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1.1 Biological Approach To Behaviour
Much of biological psychology con...,
____ psychology is the study of t...,
The human brain seen from above i...
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1.2 Genetics And Behaviour
Mendelian genetics ____ demonstra...,
Everything you do depends on both...,
As a rule genes come in pairs bec...
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1.3 The Use Of Animals In Research
One the underlying ____ of ____ a...,
Given that most biological psycho...,
Two we are interested in ____ for...
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Basic Chemistry
A ____ is the smallest piece of a...,
An ____ is the smallest piece of ...,
An atom is composed of subatomic ...
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2.1 Cells Of The Nervous System
____ receive information and tran...,
The nervous system consists of tw...,
Neurons have much in common with ...
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2.2 The Nerve Impulse
In the absence of any outside dis...,
Instead of conducting electrical ...,
The neuron inside the membrane ha...
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3.1 The Concept Of The Synapse
Sherrington 1906 studied ____ aut...,
The specialised area separating o...,
In a leg flexion reflex a sensory...
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3.2 Chemical Events At The Synapse
Sequence of chemical events 2 act...,
Sequence of chemical events 1 the...,
Sequence of events 3 the released...
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3.3 Synapses, Drugs, And Addictions
A drug that blocks a neurotransmi...,
Drugs either ____ or ____ transmi...,
A ____ ____ is an agonist for som...
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4.1 Structure Vertebrate Nervous System
The ____ ____ ____ pns connects t...,
The ____ ____ ____ cns is the bra...,
Part of the people with the ____ ...
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4.2 The Cerebral Cortex
The cells of the cerebral cortex ...,
The most prominent part of the ma...,
Neurons in each hemisphere commun...
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4.3 Research Methods
In 1861 paul brocar found that a ...,
Examine the effects of brain ____...,
Examine the effects of ____ a bra...
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5.1 Development Of The Brain
The dorsal surface thickens and t...,
The human central nervous system ...,
As the neural tube sinks under th...
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5.2 Plasticity After Brain Damage
The possible cause of brain damag...,
Almost all survivors of brain dam...,
In young people the most common c...
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6.1 Visual Coding
When you see grass as green the g...,
You ____ an object when it emits ...,
Your brain stores a representatio...
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6.2 How The Brain Processes Visual Information
Horizontal cells make inhibitory ...,
The rods and cones of the retina ...,
The axons of the ganglion cells f...
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6.3 Parallel Processing In The Visual Cortex
It is natural to assume that anyo...,
Different parts of the brains vis...,
The principal behind vision is __...
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7.1 Audition
When a tree falls the tree and th...,
____ ____ are periodic compressio...,
Sound waves ____ in amplitude and...
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7.2 The Mechanical Senses
The ____ ____ respond to pressure...,
Vestibular sensation when you mov...,
Sensations from the vestibular or...
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7.3 The Chemical Senses
In a system relying on the ____ p...,
A ____ ____ enables a small anima...,
In a system relying on the ____ _...
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8.1 The Control Of Movement
All animal movement depends on mu...,
Ultimately the purpose of the bra...,
Vertebrate muscles fall into thre...
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8.2 Brain Mechanisms Of Movement
The motor cortex does not send me...,
Neuroscientists have known that d...,
The ____ ____ is particularly imp...
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8.3 Movement Disorders
Main symptoms of parkinson s dise...,
Brain disorders that impair ____ ...,
Parkinsons strikes about ___ to _...
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9.1 Rhythms Of Waking And Sleeping
Research as early as that of ____...,
Your body spontaneously generates...,
Evidently the bird generates a rh...
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9.2 Stages Of Sleep And Brain Mechanisms
Sleep is a state that the brain a...,
A person on a coma has a ___ ____...,
Any movements of a person in a co...
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9.3 Why Sleep? Why Rem? Why Dream?
____ serves many functions during...,
You feel tired at the end of the ...,
People who don t get enough sleep...
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10.1 Temperature Regulation
Similarly homeostatic processes i...,
Psychologist walter b cannon 1929...,
Mechanisms maintain ____ blood le...
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10.2 Thirst
Because the concentration of chem...,
____ constitutes about 70 of the ...,
The body also needs enough ____ i...
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10.3 Hunger
The ____ ____ function is to brea...,
Humans eat more than we ____ for ...,
Digestant begins in the mouth whe...
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11.1 Sex And Hormones
Male and female mammals start wit...,
Females have two x ____ where as ...,
Both have a set of ____ ducts pre...
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11.2 Variations In Sexual Behaviour
The biological differences betwee...,
____ ____ is how we identify sexu...,
Gender identity is a ____ charact...
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12.1 Emotional Behaviours
Emotion is a difficult topic beca...,
By one definition ____ includes c...,
One definition of ____ is an inte...
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12.2 Attack And Escape Behaviours
Most of the vigourous emotional b...,
____ behaviour depends on the ind...,
Why do some people turn ____ more...
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12.3 Stress And Health
Hands selye defined _____ as the ...,
____ ____ emphasises the effects ...,
Selye inferred that any threat to...
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13.1 Learning, Memory, Amnesia, And Brain Functioning
Russian psychologist ivan pavlov ...,
Life without memory means no sens...,
The experiment starts by presenti...
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13.2 Storing Information In The Nervous System
Research on the physiology of lea...,
When a pattern of activity passes...,
____ ____ suggested that an axon ...
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14.1 Lateralisation Function
The ____ ____ of the cerebral cor...,
The human brain is ____ the left ...,
As an exception to this rule ____...
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14.2 Evolution And Physiology Of Language
Human language stands out from ot...,
Nearly all animals ____ through v...,
If language is a product of ____ ...
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14.3 Conscious And Unconscious
The most widespread view among no...,
Biological explanations of behavi...,
French philosopher renee descarte...
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15.1 Mood Disorders
Despite having different ____ or ...,
People can become ____ through di...,
According to the dsm iv people wi...
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15.2 Schizophrenia
In 1911 eugene bleuler introduced...,
Schizophrenia was originally call...,
Although the term is greek for sp...
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Word Match
Penumbra,
Circadian rhythms,
Retrograde transmitter
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Multi-choice
Which of the following is a funct...,
Statement a small charged molecul...,
_____ are glia that help synchron...
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Fill in the Blanks
The semicircular canals are part ...,
The inability to breath while asl...,
Selection for a gene that benefit...
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2.1.1 Cells Of The Nervous System 2
An ____ axon brings information i...,
If a cells dendrites are entirely...,
____ or neuroglia the other major...
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2.2.1 The Nerve Impulse 2
By increasing a negative charge w...,
Reducing the negative charge with...,
Stimulation beyond the ____ of __...
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3.2.1 Chemical Events At The Synapse 2
____ ____ in the spinal cord have...,
A combination of transmitters mak...,
Although a neuron releases only a...
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3.3.1 Synapses, Drugs, And Addictions 2
Hallucinogens attach to serotonin...,
The drug ___________ mdma or ecst...,
At higher doses mdma also release...
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4.1.1 Structure Vertebrate Nervous System 2
The cell bodies of the sensory ne...,
The h shaped ____ ____ in the cen...,
Many neurons of the spinal cord s...
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4.1.2 Structure Vertebrate Nervous System 3
The ____ is the most prominent pa...,
Each ____ is organised to receive...,
The outer portion of the forebrai...
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5.1.1 Development Of The Brain 2
A program mechanism of cell death...,
The brains system of over produci...,
When the sympathetic nervous syst...
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5.1.2 Development Of The Brain 3
Researchers found several differe...,
People who develop expertise in e...,
Researchers favourite choice has ...
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5.2.1 Plasticity After Brain Damage 2
A neuron of the peripheral nervou...,
With an immature mammalian brain ...,
Several problems limit axon regen...
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6.1.1 Visual Coding 2
Visible light consist of ____ ___...,
We perceive the shortest visible ...,
Progressively longer wavelengths ...
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6.2.1 How The Brain Processes Visual Information 2
To find a ____ receptive field an...,
Primate ganglion cells for into _...,
____ neurons with small cell bodi...
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6.2.2 How The Brain Processes Visual Information 3
Unlike simple cells ____ ____ loc...,
A cell that responds to a stimulu...,
____ or hypercomplex cells resemb...
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6.3.1 Parallel Processing In The Visual Cortex 2
In one study investigators examin...,
The ability to recognise faces co...,
Precision is best for faces simil...
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7.1.1 Audition 2
The hair cells excite the cells o...,
According to ____ ____ the basila...,
According to place theory each fr...
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7.1.2 Audition 3
A1 responds to ____ sounds as wel...,
The auditory system requires ____...,
In people who are deaf from birth...
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7.2.1 The Mechanical Senses 2
The thicker and faster axons conv...,
Although pain messages reach the ...,
Pain axons release two neurotrans...
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7.3.1 The Chemical Senses 2
From the nts information branches...,
One of these cerebral cortex area...,
The other cerebral cortex area kn...
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7.3.2 The Chemical Senses 3
An olfactory receptor has an aver...,
The axon of this new olfactory ce...,
Each olfactory neuron axon contai...
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8.1.1 The Control Of Movement 2
____ control movement a proprioce...,
Muscle proprioceptors detect the ...,
When a muscle is stretched the sp...
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8.2.1 Brain Mechanisms Of Movement 2
____ of the lateral tract extend ...,
In bulges of the medulla called _...,
In some children with ____ ____ t...
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8.3.1 Movement Disorders 2
____ ____ of huntington s disease...,
Gradually in huntington s the tre...,
The huntington s disorder is asso...
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9.1.1 Rhythms Of Waking And Sleeping 2
Curt richter 1967 introduced intr...,
The circadian rhythm remains surp...,
The biological clock depends on p...
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9.2.1 Stages Of Sleep And Brain Mechanisms 2
People who are awakened during oe...,
Rem dreams are more likely than n...,
A cut through the midbrain decrea...
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9.2.2 Stages Of Sleep And Brain Mechanisms 3
In short try to identify the ____...,
One type of insomnia is ____ ____...,
The consequences of sleep apnea i...
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10.3.1 Hunger 2
When the blood glucose level star...,
To pancreatic hormones insulin an...,
____ enables glucose to into the ...
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10.3.1 Hunger 3
The increasing prevalence of obes...,
Some people become obese and othe...,
You probably noticed that most th...
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12.2.1 Attack And Escape Behaviours 2
Many studies have found _________...,
Follow up studies on people relea...,
The effects are not sufficiently ...
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12.2.2 Attack And Escape Behaviours 3
The amygdala also has axons to ar...,
Additional axons from the amygdal...,
The amygdala is important for lea...
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12.2.3 Attack And Escape Behaviours 4
A variety of studies indicate tha...,
However many drugs are available ...,
The most common anti anxiety drug...
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13.1.1 Learning, Memory, Amnesia, And Brain Functioning 2
A common test of working memory i...,
Damage to the ____ ____ impairs p...,
Many older people have ____ of wo...
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13.1.2 Learning, Memory, Amnesia, And Brain Functioning 3
As with other examples of implici...,
Although patients with hippocampa...,
In the _____ ____ ____ an animal ...
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13.1.3 Learning, Memory, Amnesia, And Brain Functioning 4
Another cause of memory loss is _...,
Alzheimer s patients have better ...,
Alzheimer s patients memory and a...
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15.1.1 Mood Disorders 2
Blocking histamine produces _____...,
The ____ ____ ____ ____ ssris are...,
Several new drugs are serotonin _...
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15.1.2 Mood Disorders 3
Many people respond well on ____ ...,
____ patients particularly likely...,
Only for people with ____ ____ to...
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15.1.3 Mood Disorders 4
People with ____ ____ formerly kn...,
____ is characterised by a restle...,
People who have full blown episod...
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15.2.1 Schizophrenia 2
Schizophrenia is 10 to 100 times ...,
Lifetime prevalence of schizophre...,
Researchers have documented sever...
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15.2.2 Schizophrenia 3
The eventual results are mild abn...,
The risk of schizophrenia is elev...,
The risk is also elevated if the ...
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