Unit 3 Handy Hints

Be able to describe a neuron in a resting and firing state.
What controls heartbeat and digestion?
Can a strong stimulus increase the speed of an impulse? the intensity of an impulse? the number of firings? or the threshold that must be reached before firing?
Why is withdrawal of a drug like heroin so painful?
What scanning technique involves the brain’s use of glucose?
What branch of psychology believes that behaviors are passed on through natural selection?
What part of the brain is most concerned with regulating emotions?
What neurons are involved in a reflex and what is the order of the transmission of neural messages?
What does learning change at a biological level?
What part of the brain is most concerned with comprehending language?
What is typically controlled by the right hemisphere and the left hemisphere?
What type of psychologist would be most interested in neurotransmitters?
Animals with more complex behaviors have a larger __________________.
What can increase the number of actions potentials a neuron can produce?
What is the sequence of transmission of a neural impulse?
What produces neurotransmitters/hormones/enzymes?
If you had difficulty staying alert and awake, what part of the brain may be damaged?
For most complex tasks, do both hemispheres process information in an integrated manner or is only one hemisphere involved?
What is the name for those parts of the cortex not involved with sensory, motor or languages functions?

Vocabulary for special attention.
Hypothalamus, medulla, amygdale, cerebellum, corpus callosum, thalamus, reticular formation, genes, fraternal twins, identical twins, heritability.