Biological Behaviour

Question 1

how does aging occur

Answer 1

telomere degredation

Question 2

what does the hypothalamus do

Answer 2

major regulatory centre releases tropic hormones CRF, TRH, GnRH
bridge between nervous and endocrine system

Question 3

what hormones does the posterior pituitary release

Answer 3

ADH and oxytocin

Question 4

what hormones does anterior pituitary release

Answer 4

FLAT PiG
FSH
LH
ACTH
TSH
PROLACTIC
GH

Question 5

oxytocin role in psych

Answer 5

bonding empathy and trust

think cuddle hormone

Question 6

prolactin hormone in psych

Answer 6

post partum depression

lactation

Question 7

which hormones regulate hunger

Answer 7

leptin
ghrelin
neuropeptide Y

Question 8

chronic stress hormone

Answer 8

cortisol

Question 9

hormone for metabolic rate and neural development

Answer 9

thyroid hormone

Question 10

brain imaging of function only

Answer 10

EEG

Question 11

brain imaging of structure only

Answer 11

CT

MRI

Question 12

brain imaging of structure and function

Answer 12

PET (glucose)

fMRI

Question 13

difference between MRI and CT

Answer 13

CT exposes to X-rays but is must less costly

MRI better at imaging soft structures but more time consuming

Question 14

how does PET scan work

Answer 14

radio labelled glucose emits positrons as it decays

when glucose decays more activity is happening in the brain

Question 15

how does a functional MRI work

Answer 15

magnetic properties of oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin to look at blood flow

Question 16

cerebellum is for

Answer 16

coordinated movement

Question 17

medulla oblongata does what

Answer 17

controls autonomic functions like breathing blood pressure heart rate

Question 18

what does pons do

Answer 18

relationship station for signals

Question 19

substantia nigra

Answer 19

neurons that communicate using dopamine to coordinate voluntary movements
ex parkinsons

Question 20

inferior colliculi

Answer 20

auditory input

Question 21

superior colliculi

Answer 21

visual input

Question 22

limbic system is what and located where

Answer 22

various structures involved in emotion memory and motivation

the subcortical structures in the cerebrum

Question 23

amygdala

Answer 23

episodic memory attention and emotion

Question 24

nucleus accumbens

Answer 24

reward motivation and learning

implicated in addiction

Question 25

which is the lobe responsible for adulting

Answer 25

frontal lobe

Question 26

parietal lobe

Answer 26

sensory processing but not vision that’s the occipital lobe

Question 27

temporal lobe

Answer 27

visual memories and attaching meaning to info

Question 28

wernickes vs brocas area

Answer 28

wernickes - language comprehension

brocas - speaking

Question 29

moro reflex

Answer 29

startle reflex for babies

Question 30

babinski reflex

Answer 30

stroke bottom of a baby foot and the big toe bends up and other toes fan
healthy adults curl down

Question 31

describe the hindbrain

Answer 31

cerebellum

also has medulla oblongata and pons

Question 32

describe the midbrain

Answer 32

fine motor control , temp, sleeping and waking

colliculi

Question 33

describe the forebrain

Answer 33

for understanding behaviour

has the hypothalamus and thalamus