Chapter 3
Biological Psychology · 16 exercises
Problem 1
What does dorsal mean, and what is its opposite?
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Problem 2
What term means toward the side, away from the midline, and what is its opposite?
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Problem 3
If two structures are both on the left side of the body, they are _____ to each other. If one is on the left and the other is on the right, they are ____ to each other.
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Problem 4
The bulges in the cerebral cortex are called _____. The grooves between them are called ___________.
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Problem 5
Sensory nerves enter which side of the spinal cord, dorsal or ventral?
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Problem 6
Which functions are controlled by the sympathetic nervous system? Which are controlled by the parasympathetic nervous system?
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Problem 7
Of the following, which are in the hindbrain, which in the midbrain, and which in the forebrain: basal ganglia, cerebellum, hippocampus, hypothalamus, medulla, pituitary gland, pons, substantia nigra, superior and inferior colliculi, tectum, tegmentum, thalamus?
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Problem 8
Which area is the main source of input to the cerebral cortex?
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Problem 10
Which lobe of the cerebral cortex includes the primary auditory cortex?
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Problem 11
Which lobe of the cerebral cortex includes the primary somatosensory cortex?
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Problem 12
Which lobe of the cerebral cortex includes the primary visual cortex?
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Problem 13
Which lobe of the cerebral cortex includes the primary motor cortex?
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Problem 14
What are the functions of the prefrontal cortex?
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Problem 16
What is the difference between a lesion and an ablation?
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Problem 19
What does fMRI measure?
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Problem 22
Why are both brain size and brain-to-body ratio unsatisfactory ways of estimating animal intelligence?
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