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Transcript
Ch 3 Biopsychology & the
Foundations of
Neuroscience
Study Questions
O 1. The specialty in psychology that studies the
interaction of biology, behavior, and mental
processes is:
O Biopsychology_.
O 2. At the moment of conception, a male child
X chromosomes from his mother and
receives: ___
____
Y from his father.
Natural Selection argues that
O 3.The theory of _____________
organisms adapt over time to their unique
environments.
O 4.Because the human brain is born already
programmed for language, we can say that
innate behavioral tendency.
language is a(n) ________
The Nervous & Endocrine form the body's two
O 5 .____________________
communication systems.
Afferent (Sensory)neurons carry messages to the
O 6. ____________
Efferent (Motor)
central nervous system, and ____________
neurons carry messages away from the central
nervous system.
Neuron is the basic unit or "building block"
O 7.The ________
of the nervous system.
O 8. Describe the process of reuptake.
O Neurotransmitters are broken down, intercepted,
and drawn back into vesicles while in the synaptic
gap then recycled and reused.
O 9. What holds the neurotransmitters and
eventually releases then into the synapse for
transmittal to the next neuron?
O Synaptic Vesicles
O 10. Individuals who suffer from depression
sometimes lack which of the following
neurotransmitters?
O Serotonin
O 11.The peripheral nervous system is comprised
of what two parts?
O Somatic and Autonomic
ovaries
O 12. Hormones from the ___________ influence
female sex characteristics, while hormones from
testes
the ___________
influence male sex
characteristics.
O 13. Hormones are chemicals secreted into the
bloodstream by what type of structures?
O glands
O 14."Fight-or-flight" behavior is associated with
part of the peripheral nervous system?
O Sympathetic division
O 15. Sleep and dreaming are regulated by the
O Pons
O 16. Our ability to breathe is controlled by the
Medulla which is located within the ________.
Brain stem
________,
O 17. The fMRI has the capacity both to produce
detailed images and to...
O Distinguish from more active brain cells than less
active
O 18. The case of Phineas Gage showed that
Frontal Lobe could drastically
trauma to the ___________
change personality.
Cerebral Dominance refers to the tendency for
O 19. ________________
each hemisphere of the brain to take control of
different functions.
O 20. Spatial orientation appears to be a function
Right Hemisphere , while speech
of the brain's _____________
Left Hemisphere
processing is located in ______________.