Exam 3: Biological Psychology

Behavioral genetics is the study of how

Which of the following is the most clearly adaptive for humans?

The deer waits motionlessly,hidden in the thicket as the band of hunters approach.As they get closer,their dogs bark,picking up the scent of their prey.In a futile effort to escape,the deer bolts.Which of the following most accurately describes the nervous system of the hunted deer at this point:

The entire area composed of the axon terminal of one neuron,the synaptic cleft,and the dendrite,or cell body of the next neuron is called the _________.

Which of the following neurotransmitters affects neurons involved in voluntary movement,processing rewards,and mood?

Which hemisphere of the cerebral cortex is usually dominant in language tasks?

A neuroanatomist destroyed a dog's reticular formation to determine its function.Of the following,which is the most likely result? The dog:

The myelin sheath:

The division of the nervous system that connects the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body is the __________ system.

In general,the _____ of a neuron receives messages from other cells.The neuron can then pass the message onto another neuron via its _____.

Jack suffered a brain injury as a result of hitting his head while waterskiing.One of the problems that developed was that Jack could not pronounce certain words correctly for a long period of time until he had extensive speech therapy.Now Jack can speak as he did before his accident.This is an example of _____________,which allowed the structure and function of Jack's brain cells to change to adjust to the trauma.

Why would a person who has undergone a split-brain operation be unable to name an object presented to his left visual field,yet could correctly point to the same object from an array of choices?

There are approximately __________ individual cells in your brain alone.

Tourette's syndrome-a condition marked by erratic and repetitive facial and muscle movements (called tics)and frequent noise making such as grunting,snorting,or sniffing-is believed to be caused by an imbalance in the

Which of the following is one of the reasons to be skeptical of news reports claiming that scientists have found the gene for a common mental illness,such as schizophrenia or depression?

Damage to the medulla can seriously impair one's ability to:

The cell body is enclosed by the

The left and right cerebral hemispheres are connected by the:

Aaron is working at his job as an editor of a science magazine when a reporter places an article on his desk entitled "Gene for Optimism Found." To avoid confusing the readers about what the scientists most likely found,what could Aaron change the title to?

The small gap between adjacent neurons is the: