Biological Basis

Question 1

Made up of brain and spinal cord

Answer 1

Central Nervous System

Question 2

The rest of the nervous system, e.g. not brain or spinal cord

Answer 2

Peripheral Nervous System

Question 3

Somatic Nervous System

Answer 3

Voluntary Movement

Question 4

Autonomic Nervous System

Answer 4

Involuntary movement of muscle

Question 5

Arouses the body for fight or flight

Answer 5

Sympathetic Nervous System

Question 6

Parasympathetic Nervous System

Answer 6

establishes homeostasis after a sympathetic response (inhibitory)

Question 7

Chemicals released in the synaptic gap and received by neurons

Answer 7

Neurotransmitters

Question 8

Major inhibitory neurotransmitter

Answer 8

GABA

Question 9

major Excitatory neurotransmitter

Answer 9

glutamatE

Question 10

Neurotransmitter that effect internal reward system and movement

Answer 10

Dopamine

Question 11

Neurotransmitter that effects moods and emotions

Answer 11

Serotonin

Question 12

Hormone effecting memory

Answer 12

Acetylcholine

Question 13

Hormones involved in sympathetic nervous system arousal

Answer 13

Epinephrine and Norepinephrine

Question 14

Effect pain control and happiness

Answer 14

Endorphins

Question 15

Hormone related to love and bonding (also uterine contractions)

Answer 15

Oxytocin

Question 16

Drugs that mimic a neurotransmitter

Answer 16

Agonist

Question 17

Drug that blocks a neurotransmitter

Answer 17

Antagonist

Question 18

when unused neurotransmitters are taken back up into the sending neuron; SSRIs block this

Answer 18

Reuptake

Question 19

Oldest part of the brain

Answer 19

Hindbrain

Question 20

Part of brain involved with movement

Answer 20

Cerebellum

Question 21

Part of brain that controls vital organs, e.g. the heart

Answer 21

Medulla Oblongata

Question 22

Part of the brain involved with sleep/arousal

Answer 22

Pons

Question 23

Part of the brain concerned with the attention span

Answer 23

Reticular Formation

Question 24

Region of the brain concerned with higher thought process

Answer 24

Forebrain

Question 25

Part of the brain responsible for fear and emotions

Answer 25

Amygdala

Question 26

Part of the brain responsible for memory

Answer 26

Hippocampus

Question 27

Relay center of the brain

Answer 27

Thalamus

Question 28

Part of the brain referred to as the pleasure center and concerned with eating behaviors

Answer 28

Hypothalamus

Question 29

The area of the brain concerned with speech

Answer 29

Broca’s Area

Question 30

the area of the brain concerning comprehension of speech

Answer 30

Wernicke’s Area

Question 31

Outer region of the brain

Answer 31

Cerebral Cortex

Question 32

Located in the back of the head; concerned with vision

Answer 32

Occipital Lobe

Question 33

Part of brain concerned with decision making, planning, judgement, movement, personality

Answer 33

Frontal Lobe

Question 34

Located on top of the head and responsible for processing sensations (sensory input)

Answer 34

Parietal Lobe

Question 35

Located on the sides of the head; related to hearing and face recognition

Answer 35

Temporal Lobe

Question 36

map of sensory receptors, in parietal lobe

Answer 36

Somatosensory cortex

Question 37

Map of our motor receptors, in frontal lobe

Answer 37

Motor cortex

Question 38

Bundle of nerves that connect the 2 hemispheres of the brain; sometimes severed in patients with severe seizures

Answer 38

Corpus Callosum

Question 39

the belief that functions are preformed in specific regions of the brain

Answer 39

Lateralization

Question 40

Completed by Sperry & Gazzanaga; images shown to the right hemisphere will be processed in the left

Answer 40

Split-brain experiments

Question 41

The brain’s ability to heal itself

Answer 41

Brain Plasticity

Question 42

Identical Twins are referred to as:

Answer 42

Monozygotic

Question 43

Fraternal twins are referred to as:

Answer 43

Dizygotic

Question 44

Genetically, these twins have a higher chance of developing a disorder if the other has it

Answer 44

Monozygotic