Exam 3: Biological Aspects of Psychology

According to your text,we know that fMRI technology ____.

Scientists have just discovered a new hormone that appears to have very specific effects.This specificity of effects is most likely due to ____.

After a stroke,Juanita has great difficulty with speech.Words come slowly and haltingly,and her speech is often grammatically incorrect.The stroke probably damaged ____.

Ivan has discovered how to tame neurons and keep them as pets.When he's bored,he sometimes starts an action potential going down the axon of each of his four pet neurons,just to see which one will "win" by releasing neurotransmitters first.All of his neurons have axons of the exact same length.Ivan's game got old fast,though,because one neuron always wins.The winner is always ____.

A neuron evokes the action potential of another neuron by releasing ____ into the synapse before they fit into the ____ of the other neuron.

While playing with their new "Do-It-YourselfHomeBrain-SurgeryKit," which recently washed ashore,Skipper and the Professor stimulate an area of the cortex in Gilligan's temporal lobe.Gilligan will most likely report a conscious experience of ____.

When a stranger began walking behind Timothy on the dark and deserted street,his heart rate increased and the muscles in his legs began moving faster so he could gain some distance from the stranger.These mobilization and motor activities were most directly orchestrated by his ____ nervous system.

Doctor Simo is building a super-genius monster.He wants to make sure that his monster's neurons can turn oxygen and glucose into energy,so he gives the neurons plenty of ____.

Luke is learning to play the guitar.Recent research suggests that the organization of Luke's somatosensory cortex may change to allow more of the neurons there to respond to touch.Which lobe of Luke's cerebral cortex contains the somatosensory cortex?

If a person had a diseased autonomic nervous system,the kinds of functions most directly affected would be actions such as ____ and ____.

Nancy Neurotransmitter and Heather Hormone are having an argument over which of them is more powerful.Defending her stance that hormones are more powerful,Heather correctly states that neurotransmitters "____."

When a balloon pops near Tyler's head,the circuits in his ____ cause him to reflexively turn his head toward the source of the startling noise.

Compare and contrast the functions and characteristics of the endocrine system.

The voluntary command Julie uses to raise her hand in class will travel through the ____ nervous system from the spinal cord to the muscles that control the movement.

Adrian is recovering from a skiing accident.When an apple is shown to his left cerebral hemisphere,he can name it,but when shown to the right hemisphere,he cannot explain it.Adrian most likely damaged his ____ in the accident.

Devin has been having trouble initiating movements lately and has also developed a tremor in his hands.He is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and put on medication.To help alleviate Devin's symptoms directly,the drugs would need to increase the effects of ____.

A study finds that rats raised in stimulating environments have more dendrites and synapses than rats raised in boring environments.This study suggests that ____.

Identifying certain types of brain functions (language skills,for instance)as lateralized means that ____.

Biological psychology is the study of the ____ factors that influence or cause behavior and mental processes.

After an evil scientist destroys part of Patrick's brain,Patrick finds that he is constantly hungry and he eats much more than before.The scientist has likely destroyed Patrick's ____.