BBP EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is brain theory? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Idea that the brain produced behavior and thinking
What is a model system? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅using one type of organism to understand others
What are the three general parts of the brain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Forebrain (cerebrum), brain
stem, cerebellum
What is the pathology of Lou Gehrig's disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Disease cuts off CNS from PNS
What are gyri and sulci? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅gyri (ridges) and sulci (grooves)
What is a connectome? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅map of neural connections in the brain
What are the two classes of brain cells? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Axons and dendrites
What does a dendrite do? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅receives information
What does an axon do? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅sends information
What are components of the CNS? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅brain, brainstem, spinal cord
What are components of the PNS? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅cranial and spinal nerves
What is the somatic nervous system? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Moving your muscles (voluntary)
What is the autonomic nervous system? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅It is the part of the nervous system
that covers the involuntary activities of your body.
, How does Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt define behavior? 2 patterns? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅As patterns in
time. Relatively fixed and inherited or plastic and learned
Define mentalism (Aristotle) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mind is responsible for behavior, brain has no role
Define dualism (Descartes) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅mind and body are separate, behavior can be
produced by reflexes and the mind
Red Crossbill vs Roof Rat - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Red crossbill has evolved to eat pinecone (inherited),
but the roof rat must learn to eat pinecone (learned)
What is the function of the forebrain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Consciousness
What is the function of the brain stem? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Breathing, posture, HR (involuntary)
Define materialism (Darwin) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅conscious/unconscious behavior explained by
brain (natural selection)
What is the function of the cerebellum? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅fine motor control/voluntary
movement
What is a cell assembly? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Patterns of neuron communication give rise to
behavior
What are the layers of meninges in order from the outermost layer to the inner? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Dura, arachnoid, and pia
What are the two types of strokes? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ischemic (blocked) and hemorrhagic (bleed)
What is brain theory? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Idea that the brain produced behavior and thinking
What is a model system? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅using one type of organism to understand others
What are the three general parts of the brain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Forebrain (cerebrum), brain
stem, cerebellum
What is the pathology of Lou Gehrig's disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Disease cuts off CNS from PNS
What are gyri and sulci? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅gyri (ridges) and sulci (grooves)
What is a connectome? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅map of neural connections in the brain
What are the two classes of brain cells? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Axons and dendrites
What does a dendrite do? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅receives information
What does an axon do? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅sends information
What are components of the CNS? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅brain, brainstem, spinal cord
What are components of the PNS? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅cranial and spinal nerves
What is the somatic nervous system? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Moving your muscles (voluntary)
What is the autonomic nervous system? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅It is the part of the nervous system
that covers the involuntary activities of your body.
, How does Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt define behavior? 2 patterns? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅As patterns in
time. Relatively fixed and inherited or plastic and learned
Define mentalism (Aristotle) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mind is responsible for behavior, brain has no role
Define dualism (Descartes) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅mind and body are separate, behavior can be
produced by reflexes and the mind
Red Crossbill vs Roof Rat - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Red crossbill has evolved to eat pinecone (inherited),
but the roof rat must learn to eat pinecone (learned)
What is the function of the forebrain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Consciousness
What is the function of the brain stem? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Breathing, posture, HR (involuntary)
Define materialism (Darwin) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅conscious/unconscious behavior explained by
brain (natural selection)
What is the function of the cerebellum? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅fine motor control/voluntary
movement
What is a cell assembly? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Patterns of neuron communication give rise to
behavior
What are the layers of meninges in order from the outermost layer to the inner? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Dura, arachnoid, and pia
What are the two types of strokes? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ischemic (blocked) and hemorrhagic (bleed)
