Biology and Behavior

Question 1

forebrain

Answer 1

complex: cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, limbic system, thalamus, hypothalamus

Question 2

midbrain

Answer 2

reflex to auditory and visual

Question 3

hindbrain

Answer 3

basic motor processes, survival processes: medulla oblongata, pons, cerebellum

Question 4

cerebellum

Answer 4

refined movement

Question 5

pons

Answer 5

sensory motor pathways

Question 6

medulla oblongata

Answer 6

vital functioning

Question 7

thalamus

Answer 7

part of forebrain: relay station for incoming sensory info except smell

Question 8

hypothalamus

Answer 8

part of forebrain: feeding, fighting, flighting, fucking

Question 9

basal ganglia

Answer 9

part of forebrain: movement (Parkinson’s illness with destruction of basal ganglia)

Question 10

limbic system

Answer 10

part of forebrain for emotion and memory.

-interconnected structures: amygdala, cortex, hippocampus

Question 11

cerebral cortex

Answer 11

part of forebrain: bumps and folds, two hemispheres and 4 lobes. frontal (complex reasoning and problem solving skills), parietal (touch, temperature, pain), occipital (vision), temporal (hearing)

Question 12

frontal lobe

Answer 12

part of cerebral cortex

prefrontal lobes and motor cortex.

Question 13

prefrontal lobes

Answer 13

manages executive fcn by supervising and directing operations: perception, memory, emotion, impulse control long-term planning

Question 14

motor cortex

Answer 14

voluntary motor movement

Question 15

parietal lobe

Answer 15

touch, temp, pain

Question 16

occipital lobe

Answer 16

striate cortex: striped. sensation and perception of visual information

Question 17

temporal lobe

Answer 17

auditory cortex and Wernicke’s area (language reception and comprehension)

Question 18

dominant hemisphere

Answer 18

primarily analytic in functioning: language, logic, math skills

Question 19

nondominant hemisphere

Answer 19

usually right: creativity, music cognition, spatial processing

Question 20

acetylcholine

Answer 20

used by parasympathetic and sympathetic; voluntary muscle control, attention

Question 21

catecholamines

Answer 21

epinephrine, norepi, doapmine (emotions)

Question 22

epi and norepi

Answer 22

alertness and wakefulness, fight or flight

Question 23

sserotonin

Answer 23

regulating mood, eating, sleeping, dreaming

Question 24

GABA

Answer 24

inhibitory post synaptic potentials

Question 25

peptide NTs

Answer 25

endorphines: natural painkillers

Question 26

anterior pituitary

Answer 26

controlled by the hypothalmus. FSH, LH, ACTH, TSH, prolactin, endorphins, GH

Question 27

posterior pituitary

Answer 27

ADH, oxytocin

Question 28

adrenal medulla

Answer 28

epinephrine and norepi

Question 29

adrenal cortex

Answer 29

corticosteroids like cortisol, also sex hormones

Question 30

neurulation

Answer 30

ectoderm overlying the notochord begins to furrow, creating neural groove

Question 31

cells by edge of neural fold

Answer 31

neural crest

Question 32

neural tube

Answer 32

alar plate (sensory neurons); basal plate (motor neurons)

Question 33

thalidomide

Answer 33

missing a limb

Question 34

Moro reflex

Answer 34

don’t fall out of the tree

Question 35

Babinski reflex

Answer 35

toes spread out when foot is stimulating

Question 36

parallel play

Answer 36

2 years, children play alongside without influencing each other

Question 37

age 6-12

Answer 37

same sex friends

Question 38

gross motor development

Answer 38

head to toe, core to periphery