PSYC 3322: Brain and Behavior Exam 2 - University
of Texas at Arlington (UTA) || Latest 2026 Update with
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1 Which neurotransmitter is primarily involved in the "wanting" of drug addiction?
• Answer: Dopamine
2 Where are the mesolimbic dopamine neurons located?
• Answer: Ventral tegmental area
3 Which area is thought to be responsible for habit formation in addiction?
• Answer: Striatum / Basal ganglia
4 Which is thought to be most responsible for the pleasurable feeling associated with drug
use?
• Answer: Opioid system
5 Which is considered the master gland?
• Answer: Pituitary gland
6 Which category of hormones would be responsible for regulating salt levels?
• Answer: Homeostatic
7 Which category of hormones prepares your body to deal with stress?
• Answer: Glucocorticoid
8 Which category of hormones help regulate blood glucose levels?
• Answer: Homeostatic
9 Increasing insulin levels in a healthy person would do what?
• Answer: Decrease blood glucose
10 In diabetes mellitus, low insulin levels result in what?
• Answer: Hyperglycemia
11 The fast-acting stress response is associated with the release of what hormone?
• Answer: Epinephrine
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, 12 The slow-acting stress response is associated with the release of what hormone?
• Answer: Cortisol
13 Which brain area is important for down-regulating the stress response?
• Answer: Hippocampus
14 What can result from chronic high stress?
• Answer: Obesity, depression, heart disease, and inflammation
15 Which describes a GABA agonist?
• Answer: A drug that increases the opening of the GABAa receptor
16 Which is a norepinephrine antagonist?
• Answer: A drug that increases norepinephrine degradation
17 Which is a glutamate agonist?
• Answer: A drug that increases Ca2+ in glutamate presynaptic terminals
18 Language acquisition is mostly complete by what age?
• Answer: Age 12
19 Learning by trial and error (concurrent discrimination task) relies on which brain area?
• Answer: Basal ganglia
20 During maturation, many areas of cortex get thinner because of what process?
• Answer: Pruning (except language areas)
21 Cats raised in an environment with only horizontal lines during development will
experience what?
• Answer: They will not see vertical lines
22 The nonmatching to sample task relies on which brain area?
• Answer: Temporal lobe
23 Which brain area is known to produce new neurons throughout life?
• Answer: Hippocampus
24 What does gene methylation do?
• Answer: Decreases expression
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of Texas at Arlington (UTA) || Latest 2026 Update with
100% Verified Q&A
1 Which neurotransmitter is primarily involved in the "wanting" of drug addiction?
• Answer: Dopamine
2 Where are the mesolimbic dopamine neurons located?
• Answer: Ventral tegmental area
3 Which area is thought to be responsible for habit formation in addiction?
• Answer: Striatum / Basal ganglia
4 Which is thought to be most responsible for the pleasurable feeling associated with drug
use?
• Answer: Opioid system
5 Which is considered the master gland?
• Answer: Pituitary gland
6 Which category of hormones would be responsible for regulating salt levels?
• Answer: Homeostatic
7 Which category of hormones prepares your body to deal with stress?
• Answer: Glucocorticoid
8 Which category of hormones help regulate blood glucose levels?
• Answer: Homeostatic
9 Increasing insulin levels in a healthy person would do what?
• Answer: Decrease blood glucose
10 In diabetes mellitus, low insulin levels result in what?
• Answer: Hyperglycemia
11 The fast-acting stress response is associated with the release of what hormone?
• Answer: Epinephrine
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, 12 The slow-acting stress response is associated with the release of what hormone?
• Answer: Cortisol
13 Which brain area is important for down-regulating the stress response?
• Answer: Hippocampus
14 What can result from chronic high stress?
• Answer: Obesity, depression, heart disease, and inflammation
15 Which describes a GABA agonist?
• Answer: A drug that increases the opening of the GABAa receptor
16 Which is a norepinephrine antagonist?
• Answer: A drug that increases norepinephrine degradation
17 Which is a glutamate agonist?
• Answer: A drug that increases Ca2+ in glutamate presynaptic terminals
18 Language acquisition is mostly complete by what age?
• Answer: Age 12
19 Learning by trial and error (concurrent discrimination task) relies on which brain area?
• Answer: Basal ganglia
20 During maturation, many areas of cortex get thinner because of what process?
• Answer: Pruning (except language areas)
21 Cats raised in an environment with only horizontal lines during development will
experience what?
• Answer: They will not see vertical lines
22 The nonmatching to sample task relies on which brain area?
• Answer: Temporal lobe
23 Which brain area is known to produce new neurons throughout life?
• Answer: Hippocampus
24 What does gene methylation do?
• Answer: Decreases expression
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