EPPP- Biological Bases of Behavior (Correct Answers)
DeleriumCorrect AnswersAcute state of confusion that is abrupt and is usually
reversible
Parkinson's DiseaseCorrect AnswersMotor disease characterized by shaking, rigidity,
slowness of movement, and difficulty walking; caused by lack of dopamine in substantia
nigra
Korsakoff's SyndromeCorrect AnswersA neurological disease resulting in loss of
declarative memory, caused by depletion of thiamine, usually due to long-term alcohol
abuse
Symptoms of Korsakoff'sCorrect AnswersAnterograde amnesia, retrograde amnesia,
confabulation, apathy, limited content in conversations, lack of insight
Anterograde AmnesiaCorrect AnswersInability to form new memories
Retrograde AmnesiaCorrect AnswersInability to recall memories prior to an event
ConfabulationCorrect AnswersCreating false memories or distorting real memories
ApathyCorrect AnswersLack of emotion
Sensory memoryCorrect AnswersMemory of stimuli after stimuli is removed; lasts less
than a second
Short-term memoryCorrect AnswersTemporary immediate recall of information for
processing; lasts less than a minute
ChunkingCorrect AnswersCombining items into groups
Working MemoryCorrect AnswersAbility to manipulate mental information
Explicit MemoryCorrect AnswersInformation consciously remembered
Implicit MemoryCorrect AnswersInformation unconsciously remembered
Procedural MemoryCorrect AnswersAction-based information: processes, working
memory, etc
Declarative MemoryCorrect AnswersIntentionally recalled information
Episodic MemoryCorrect AnswersInformation based in experiences
Semantic MemoryCorrect AnswersFacts, figures, dates, etc
Long-term MemoryCorrect AnswersStored memory
Broca's AphasiaCorrect AnswersPartial or total loss of ability to produce language
Wernicke's AphasiaCorrect AnswersInability to understand language
AphasiaCorrect AnswersLoss of ability to comprehend or formulate language; different
from a developmental delay or dysfunction
Joint AttentionCorrect AnswersTwo or more people paying attention to the same object
Theory of MindCorrect AnswersRecognition that others have a different perspective of
same events
Parietal LobeCorrect AnswersPart of the brain responsible for somatosensory
processing
Frontal LobeCorrect AnswersMediates planning and necessary functions of planning
Occipital LobeCorrect AnswersProcessing and storing visual information
Temporal LobeCorrect AnswersProcessing and storing auditory information
Limbic SystemCorrect AnswersPart of the brain responsible for emotions and memory
processing
CerebellumCorrect AnswersPart of the brain responsible for motor coordination
Brain StemCorrect AnswersResponsible for basic life functions
, CerebrumCorrect AnswersOuter most layer of the brain; contains the cortex and its
connecting axons; also known as the telencephalon
Corpus CallosumCorrect AnswersConnects the left and right hemispheres of the brain
AmygdalaCorrect AnswersResponsible for emotional memory, specifically fear based
memories
ThalamusCorrect AnswersRelay station of the brain
HippocampusCorrect AnswersResponsible for storing memories from short-term to
long-term and responsible for spatial memory
HypothalamusCorrect AnswersRegulates secretion of hormones
Basal GangliaCorrect AnswersPart of the brain responsible for regulating voluntary
movement
Reticular FormationCorrect AnswersPart of the brain responsible for maintaining
arousal and consciousness
Huntington's DiseaseCorrect AnswersMovement disorder caused by cell death in the
caudate nucleus; characterized by uncontrolled movements and results in dementia
GyrusCorrect AnswersHill of the cortex
SulcusCorrect AnswersValley of the cortex
VentricleCorrect AnswersFluid filled space in the brain
MeningesCorrect AnswersProtective material around brain and spinal cord; Three
layers
Dura MaterCorrect AnswersToughest outer layer of the meninges
Arachnoid materCorrect AnswersInner connecting layer of the meninges
Pia MaterCorrect AnswersThinnest last layer of the meninges
DiencephalonCorrect AnswersMade up of the thalamic bodies
Cingulate CortexCorrect AnswersPart of the brain responsible for linking behavioral
outcomes to motivation or emotional response to an outcome
DorsalCorrect AnswersHead, spine
MedialCorrect AnswersMiddle
LateralCorrect AnswersSide
VentralCorrect AnswersBelly
CT ScanCorrect AnswersComputerized Tomography - uses x-rays to look at slices of
brain; used in the emergency room after serious head trauma
MRICorrect AnswersNeural imaging that uses magnetic fields to create an image of the
brain; useful for identifying small details in the brain and is used in non-urgent situations
fMRICorrect AnswersMeasures functional differences in oxygen levels in the brain
without injecting anything
PETCorrect AnswersPositron emission tomography - uses radioactive material to
measure glucose usage to measure brain activity; useful in measuring localized brain
function
Autonomic Nervous SystemCorrect AnswersPart of the nervous system that controls
involuntary functions of life such as heart rate, breathing, hormone management, etc.
Central Nervous SystemCorrect AnswersControlling part of the nervous system; made
up of the brain and spinal cord
Peripheral Nervous SystemCorrect AnswersReceiving and communicating end of the
nervous system; made up of sensory and motor neurons
DeleriumCorrect AnswersAcute state of confusion that is abrupt and is usually
reversible
Parkinson's DiseaseCorrect AnswersMotor disease characterized by shaking, rigidity,
slowness of movement, and difficulty walking; caused by lack of dopamine in substantia
nigra
Korsakoff's SyndromeCorrect AnswersA neurological disease resulting in loss of
declarative memory, caused by depletion of thiamine, usually due to long-term alcohol
abuse
Symptoms of Korsakoff'sCorrect AnswersAnterograde amnesia, retrograde amnesia,
confabulation, apathy, limited content in conversations, lack of insight
Anterograde AmnesiaCorrect AnswersInability to form new memories
Retrograde AmnesiaCorrect AnswersInability to recall memories prior to an event
ConfabulationCorrect AnswersCreating false memories or distorting real memories
ApathyCorrect AnswersLack of emotion
Sensory memoryCorrect AnswersMemory of stimuli after stimuli is removed; lasts less
than a second
Short-term memoryCorrect AnswersTemporary immediate recall of information for
processing; lasts less than a minute
ChunkingCorrect AnswersCombining items into groups
Working MemoryCorrect AnswersAbility to manipulate mental information
Explicit MemoryCorrect AnswersInformation consciously remembered
Implicit MemoryCorrect AnswersInformation unconsciously remembered
Procedural MemoryCorrect AnswersAction-based information: processes, working
memory, etc
Declarative MemoryCorrect AnswersIntentionally recalled information
Episodic MemoryCorrect AnswersInformation based in experiences
Semantic MemoryCorrect AnswersFacts, figures, dates, etc
Long-term MemoryCorrect AnswersStored memory
Broca's AphasiaCorrect AnswersPartial or total loss of ability to produce language
Wernicke's AphasiaCorrect AnswersInability to understand language
AphasiaCorrect AnswersLoss of ability to comprehend or formulate language; different
from a developmental delay or dysfunction
Joint AttentionCorrect AnswersTwo or more people paying attention to the same object
Theory of MindCorrect AnswersRecognition that others have a different perspective of
same events
Parietal LobeCorrect AnswersPart of the brain responsible for somatosensory
processing
Frontal LobeCorrect AnswersMediates planning and necessary functions of planning
Occipital LobeCorrect AnswersProcessing and storing visual information
Temporal LobeCorrect AnswersProcessing and storing auditory information
Limbic SystemCorrect AnswersPart of the brain responsible for emotions and memory
processing
CerebellumCorrect AnswersPart of the brain responsible for motor coordination
Brain StemCorrect AnswersResponsible for basic life functions
, CerebrumCorrect AnswersOuter most layer of the brain; contains the cortex and its
connecting axons; also known as the telencephalon
Corpus CallosumCorrect AnswersConnects the left and right hemispheres of the brain
AmygdalaCorrect AnswersResponsible for emotional memory, specifically fear based
memories
ThalamusCorrect AnswersRelay station of the brain
HippocampusCorrect AnswersResponsible for storing memories from short-term to
long-term and responsible for spatial memory
HypothalamusCorrect AnswersRegulates secretion of hormones
Basal GangliaCorrect AnswersPart of the brain responsible for regulating voluntary
movement
Reticular FormationCorrect AnswersPart of the brain responsible for maintaining
arousal and consciousness
Huntington's DiseaseCorrect AnswersMovement disorder caused by cell death in the
caudate nucleus; characterized by uncontrolled movements and results in dementia
GyrusCorrect AnswersHill of the cortex
SulcusCorrect AnswersValley of the cortex
VentricleCorrect AnswersFluid filled space in the brain
MeningesCorrect AnswersProtective material around brain and spinal cord; Three
layers
Dura MaterCorrect AnswersToughest outer layer of the meninges
Arachnoid materCorrect AnswersInner connecting layer of the meninges
Pia MaterCorrect AnswersThinnest last layer of the meninges
DiencephalonCorrect AnswersMade up of the thalamic bodies
Cingulate CortexCorrect AnswersPart of the brain responsible for linking behavioral
outcomes to motivation or emotional response to an outcome
DorsalCorrect AnswersHead, spine
MedialCorrect AnswersMiddle
LateralCorrect AnswersSide
VentralCorrect AnswersBelly
CT ScanCorrect AnswersComputerized Tomography - uses x-rays to look at slices of
brain; used in the emergency room after serious head trauma
MRICorrect AnswersNeural imaging that uses magnetic fields to create an image of the
brain; useful for identifying small details in the brain and is used in non-urgent situations
fMRICorrect AnswersMeasures functional differences in oxygen levels in the brain
without injecting anything
PETCorrect AnswersPositron emission tomography - uses radioactive material to
measure glucose usage to measure brain activity; useful in measuring localized brain
function
Autonomic Nervous SystemCorrect AnswersPart of the nervous system that controls
involuntary functions of life such as heart rate, breathing, hormone management, etc.
Central Nervous SystemCorrect AnswersControlling part of the nervous system; made
up of the brain and spinal cord
Peripheral Nervous SystemCorrect AnswersReceiving and communicating end of the
nervous system; made up of sensory and motor neurons
