Exam 3: Biological Foundations in Behavior

A common way of classifying the brain is to divide it into three major parts.What are they?

If a person's cerebellum was damaged in an accident,you would expect the person to have a problem with

The neuron's cell membrane permits some substances to pass through but not others;this is because the membrane is

Conscious experience and voluntary actions are mediated by the

If a stroke were to occur in Broca's area,a person might have difficulty speaking,but would likely understand what is being said to them.This disorder is called

It is the ______ cell that transports nutrients from the blood vessels to neurons.

After finishing a psychology test,you try to relax by engaging in some meditation techniques.Doing these exercises should increase the response of the ________ nervous system and result in slower heart and respiration rates and less muscular tension.

Electrical activity in the brain can be captured by placing multiple electrodes on the scalp and then measuring the underlying electrical activity.This method of studying the brain's activity is called

In its resting state (when a neuron is said to be composed of mostly negative ions on the inside and surrounded by mostly positive ions on the outside)a neuron is called

In the brain,from childhood to middle age,gray matter ______ and white matter ______.

Where is the hypothalamus located relative to the thalamus?

The somatosensory area plays an important role in behaviors involving

The small space between two neurons is called the synaptic gap.

Split-brain patients can only use verbal expression about information processed in the

Under what condition does an action potential occur?

The hypothalamus is part of the thalamus.

The cerebral cortex is part of the forebrain.

Input is to output as

Approximately how many neurons compose the nervous system?

The stronger the depolarization,the stronger the action potential.