Exam 3: Biological Foundations of Behaviour

The basic building blocks of the nervous system are specialized cells called ___________.

Scientists used to think that neurons communicated with each other through direct physical contact. With the advent of the electron microscope, the synapse or gap between neurons is evident and it is apparent that rather than direct contact, the communication continues through ____.

Julie was a concert pianist until she was in a serious skiing accident. As a result, she was no longer able to control the timing and coordination of her motor movements. She had sustained severe damage to her _________________.

Julie has damage to Wernicke's area and her friend Jorge has damage to Broca's area. Both Julie and Jorge are likely to suffer from

The relatively greater localization of a brain function in one hemisphere or the other is called _____________.

Research on schizophrenia has found that men with this disorder have abnormalities that might account for their confused thinking and disordered attention. These abnormalities tended to occur in their _______________.

The somatic nervous system

A friend of yours was at a party and took some drugs. He is aroused and alert but doesn't know what he took. Another friend told you that the drug works by releasing dopamine and norepinephrine as well as blocking their reuptake. What kind of drug did your friend take?

The vision area of the brain is located in the temporal lobe.

The brain changes that occur when you learn to walk, acquire speech, read, and fall in love are called neural ____________.

In what sense might the structure of the human brain mirror evolutionary development?

Though it was discussed in the context of the nervous system, the hypothalamus also plays an important role in the endocrine system because of its connection with the

A person who has just suffered a head trauma due to a car accident is given the "Trail Making Test" by a psychologist in order to assess the person's memory and planning abilities. This testis an example of which method of studying brain-behaviour relations?

The area of the brain that is involved in mental processes such as thought, language, and perception is called the

Psychoactive drugs act by

Which technique uses a harmless form of radioactive glucose to measure brain activity, including metabolism, blood flow, and neurotransmitter activity?

You would like to get some information about how a particular brain area functions. But you cannot destroy the area or stimulate the area and you do not want to work with a patient who has brain damage. Which of the following would be best to use?

Adrian Raine and his colleagues argued that violent murders illustrate a failure in executive function, such as lack of judgment and impulse control. In support of this argument, using PET scans on a group of violent murderers who plead not guilty by reason of insanity, these researchers found reduced activity in the ________.

After partying with friends one night, Angela got into her car to drive herself home. She had been drinking and was involved in a tragic accident. The doctors at the hospital kept Angela alive on life support systems until her parents arrived. They explained to Angela's grief stricken parents that this structure of the brain had been damaged and without life support she would die. This structure is the _____________.

After suffering a stroke, Ejike finds that although he is still able to talk, he is unable to understand the speech of others, even though he can hear the language sounds that are being produced. Ejike has most likely suffered damage to ____________.