Exam 2: The Biological Basis of Behavior

The part of a neuron which contains the nucleus and has a complete set of the neuron's chromosomes and genes is the ________.

The field of psychobiology explores the ________.

The limbic system is responsible for ________.

The lobe of the brain that serves as the "executive control center" for the brain is the ________ lobe.

The neuron cannot fire during the absolute refractory period.

The language used by neurons to communicate ________.

You're walking all alone down a dark street when suddenly you hear a scream and then footsteps coming closer and closer. Your heart begins to pound, you're scared stiff, and you feel like running. Which part of the nervous system causes your body's reaction?

The sympathetic division carries messages to the body which tell it to prepare for an emergency.

When sodium ions flow into a neuron and depolarize it, they create ________.

The subfield of psychology concerned with the roots of behaviors and mental processes is ________.

The hormone that causes the anterior pituitary gland to release hormones that prolong responses to stress, thus causing you to remain aroused for some time after extreme emotional excitement is ________.

The adrenal glands are important in your body's reaction to ________.

Priya was in a skiing accident that resulted in an injury to her brain. She now has difficulty reading road maps and telling other people how to get somewhere. She has most likely suffered an injury to her ________ lobe.

The nervous system is usually divided into two major parts: the central nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system.

The branch of the autonomic nervous system that calms and relaxes the body is the ________ division.

A procedure in which cells are collected from the membranes surrounding the fetus, and then tested for genetic abnormalities, is called ________.

When a number of genes make small contributions to a trait, this is known as mixed dominance.

The part of the hindbrain that controls functions such as breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure is the ________.

The tiny gap between the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrites or cell body of the next neuron is called the synaptic space.

After he finished shopping for a new coat, Adam returned to his car in the parking lot to find that someone had broken his back windows and stolen his laptop. Furious, Adam began to yell and kicked at his side door. What area of the brain was guiding his behavior?