Exam 3: Biological Foundations of Behaviour

The role of the blood-brain barrier is to

The two divisions of the autonomic nervous system are

The drug Prozac has a positive effect on depression by

John hit his head during a fall down the stairs and received damage to his frontal lobes. Which of the following would be the most likely result of this injury?

To study the function of a brain area, researchers can damage that part of the brain and then observe resulting behavioural changes. This technique is called ___________.

Sally was walking her puppy in the park, when a huge ferocious dog began to chase her. Grabbing her puppy, she ran out of the park as fast as she could. Which nervous system helped her encounter the stressful situation?

What is lateralization? How are split brain studies conducted, and what do they reveal about lateralization?

Which of the following measures can be compared to a more modern version of creating lesions for the purpose of evaluating how they impact behaviour (i.e. various destruction techniques)?

Spinal reflexes are reflexes that

What are three structures within the limbic system, and what function do they play?

Neurotransmitters that are ______________ can generate ______________.

In most humans, language is localized

What is neural plasticity? How do age, environment, and behaviour affect plasticity?

The two ways in which neurotransmitters are deactivated in the synapse are chemical breakdown and reuptake.

Though neurons are the building blocks of our nervous systems, they can't do everything alone. ______________ cells guide neurons into place during prenatal development, hold them still after the nervous system has developed, and keep the neurons safe from toxins.

After falling from a height and hitting the back of his head on the ground, a man lapses into a permanent coma. Which part of his brain has most likely been damaged?

Neurotransmitters that increase the postsynaptic neuron's negative potential are called ___________.

A right-handed split-brain patient is shown a picture of a car in the left visual field and a picture of a tire in the right visual field. When asked what he saw, he will reply _________, and if asked to draw the picture with his left hand he will draw _________.

If you were to successfully walk backwards placing your feet together heel to toe, which part of the brain would you be relying on?

Surrounding neurons and holding them in place is one of the functions of ________________.