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| Receptors are found in this part of the neuron. |
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| What is the name of the process that occurs in the sensory receptors and involves changing environmental energies into neurotransmitter release? |
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| Afferent connections are neurons which move____ the brain, while efferent are those that move____ the brain. |
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| The influx of the following ion into the axon terminals causes the release of neurotransmitter into the synapse. |
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| The photoreceptors known as cones are found in great concentration in this part of the retina. |
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| Olds and Milner were responsible for the initial use of this experimental technique when studying the reinforcing properties of the medial forebrain bundle |
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| Inter-cranial self-stimulation |
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| Which of these rehearsal functions did Craik and Lockhart find particularly useful when participants were given extended time to use it? |
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| This part of the nervous system is responsible for the ‘rest and digest’ response |
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| The process known as memory consolidation is thought by some to occur |
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| Anandamide is a neurotransmitter in the human body that is chemically very similar to which of the following? |
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| This is the name given to a group of cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system |
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| This is the name given to a surgical removal of part of the nervous system for the purpose of determining what behaviors that part is responsible for |
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| Those with damage to the orbitofrontal cortex behaviorally resemble individuals diagnosed with this mental disorder? |
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| Anti-social personality disorder |
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| The statement “the arousal is the emotion” is a proper summary of which theory of emotion? |
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| James peripheral feedback theory |
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| Which of the following is not a gestalt grouping principle? |
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| Which of the following sleep pathologies is characterized by the inability to breathe while sleeping? |
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| Miller, the researcher who determined the size of short-term memorty, showed that___ functions could enhance an individual’s short-term memory storage. |
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| Which of the following is found in the middle ear |
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| Which of the following brain structures is the ‘relay station’ that receives signals from sensory organs and transmiting them to the appropriate regions of the cortex? |
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| Research in which participants were asked to continuously say the letter EEE or determine if handicapped people could use their mouths to hold tools supported which theory of emotion? |
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| When a person is in stage 4 sleep, their EEG pattern will be full of___ waves. |
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| The lateral geniculate nucleus, or LGN, is part of which of the following brain structures? |
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| Which of the following motor structures is located over the thalamus and is responsible for the control of deliberate movements? |
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| Which researcher is responsible for the work that determined there is a distinction between episodic and semantic memory in long-term memory? |
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| Sleep spindles and K complexes are seen in this stage of sleep |
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| Results from the study in which participants were injected with epinephrine (informed or uninformed) and then shown emotionally arousing stimuli supports which theory of emotion? |
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| Schacter’s cognition and feedback theory |
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| Which of the following terms describes the perpetual experience that arises from the fact that we have two retinas and that we derive different images from each of them. Helps us judge distance. |
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| Most REM sleep is seen in which sleep cycles? |
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| In the dark adaptive curve, the role of the two types of photoreceptors is best described in which of the following . |
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| Cones adapt faster but are not as sensitive as rods. |
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| Episodic and semantic memory are both part of this memory structure |
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| Which of the following is not a type of monocular cue that helps us in perceiving depth in the visual world? |
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| The influx of which of the following ions causes an action potential to occur? |
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| What did the unfortunate fate of Phineas gage show psychcologsts about the brain? |
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| The brain has a role even in complex phenomena like personality. |
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| What is the duration of iconic memory? |
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| Hubel and wisel employed this technique to study feline visual cortex |
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| The pons and medulla control which of the following reflexes |
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| The spinal cord is responsible for each of the following functions except |
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| Coordinating movements of limbs |
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| Which of the following neurotransmitters is found in the neuro-muscular junction? |
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| Research with korsakoff’s syndrome patients shows that there is a distinction btwn. ___ and ___ memory. |
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| Which part of the nerve cell is responsible for transmitting electrical signals within the body? |
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| Insulator for electrical signal |
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| conducts electrical signal from soma to axon terminal |
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| Divisions of nervous system |
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| Electrical Signal that is conducted in neuron and why does it occur. |
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| Graded Local Potential; Inflow of Na+ ions and outflow of K+ ions. |
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| What response is mediated by the sympathetic nervous system? |
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Raises heart rate and blood pressure
Releases glucose
decreases digestive properties
immune system |
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| Evolutionary Impact of Sympathetic Nervous system? |
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Carries messages from spinal nerves to brain.
-Cervical
- Thoracic
- Lumbar
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Carries messages from spinal nerves to brain.
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Spinal Cord |
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Controls reflexes
- Medulla
- Pons
- Midbrain |
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| Relay station - routes sensory info to parts of brain. |
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| Controls conscious movemnt. |
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| Controls movement of the limbs |
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Hippocampus
Amyglada
Hypothalamus |
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| Controls endocrine function, and hemeostatic mechanisms. Controls motor function |
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| How can cortex of brain be divided |
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| Who is the scientist who is famous for his work that showed if amygdala is removed, signals are sent to the wrong hemisphere |
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| Fall asleep at radom times |
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| Who is credited as being the first person to study memory scientifically |
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