Exam 2: Neuroscience Approaches to Understanding Psychopathology

Suppose that blue eyes and curly hair are recessive traits. Use this information to define and illustrate Mendel's first and second laws.

Because the parietal lobe is located behind the ______, it is considered ______ to it.

The environment can influence the activation of genes through epigenetic marks or tags.

The default network is also called the ______ network.

Cognitive tasks involved in planning, understanding new situations, and cognitive flexibility are called ______ functions.

According to the textbook, people with schizophrenia have difficulty inhibiting the ______ network.

A ______ is the blueprint that provides instructions to the body, whereas the person's ______ is the trait that is expressed on the outside.

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) measures the ratio of hemoglobin with and without oxygen to map changes in cortical blood and infer neuronal activity.

How a mother takes care of her offspring can make epigenetic changes.

White matter allows for long-range connections between neurons, facilitating networking. Roughly ______ of the brain is white matter.

In the brain, the ______ pattern of electrical activity is associated with the inhibition of the activity of other brain areas.

Which personality trait is shared by those with psychopathic personality disorder and those with histrionic personality disorder?

Strands of DNA consist of four types of nucleotides that are identical except for the base. Which of the following is NOT one of the four bases?

Gemma drifts from alert wakefulness to a drowsy state as she finishes studying. An electroencephalogram would reveal a change from a(n) ______ pattern of brain activity to a(n) ______ pattern.

The ______ is an insulating material that covers the axon and allows the electrical signals to travel at greater speeds.

Dolphins sleep with one half of their brain awake.

Gloria's classmate whispers a comment to her during a lecture. The instructor loudly asks the classmates if there's something she'd like to share with the class. Neurons in Gloria's ______ lobe should fire more ______ during the instructor's call-out than during the classmate's comment.

Jackie is using cocaine. While cocaine use is associated with a variety of EEG patterns, the text implies that ______ activity is among these patterns.

Discuss two ways that an evolutionary perspective expands our understanding of psychopathology.

Event-related potentials are ______ evoked potentials.