Sensation
Biological Bases of Behavior
Biological Bases of Behavior
States of Consciousness
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States of Consciousness
Sensation
100
The the senses that rely on chemical receptor cells.
What are taste and smell
100
The term for chemicals that travel from one neuron to another, affecting nearby neurons.
What is neurotransmitters?
100
The primary connection between the left and the right hemisphere
What is the corpus callosum?
100
Patient reports that he has no trouble falling asleep; however he has multiple awakenings during the night and does not know why. He awakes feeling unrefreshed. He experiences daytime sleepiness. He awakes with his mouth feeling dry.
What is sleep apnea?
100
The _____ side of the brain is responsible for recognizing faces and the _____ side of the brain is responsible for language
What is the right side and the left side?
100
Riley has concerns about her sleeping habits. Last night she woke up in his backyard fishing in her pond. She recalls that she was just dreaming that she was on vacation fishing. The previous week she experienced a similar situation in which she woke up cooking Mac and Cheese when she was having a dream that she was making her 4th block meal.
What is sleepwalking?
100
The sensation process that deals with examining small details and piecing them together into a larger picture.
What is bottom up proccessing
200
This determines pitch in hearing.
What is frequency
200
Injury to this part of the brain is likely to cause someone to have great difficulty maintaining their balance and coordinating their movements
What is cerebellum?
200
The primary connection between the left and the right hemispheres
What is the corpus callosum?
200
The approximate amount of hours of sleep adolescents need.
What is 9 +/- 1 hours?
200
During this stage your brain experiences delta waves and you may sleep walk
What is NREM stage 3?
200
During this stage your brain experiences alpha waves and you may have hallucinations
What is NREM stage 1?
200
A wave's amplitude determines it's _____.
brightness or intensity (loudness)
300
The place in the eye where the optic nerve leaves the eye and we cannot see anything.
What is the blind spot
300
This part of the brain regulates someone's sense of fear
What is amygdala?
300
Temperature, sexual behavior, drinking, and eating are most strongly influenced by the
What is the hypothalamus?
300
The literal content of your dream
What is manifest content?
300
The lobe that contains the auditory cortex
What is the temporal lobe?
300
During this stage of sleep you experience the most vivid dreams
What is REM?
300
Area of the eye that only contains cones
What is the fovea
400
The conversion of one form of energy to another through neural impulses
What is transduction?
400
What is the red (52) part of the brain?
What is parietal lobe?
400
What is the yellow (51) part of the brain?
What is frontal lobe?
400
During this sleep stage, your brain experiences sleep spindles and you can still be awakened without difficulty
What is NREM stage 2?
400
The name of our 24 hour sleep wake body clock?
What is the Circadian rhythm?
400
The patient suffers from excessive fatigue and sleepiness during the day. She often has difficulty concentrating and performing tasks. The patient drinks several cups of coffee and diet sodas to stay awake during the day. She also has an alcoholic beverage or two to help her sleep. She can fall asleep okay, but cannot stay asleep for very long and wakes up numerous times and cannot fall back asleep.
What is insomnia?
400
What year did I graduate high school?
2009
500
When your eye's lens focuses on nearby objects and are seen more clearly than distant ones.
What is nearsightedness?
500
What is the blue (53) part of the brain?
What is occipital lobe?
500
What is the green part of the brain?
What is temporal lobe?
500
Trade scores with another team
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500
Description of sleep when you are internally (heart rate/breathing) active and externally (movement) inactive
What is paradoxical sleep?
500
Patient feels excessively sleepy during the day. She sometimes cannot tell if she is dreaming or hallucinating. When she wakes up in the morning she feels glued to her bed as if she cannot move. She mentions that she feels weak when she laughs or is being tickled.
What is narcolepsy?
500
double your score
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600
The distance from one peak to the next describes ____ which determines the ___ of the light we see.
wavelength hue (color)
600
The _______ hemisphere of the brain controls the right hand and the _______ hemisphere controls the left hand
What is the left hemisphere and the right hemisphere?
600
What is the purple (54) part of the brain?
What is cerebellum?
600
When our body wants us to sleep our body temperature _____ and when our body wants us to wake up our body temperature _____
What is falls and rises?
600
During this stage of sleep your body experiences paradoxical sleep
What is REM?
600
When you don't sleep enough for many days and then you finally final asleep, you are likely to experience ________________.
What is REM rebound?
600
The sense that helps us balance.
What is vestibular sense.