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Exam 1 - 1/5, 1/10 Flashcards

1
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_________ – the study of the nervous system

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Neuroscience

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_________ - the study of the relationships between behavior and the body, particularly the brain

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Biopsychology

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Biopsychology - the study of the relationships between _________ and the _________ , particularly the brain

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  • behavior

- body

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_________- The study of the biological processes underlying behavior and mental processes

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Biopsychology

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5
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_________- what happens to the brain when someone learns something or becomes addicted to a drug

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Biopsychology

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XXXXXXXXXX

A major goal of biopsychology is to improve the health of _________ and other animals

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humans

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XXXXXXXXXX

One in five people will suffer from a _________ or psychiatric disorder

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neurological

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Schizophrenia (___ million in the US),
Alzheimer’s (5.3 million), depression (___ million),
drug abuse (15 million)

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  • 1.5

- 10

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9
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All psychological processes are based on _________ processes, many of which occur in the _________

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  • biological

- brain

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10
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Biopsychology = the study of the biological processes underlying _________ and mental processes

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behavior

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11
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_________ is a description of the things the brain does

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Mind

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12
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mind = _________ activity

A

brain

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13
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Stimulation of the brain evokes _________

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experiences

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_________-
A proposed mechanism for how something works

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Models

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_________ -
Test theories and models by direct observation and experimental manipulation rather than using intuition

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Empirical analysis

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Empirical analysis -
Test theories and models by direct observation and experimental _________ rather than using _________

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  • manipulation

- intuition

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Empirical analysis -

  • Experimental conditions are _________ controlled
  • One variable _________ at a time
  • Experimental designs include _________ groups
A
  • tightly
  • manipulated
  • control
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3 types of analysis -

Make changes in brain and look for changes in _________
–eg, stimulate a particular brain region and look for changes in _________

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  • behavior

- movement

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3 types of analysis -

Change _________ and look for changes in the brain
–eg, present a visual stimulus and look for _________ changes in the brain

A
  • behavior

- activity

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3 types of analysis -

Look for correlations between differences in _________ and differences in the brain
–eg, brain _________ and intelligence

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  • behavior

- size

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Studies require looking at or altering the brain
-Brain imaging techniques to look at the human brain (eg, functional ___, ___ scans)

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  • MRI

- PET

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22
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-Ethics of research studies-

_________ : Institutional review boards (IRB)

A

Humans

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-Ethics of research studies-

_________ : University Committee on Use and Care of Animals (UCUCA)

A

Animals

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24
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Humans have ___ pairs of chromosomes

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23

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25
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Humans have ___ pairs of chromosomes – ___ total chromosomes

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  • 23

- 46

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26
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Humans have ___ chromosomes from mother and ___ from father

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  • 23

- 23

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27
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Humans have ___ chromosome of each ____ from mother, other from father

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  • 1

- pair

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28
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chromosomes are _________ lengths except within the pairs they are the _________ length

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  • different

- same

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29
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chromosomes are different lengths except within the pairs they are the same length, exception is the XY (sex) chromosome pair, they are _________ lengths

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different

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30
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_________ – found on chromosomes in the nucleus of cells

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Genes

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31
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Genes – found on chromosomes in the _________ of cells

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nucleus

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32
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_________ – biological unit that directs cellular processes and transmits inherited characteristics

A

Gene

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33
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Gene – biological unit that directs _________ processes and transmits _________ characteristics

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  • cellular

- inherited

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34
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Genes are made of _________ acid (DNA)

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deoxyribonucleic

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35
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Genes are made of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

- _________ for making proteins

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Instructions

36
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Genes for a particular function located at same place on both _________

A

chromosomes

37
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Different forms of the gene are called _________

A

alleles

38
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_________ alleles on both chromosomes – homozygous for that trait

A

Identical

39
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Identical alleles on both chromosomes – _________ for that trait

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homozygous

40
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When alleles are _________ on the two chromosomes – heterozygous for that trait

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different

41
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When alleles are different on the two chromosomes – _________ for that trait

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heterozygous

42
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Two Upper case AA or two lower case aa, alleles = _________

A

homozygous

43
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Two different alleles Aa or aA = _________

A

heterozygous

44
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_________ – combination of genes (genetic makeup)

A

Genotype

45
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Genotype – combination of genes ( _________ makeup)

A

genetic

46
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_________ – physical characteristic

A

Phenotype

47
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You _________ tell someones Genotype by looking at that person

A

can not

48
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You _________ tell someones Phenotype by looking at that person

A

can

49
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Alleles can be dominant or _________

A

recessive

50
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_________ alleles produce their effects when paired with a _________ allele (e.g., eye color)

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  • Dominant

- recessive

51
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_________ alleles are only expressed when both alleles in the pair are _________

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  • Recessive

- recessive

52
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___ chromosome is shorter than the ___ chromosome

A
  • Y

- X

53
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dominant / recessive exception = alleles on the _________ – Y chromosome is shorter so not all alleles are paired

A

sex chromosomes

54
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dominant / recessive exception = alleles on the sex chromosomes – Y chromosome is shorter so not all alleles are _________

A

paired

55
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___ different genes contribute to eye color

A

8

56
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_________ within the iris contribute to eye color

A

melanocytes

57
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Multiple genes contribute to most phenotypes – _________

Exception: huntington’s disease

A

polygenic

58
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Multiple genes contribute to most _________ – polygenic

Exception: _________

A
  • phenotypes

- huntington’s disease

59
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_________ (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats)
Technique that allows genes to be easily _________ in different organisms

A
  • CRISPR

- altered

60
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Most scientists agree – both _________ and _________ influence the phenotype/trait

A
  • nature

- nurture

61
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_________ axon– brings information into a structure

A

Afferent

62
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Afferent axon– brings information into a structure (A = _________ )

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admission

63
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_________ axon – carries information away from a structure

A

Efferent

64
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Efferent axon – carries information away from a structure (E = _________ )

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exit

65
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_________ neurons (most common)

A

Multipolar

66
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_________

  • Many dendrites and a single axon
  • Motor and interneurons
A

Multipolar neurons

67
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Multipolar neurons

  • Many dendrites and a single _________
  • Motor and _________
A
  • axon

- interneurons

68
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Multipolar neurons

_________ – axons can be very short

A

Interneurons

69
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_________ -

Single dendrite at one end of cell body and a single axon at the other

A

Bipolar neurons

70
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Bipolar neurons -

Single dendrite at one end of cell _________ and a single _________ at the other

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  • body

- axon

71
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_________ neurons – ear, eye and nose

A

Sensory

72
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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_  -
Single process (axon) that branches in 2 directions after leaving the cell body
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Unipolar neurons

73
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Unipolar neurons -
Single process (\_\_\_\_\_\_) that branches in 2 directions after leaving the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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  • axon

- cell body

74
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Sensory (_________) neurons

A

Afferent

75
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Motor (_________) neurons

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Efferent

76
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Local anesthetics block _________ channels

A

sodium

77
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Local anesthetics block sodium channels

-blocks _________ so no pain messages reach the brain

A

action potentials

78
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General anesthetics act by opening ____ channels

A

K+

79
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Mutations in ion channels (_________) associated with seizure disorders, deafness, muscle and cardiac diseases

A

channelopathy

80
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-Neurotransmitter effects must be terminated-

Neurotransmitter is taken back into presynaptic terminals (_________) and repackaged into _________

A
  • reuptake

- vesicles

81
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-Neurotransmitter effects must be terminated-

Broken down chemically in the _________ and then reabsorbed _________

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  • synaptic cleft

- glial cells

82
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_________ - A major inhibitory neurotransmitter

A

GABA

83
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_________ - A major excitatory neurotransmitter

A

Glutamate

84
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_________ - involved in memory

A

Glutamate

85
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• Mimicking neurotransmitters - _________

A

AGONIST

86
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• Blocking receptors – _________

A

ANTAGONIST

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