Exam 2: The Biological Perspective

The autonomic nervous system has two divisions: ________.

What do we call the state of a neuron when it is NOT firing a neural impulse?

Incoming sensory messages are made sense of in ________.

The autonomic nervous system is responsible for:

Corey was in an automobile accident that resulted in an injury to her brain. She now has difficulty maintaining her balance and normal body positions. Her sense of touch has also been injured. The part of her brain most likely injured was her ________.

The ________ lobes are located at the top and back of each cerebral hemisphere, containing the centers for touch, body position, and temperature.

The point at which the nerves from the left side of the body cross over into the right side of the brain and vice versa is called the ________.

Which of the following statements would BEST describe a person who was experiencing a brain analysis technique called magnetoencephalography (MEG)?

Agonist is to antagonist as:

Malcolm is studying alone in his room late at night when he hears a loud noise downstairs. His heartbeat increases significantly and his breathing becomes shallow. He wonders if a burglar has entered the house and decides to investigate. When he gets downstairs, he discovers his cat has knocked over a plant stand. His body begins to relax and return to normal. Which part of his nervous system was responsible for putting Malcolm's body on "high alert" when he did not know the source of the sound?

Sara has been experiencing a serious memory problem. An interdisciplinary team has ruled out a range of causes and believes that a neurotransmitter is involved. Which neurotransmitter is most likely involved in this problem?

The state during which a neuron contains more negatively charged ions inside the cell than outside the cell and is NOT firing is referred to as the ________.

Al is trying to decide whether the shower is hot enough to step in. Hal is listening to his MP3 player. Sal is looking at a beautiful painting in an art museum. Which individual is using his parietal lobe?

The structure that connects the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex is the ________.

Researcher Roger Sperry won a Nobel Prize for his research on epilepsy. Sperry cut through the ________, which joins the two hemispheres of the brain.

If Mindy's doctor has taken a series of images of her brain using X-rays, then she has likely had a(n) ________.

Physiological psychologists study ________.

The peripheral nervous system consists of the ________ and ________ nervous systems.

The outer surface of the two cerebral hemispheres that regulate most complex behavior is called the ________.

Roll is conducting a research study. She wants to measure the physical connectivity in the research participants' brains by imaging their white matter. Which of the following methods will she use?