chapter 1 and 2

Question 1

what are chordates

Answer 1

animals that dorsal nerve cords

Question 2

what are vetebrates

Answer 2

animals that have a spinal column protecting their spinal cords

Question 3

what is physiological psychology?

Answer 3

• study of neural mechanisms of behaviour through manipulation of brain in controlled experiments
  ie) removing parts of brain in rats to assess ability in tests

Question 4

what is psychopharmocology?

Answer 4

study of manipulation of neural activation using drugs

Question 5

what is neuropsychology?

Answer 5

study of psychological effects of brain damage in patients

Question 6

what is psychophysiology?

Answer 6

• study of the relation b/1 physiological activity and psychological process
  ie) familiar faces Alicia ANS response even when patient with brain damage doesn’t recognize the person

Question 7

what is cognitive neuroscience?

Answer 7

study of neural bases of cognition and higher intellectual processes

Question 8

what is comparative psych?

Answer 8

• comparing the behaviour of different species to understand the evolution, genetics, and adaptiveness of behaviour

Question 9

what is Korsakoff’s syndrome?

Answer 9

severe memory loss caused by alcohol abuse

Question 10

what are converging operations?

Answer 10

the use of different approaches to one problem as the strengths of one approach will compensate for the weaknesses of the other

Question 11

what is the difference b/w in vivo and in vitro experiments?

Answer 11

• In vivo experiment conducted in whole living organisms

- In vitro experiments done on part of a living organism in a lab setting (petri dish)

Question 12

what is odd about the 16 families of primates?

Answer 12

they have no common characteristics

Question 13

Analogous traits in animals that are quite different is due to ___.

Answer 13

convergent evolution

Question 14

homologous traits in animals that are similar is due to ___.

Answer 14

common ancestors

Question 15

Brain size is not a good indicator of IQ

Answer 15

Brain stem to cerebrum ratios.

Question 16

what are some ways to modify gene expression when it comes to epigenes?

Answer 16

1) histone modification to allow for DNA to be more or less exposed
2) expression of noncoding RNA that may degrade certain mRNA
3) DNA methylation: impedes gene transcription into mRNA
4) RNA methylation: impedes mRNA translation into proteins

Question 17

what mutation may be responsible for why humans are able to use language

Answer 17

FOXP2