Exam 2: The Biological Basis of Behavior

A neural impulse causes the synaptic vesicles to release chemicals called neurotransmitters.

Briefly discuss the purposes of and describe the procedure for studying the brain within each of the following general areas: microelectrode techniques, macroelectrode techniques, structural imaging, functional imaging.

Strain studies involve intensive inbreeding of close relatives among animals.

Eating, drinking, sexual behavior, sleeping, and temperature control are most strongly influenced by the ________.

Which of the following statements about the endocrine system is false?

You cannot gain conscious control over functions normally controlled by the autonomic nervous system.

The lobe of the cerebral cortex that receives and coordinates messages from the other three lobes of the cortex is the ________ lobe.

Which of the following neurotransmitters is most like a "master key" that opens many locks and attaches to as many as a dozen receptor sites?

A nerve is a group of ________ bundled together.

One painkilling drug that locks into the same receptor sites as endorphins is ________.

Immediately after firing, a neuron cannot fire again no matter how strong the incoming messages may be. This period is called the ________ period.

Todd's fraternal twin brother suffers from schizophrenia. The odds are ________ percent that he, too, will develop this mental illness.

In the example of 5-year old Nico presented in your chapter, the young boy had half of his brain surgically removed. Although very unusual, the outcome of this procedure was that Nico __________.

A nerve is composed of ________.

The part of the brain that helps regulate hearing, balance and equilibrium, certain emotions and motivation, and recognizing faces is the ________ lobe.

The system which coordinates and integrates behavior by secreting chemicals into the bloodstream is called the ________ system.

The neuron cannot fire during the relative refractory period.

When enough sodium atoms have entered the neuron to make the inside positively charged relative to the outside, the neuron is said to be ________.

The hormone melatonin is produced by the ________ gland.

Schizophrenia seems to be associated with an overabundance of dopamine.