Exam 2: The Biological Perspective

Which of the following techniques for peeking inside the brain is associated with the work of Wilder Penfield?

Which of the following techniques uses a radioactive sugar to look at the functioning of the brain?

A brain-imaging method that takes computer-controlled X-rays of the brain is called:

_________________________ are holes in the surface of the dendrites or certain cells of the muscles and glands that are shaped to fit only certain neurotransmitters.

A nerve is a group of ______ bundled together.

Which of the following is a group of several brain structures located under the cortex and is involved in learning,emotion,memory,and motivation?

One purpose of ____________________ is to speed up the neural message travelling down the axon.

Which perspective assumes that human behaviour may have developed in certain directions because it served a useful function in preserving the species?

Which of the following regions of the brain contains the auditory cortex?

People suffering from Alzheimer's disease have much lower levels of acetylcholine in the ______________ part of the brain.

Which research method involves watching behaviours as they occur without intervening or altering the behaviours in any way?

Drugs classified as SSRIs do what?

The _______________ is a structure in the brain stem responsible for life-sustaining functions,such as breathing and heart rate.

The basic cell that makes up the nervous system and also sends and receives messages within that system is called a/an:

Which part of the nervous system takes the information received from the senses,makes sense out of it,makes decisions,and sends commands out to the muscles and the rest of the body?

Which of the following statements is correct concerning critical thinking and astrology?

Sometimes in order to study parts of an animal's brain,researchers may deliberately damage a part of the brain.They accomplish this by placing into the brain a thin,insulated wire through which they send an electrical current that destroys the brain cells at the tip of the wire.This name of this technique is:

Neurosurgeon Dr.Andres Lozano of Toronto Western Hospital made an unexpected discovery while treating a morbidly obese patient.Stimulation of the patient's hypothalamus led to:

The question "What is happening?" refers to which of the following goals in psychology?

Which part of the neuron is responsible for maintaining the life of the cell?