Exam 2: Biopsychology, Neuroscience, and Human Nature

Compare the endocrine and nervous systems in terms of how they communicate information throughout the body.

A stroke that damages parts of your amygdala would be expected to

A person who has suffered damage to his hippocampus would be expected to have difficulty with

The poison of the black widow spider works by stimulating the release of excessive amounts of

Hallucinogenic drugs, such as LSD, produce their effects via an action on the neurotransmitter

When a cell is at rest, it is in a state called the

Every one of your actions arises from

Researchers have determined that the processing style of the ________ hemisphere is more ________ than the ________ hemisphere.

When a neuron fires, it fires in a(n) ________ fashion, as there is no such thing as "partial" firing.

Agonist is to antagonist as:

Discuss the phenomenon of cerebral dominance and contrast the specialized functions of each of the two cerebral hemispheres.

Gazzaniga suggests that we think of the human mind as neither a single nor a dual entity but rather as a ________ of minds.

When you see someone you have a crush on and your heart pounds, your hands get sweaty, and your cheeks feel hot, your ________ is/are active.

A person whose brain suffers from a disruption in the serotonin system might suffer from

Zach and Stephanie want to have a child, but they are concerned. Stephanie's grandmother and mother both died of breast cancer, and Stephanie has been tested and found to have the gene for this fatal condition. Having a child does not ensure that the illness could be passed, but they want to reduce the risk of passing on this gene to their child. What technique might be used to achieve this goal?

Your ability to smell pizza in the oven and to then remove and eat that pizza is due to the activity of the

Which of the following is true of Prozac?

Which of the following is controlled by the autonomic nervous system?

Your teacher asks you to describe the sequence of parts of a neuron that the impulse travels to during neural conduction. Which of the following sequences will you offer?

Hearing a bird sing involves the transfer of auditory information from the ear through ________ en route to the auditory cortex.