biological foundations of behavior

Question 1

top down processing

Answer 1

use of experience and expectations to interpret sensory information

Question 2

bottom up processing

Answer 2

data driven

Question 3

peptide hormones

Answer 3

synthesized in the rough ER and modified in the Golgi they are stored in vesicles until needed

Question 4

steroid hormones

Answer 4

are hydrophobic molecules synthesized from cholesterol in the smooth ER

Question 5

how to steroids stay bound to proteins

Answer 5

through hydrophobic interactions

Question 6

when cortisol is low what hormone is high

Answer 6

ACTH

Question 7

endocrine hormones are not released through

Answer 7

ducts

Question 8

method of loci

Answer 8

associating the location of something to be able to remember it

Question 9

family studies are used to

Answer 9

study comorbidity rates of a behavior or disease within a family

Question 10

restriction enzymes

Answer 10

treat the plasmid and the gene to be inserted with a restriction enzyme to recognize and cut nucleic acids at very specific sequences

Question 11

if the right optic tract is disrupted then the individual will only be able to see the

Answer 11

right side of the image through both eyes

Question 12

parvocellular cells

Answer 12

picture

Question 13

magnocellular cells

Answer 13

motion

Question 14

gate theory of pain

Answer 14

the body prefers other signals from the touch modality before pain

Question 15

ruffini endings

Answer 15

are stretch receptors in the skin