Exam 3: Biological Aspects of Psychology

Tisha has a disorder that affects the functioning of her somatic nervous system.Of the following,Tisha probably experiences the most trouble with ____.

To understand how to better treat depression,Dr.Kloss and his team plan to use transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).By using this technology,the research team will be able to____.

Neurotransmitters are ____ that travel across the ____ to another cell.

Blesdo keeps falling asleep at odd times,and generally has issues with arousal and attention.His doctors have ruled out sleep disorders and are now concentrating on certain brain structures.The one that is most likely malfunctioning is the ____.

Herman suffers a stroke that destroys the connections between the reticular formation and the rest of his brain.Herman will most likely ____.

A biological psychologist would be most likely to research ____.

The two major divisions of the nervous system are the ____.

Casey gets up one morning after only a few hours of sleep and heats up some water for tea in a pot with a noninsulated handle.As he picks up the pot by the handle a few minutes later,he drops it with a crash.Which part of Casey's nervous system causes him to drop the pot?

Alcohol slows down the speed with which messages travel through the nervous system.This is best explained by the fact that alcohol increases the amount of ____ in the brain.

Dr.S.White is currently working with seven patients.Each patient has abnormally high production of a neurotransmitter,and for each patient it is a different neurotransmitter that is affected.Dr.White wants to write up her research using nicknames to hide the true identities of her patients.Choose an appropriate nickname for each patient.Be sure to explain why the nickname is appropriate,as well as the symptoms one would expect to see in that patient.

Doctor Emarih wants to know what conclusions he can draw from fMRI research.He has been reviewing criticisms of this technology and finds one of them to be incorrect.According to your textbook,which criticism is false?

After Les touches a hot iron,he pulls his hand away almost instantaneously.The command from the brain that instructed Les's muscles to pull his arm away so quickly was passed along by the ____.

Dr.Wozniak is examining a cell from the nervous system of an animal.He notices that at one end of the cell body is a long,fibrous strand of tissue.He immediately recognizes this as an axon that is responsible for ____.

The nervous system is directlyresponsible for all of the following activities except ____.

When Cade was tackled during a football game,he hit the back of his head on the turf,which results in a concussion.Cade now has trouble with his vision.Cade has most likely injured his ____ lobe.

Suppose that the left hemisphere of Jamal's brain is damaged,but that the right hemisphere is left intact.Jamal would be most likely to experience a deficit in his ability to ____.

Latoria is horseback riding when she falls and hits her head.After the accident,she has difficulty performing finely coordinated movements.Latoria has most likely damaged her ____.

Rashaun sees something terrifying.His muscles tense,he begins breathing more rapidly,and he starts to sweat.Having taken introductory psychology,Rashaun realizes that the ____ division of his ____ nervous system has been activated.

After consuming a few alcoholic beverages,Sejal finds it hard to tie her shoes.This is most likely because the alcohol has affected her ____.

Neurons are organized into groups that fire in different combinations to produce certain patterns of behavior.These groups are known as ____.