Exam 3: Biological Aspects of Psychology

After a freak accident involving a falling piano,Dr.Diart informs you that you have sustained damage to your limbic system.Which function will be most affected?

If you were to prick yourself with a pin in the following sets of locations,which would cause neural firing closest together in your somatosensory cortex?

Jacelyn is wandering through a national park when she sees a bear lumbering toward her.As her fight-or-flight reaction is triggered,what hormones are being released in her body in response to the perceived threat?

You have been up all night studying for an important midterm examination and are exhausted.As you reach for your hot chocolate,you accidentally touch the hot burner on the stove.You quickly pull your hand away from the burner.Which statement about your action is true?

The group of neurons in the nervous system that control how muscles and other organs respond to the environment are known as ____neurons.

Neurons have some similarities with other cells in the human body.Which characteristic is seen in neurons,but not in most other cells?

Which nervous system is most involved in allowing you to shoot a basketball,smell freshly baked bread,and push the keys on a piano?

During a recent study session,your friend asks you to explain what the locus coeruleus does.You explain the locus coeruleus is part of the hindbrain responsible for ____.

The two hemispheres of the brain sometimes perform different tasks (lateral dominance).However,information is passed back and forth between hemispheres so that the brain can function as a whole.This interhemispheric communication depends on the ____.

Neurons are to the nervous system what ____ are to the endocrine system.

Bob is nine months old.Carol is nine years old.Ted is twenty-nine years old.Alice is ninety years old.Whose brain is most likely overproducing synapses?

As part of Jeremiah's occupation,he restores buildings that have been damaged by natural disasters.He likens his job to that of ____ in the brain,which clean up after brain damage is sustained.

Tyra has a brain tumor that affects her language capabilities.When Tyra's doctor asks her about a picture of a bird,Tyra responds,"Wings in the sky fly high.Soar through air with a suitcase." Tyra's fluent but confused response indicates that she most likely suffers from ____.

Selwyn is developing a neuromuscular problem because of a shortage of certain neurotransmitters in his cells.This shortage means that ____.

Dennis is an anesthesiologist.Before a patient experiences surgery,Dennis administers an opiate to numb the pain.The opiate works by mimicking the effects of the neurochemical substance called ____.

As part of a new government program,U.S.citizens can donate part of their brains to the supercomputer development fund in exchange for a Statue of Liberty commemorative coin set.If you decide to donate a significant chunk of the left hemisphere of your brain (for the gold coin set,of course),which of the following abilities would be least affected?

Veronica bent over in her garden to pick up a squash but bumped her head on a fence post and passed out.When she came to,she could not let go of the squash in her left hand; the hand would not open or close.She most likely injured cells in her ____ lobe.

One of the main reasons that brain damage cannot be healed is that an adult central nervous system ____.

Dr.Chen's patient describes her main symptoms: sleeplessness and mood difficulties.Dr.Chen suspects that a neurotransmitter is malfunctioning.Which neurotransmitter should he look at?

Neurons communicate across the synapse by means of neurotransmitters,which bind to special proteins on the postsynaptic membrane,like a key fitting into a lock.In this analogy,the neurotransmitter is the key and the ____ is the lock.