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2- Exploring the Brain
What does autonomic nervous syste...,
What does the somatic nervous sys...,
Dermatomes
9  cards
6- Neurotransmission: Drug Abuse
Nicotine imitates for which receptor,
Alcohol modulates which receptor,
Opiates interact with which receptor
23  cards
3- From Brain to Neuron
Cerebrospinal fluid,
Ventricles,
Where is cerebrospinal fluid prod...
9  cards
4- Action Potentials and Synapses
Intercellular transmission is,
Resting membrane potential,
Action potential
13  cards
5- Neurotransmission
What is anxiety,
Clinical anxiety refers to,
Symptoms of anxiety
29  cards
7- Sensory-Motor Integration
What do cones and rods do in the ...,
What is the resting potential of ...,
Where do the optic nerves project to
24  cards
8- Hormones and Stress
Acth released to where to cause c...,
What is crh,
What is acth
28  cards
9- Theories of Emotion
Biological perspective suggests t...,
Folk psychology sequence of fear,
The james lange theory sequence o...
8  cards
10- Biological Basis of Emotions
What are the two classes of acety...,
Activation of nicotinic receptors...,
Nicotinic and muscarinic and crit...
15  cards
11- Respondent Conditioning
Limitations of innate responses,
What is non associative learning,
What is associative learning
9  cards
12- Goal-Directed Behaviour
Thorndike s laws of learning,
What is a reinforcer in operant c...,
What is a positive reinforcer in ...
12  cards
13- Experience-Dependent Plasticity
Two types of declarative explicit...,
What is semantic memory,
What is episodic memory
10  cards
14- Temperature and Thirst
What is homeostasis,
Imbalance in homeostasis creates,
What is negative feedback
20  cards
15- Hunger and Satiety
Hypovolemic thirst stimulated by,
Osmotic thirst cellular dehydrati...,
Bmi
22  cards
16- The Limbic Brain
Prior to 3 months babies take lar...,
At around 3 6 months they switch ...,
Rats eat and drink when
11  cards
17- The Evolution of Emotions
Recent research indicates that em...,
Responses to emotional expression...,
Emotional intelligence is likely ...
16  cards
18- Social Behaviour and Communication
What is social organisation,
Tinbergen s 4 questions for a trait,
Direct benefits of group living
16  cards
19- Sexual Selection and Communication
What is sexual selection,
Sexual selection is generated by ...,
Key forms of intra sexual competi...
10  cards
20- Cognitive Abilities in Animals
What is cognition,
What is referential signalling,
Some animals have alarm calling s...
17  cards
21- Primate Social and Mating Systems
What is a mating system,
What is monogamous family units,
What is polyandry
21  cards
22- Human Evolutionary Psychology
What is human behavioural ecology,
Most human behaviour is the produ...,
Most aspects of human behaviour are
20  cards

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