Practice questions I got wrong Flashcards
Who said the brain is the seat of the mind?
Hippocrates
The parasympathetic nervous system causes…
Pupils to contract
What type of cells ARE and are NOT found in the cerebellum?
ARE:
mossy fibres
granule cells
purkinje cells
Are NOT:
pyramidal cells
What parts of the brain are part of the diencephalon?
Thalamus
Hypothalamus
What are 3 parts of the brain that sit within the cerebrum
and one part that does not?
DOES:
Globus pallidus
Frontal lobes
Cerebral hemispheres
Does NOT:
Superior colliculus
Photoreceptors activated by light release…
Less glutamate
Fill in the gaps:
The _____ corpuscle is a _____ receptor which is highly concentrated on your ______ tips which responds to _____ ______ light touch
Meissner’s
Haptic
Finger
Rapidly changing
The _____ spinothalamic tract carries _____ and _______ information
Dorsal
Haptic
Proprioceptive
If you plan to play with your phone in a lecture, which cortex is likely to be highly activated?
The prefrontal cortex
Symptoms of _______ chorea include _____ _______ movements and this is due to _____ of _____ nucleus in the ______ ganglia
Huntington’s
Excessive spontaneous
Atrophy
Caudate
Basal
Machines are better than humans at what?
Playing chess
Recovery of extinguished responding as a function of the passage off time is called…
Spontaneous recovery
Give an example of an instinct
Food begging in herring gulls
The principle of arbitrariness in learning is contradicted by experimental evidence showing that…
Flavours are more likely to become associated with the experience of illness than with an aversive shock
What hormones have been shown to stimulate and inhibit feeding?
Gherkin and cholecystokinin
