Question 1

What are the symptoms of Broca's aphasia?

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Question 2

How does the endocrine system influence behavior? Describe the functions of three glands and the hormones each secretes.

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Question 3

How does a CT (computerized axial tomography) scan allow the exploration of the brain without the injection of chemicals?

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Question 4

Describe the two types of studies that are most important to the work of those in behavioral genetics.

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Question 5

What is a neuron? Describe the three parts of a neuron and their functions. Explain the process of how a neural message is transmitted from the end of one neuron to the beginning of another and the process by which a neuron moves from a resting state (resting potential) to firing (action potential) and then back to a resting state.

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Question 6

What are the symptoms of Wernicke's aphasia?

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What are the primary functions of the sympathetic and parasympathetic components of the peripheral nervous system? Describe a situation or experience in which activation of the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions has occurred.

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Question 8

Briefly explain Roger Sperry's split-brain research.

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Question 9

Choose any three methods that psychologists use to learn about the functions of the brain. Describe the method, how it works, and the type of information we can learn from it.

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Question 10

Describe the functions of the brain and the spinal cord. How are these functions similar? How are these functions dissimilar?

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Question 11

What does SQUID stand for, and what sorts of results can it produce?

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Question 12

Name two hormones that are of particular interest to psychologists and state which gland they are related to and some of the tasks that these hormones perform.

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Quiz 2: Biology and Behavior