE
CAUSES CAN CAUSE WHAT DISEASE?
Parkinson’s
WHAT IS THE OLDEST BRAIN STRUCTURE?
Brainstem
WHAT TYPE OF BRAIN IMAGING LOOKS AT THE
BRAIN’S ELECTROCHEMICAL WAVES?
EEG
WHICH PORTION OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX IS
MOST DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN HEARING SOUNDS
Temporal Lobe
PAINKILLING SUBSTANCES IN THE BRAIN ARE
KNOWN AS?
Endorphines
WHICH PORTION OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX IS
MOST DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN SEEING THINGS?
Occipital Lobe
PART OF APHASIA, NOT BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT SOMEONE SAYS INDICIATES DAMAGE TO WHAT
PART OF THE BRAIN?
Wernicke’s Area
WHAT DIVISION OF THE PNS (PERIPHERAL NERVOUS
SYSTEM) GETS YOU READY FOR FIGHT OF FLIGHT?
Parasympathetic Nervous System
CHEMICAL MESSENGERS OF THE ENDOCRINE
SYSTEM ARE CALLED?
Hormones
WHAT TYPE OF RESEARCH LOOKS AT RELATIONSHIPS,
BUT CAN NOT SHOW CAUSATION?
Correlation
WHAT COATS THE AXON, ALLOWING FOR SPEEDY
ELECTROCHEMICAL COMMUNICATION?
Mylein Sheath
WHAT GROUP GETS THE PLACEBO?
Control Group
THE PART OF THE BRAIN MOST CLOSELY ASSOCIATED
WITH REGULATION OF HUNGER, THIRST, AND BODY
TEMPERATURE IS THE
Hypothalamus
WHAT TYPE OF RESEARCH LOOKS AT A SINGLE SUBJECT
FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, BUT CAN SOMETIMES BE
USED TO GENERALIZE INFORMATION TO SIMILAR
CASES?
Case Study
THE UNIT OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE
HUMAN NERVOUS SYSTEM IS THE
Neuron