Exam 3: Biological Foundations of Behaviour

Sonny went to a party and drank more alcohol that his body could handle. In fact, Sonny became unconscious. His friends called 9-1-1 and he was taken to the hospital. The emergency staff quickly realized that Sonny had high levels of alcohol intoxication and put him on life support. Your textbook mentions that this could be because the alcohol had

In this stage of the chemical communication process, neurotransmitters attach themselves to receptor sites on the postsynaptic neurons. This stage is called _______________.

Wernicke's area is primarily concerned with speech production, while Broca's area is related to speech comprehension.

Darian has decided to get the cosmetic injection of Botox to smooth wrinkles between his eyebrows. Before he goes to visit his doctor, he researches Botox on the internet and learns that it's a mild form of the botulism toxin, which paralyzes facial muscles by blocking the action of

The two ways that neurotransmitters can be deactivated are

PET scans are used to study brain activity while CT scans are utilized to examine brain structures.

Differentiate between sensory, motor, and association cortex.

Black widow spider's venom acts as a(n) _____________ for acetylcholine (ACh) and results in violent muscle contractions, convulsions, and possible death.

You have just joined a psychology lab and are working with a group of researchers who are interested in how the brain responds to different kinds of facial expressions (e.g. happy, scared, angry, etc,.). They ask you if you have any ideas for experiments. You tell them that you wonder if the response of the fusiform face area (FFA), an area known to be involved in facial processing, might differ with the emotion being conveyed by a face. If you hypothesize that FFA activity will vary across the presentation of different kinds of facial expressions, what method would be appropriate to test that hypothesis?

Rohypnol and GHB are so-called 'date rape' drugs that work by enhancing the activity of which neurotransmitter?

Shortly after a neural impulse has been triggered, for a brief period of time, the neuron is not excitable and cannot fire another impulse. This is called _____________.

The two divisions of the autonomic nervous system are the somatic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system.

Brian's grandmother is showing signs of memory loss and most likely has other symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease. It is likely that she has

The specific brain structure concerned primarily with timing and muscular coordination, as well as learning and memory, is the _____________.

In order to speak properly, there are at least two areas of the brain that need to be functioning. If you could not move your tongue and lips at all, the damage would be most likely in

A scientist is trying to manufacture a new drug that allows nerve cells to undergo depolarization more rapidly. The scientist attempts to start a new action potential during an ongoing depolarization of a nerve cell, no results have been shown. The reason the scientist hasn't been successful is because of?

Joel was in a car accident and banged his head. When the ambulance arrived at the hospital, he was unable to speak. Most likely, Joel hit an area

The electroencephalogram (EEG) is an example of which method of assessing the relation between the brain and behaviour?

Ursula is sound asleep one night when she is suddenly awakened by a loud noise coming from her backyard. She gets out of bed and moves to the window in order to see what made the noise. Ursula is relying on her ______ nervous system.

When the myelin coating is damaged, the ___________.