Biological Bases of Behavior
Biological Bases of Behavior
Biological Bases of Behavior
States of Consciousness
Various topics
States of Consciousness
Random/off topic/on topic, idk
100

__________ is the study of how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work.

What is epigenetics?

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

True or False

Hypnosis works best on people who have rich fantasy lives and easily get lost in a book or a movie.

What is true?

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

With hit songs such as "She Said", "Chicken Walk", and "No More Hot Dogs", this West Virginian singer/songwriter made a name for himself as the inventor of "The Hunch", a dance that took Madison County, WV by storm (like 50 people)

Hasil Adkins

200

The primary connection between the left and the right hemispheres

What is the corpus callosum?

200

Number 49 can be identified as 

What is Axon?

200

Number 50 can be identified as 

What is the Myelin sheath?

200

The amount of hours of sleep adolescents need.

What is 9 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

What is the difference between monozygotic and dizygotic twins?

What is monozygotic twins come from one split egg and dizygotic twins come from two separate eggs?

300

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?

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

How does "nature" relate to human traits?

What is gene biology?

300

During this stage of sleep you experience the most vivid dreams

What is REM stage 4?

300

The lobe that contains the auditory cortex

What is the temporal lobe?

400

Number 46 can be identified as 

What is dendrite?

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

How does "nurture" relate to human traits?

What is environmental experiences?

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

True or False

Our biological clock suggest we are meant to take naps during the day

What is false?

500

Number 47 can be identified as 

What is the terminal button?

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

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?

500

When you are internally active and externally 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

True or False

If someone has their corpus callosum severed they will not be able to live a normal life (as in hold a job, attend school, etc.)

What is false?

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

Number 48 can be identified as

What is the nucleus?

600

What is the purple (54) part of the brain?

What is cerebellum?

600

The hidden meaning of your dream.

What is your latent content?

600

During this stage of sleep your body experiences paradoxical sleep

What is REM stage 4?

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

This is Mr. Elkins' favorite baseball player

Mike Trout