Physiological Psychology Targeted Review for Exam 1
Format:
Main test – 50 multiple choice questions
Note: Some numbered items below may apply to multiple test questions
general characteristics of biopsychology as a field – lecture
people associated with the field of biopsychology – lecture
concepts associated with Karl Lashley’s work – lecture
scientific attempts to localize brain functions – lecture
findings associated with different studies of Einstein’s brain – lecture
divisions of neuroscience and biopsychology – Ch1
combining terms to describe specific fields (e.g., neuro-psycho-endocrinology) - lecture
broad concepts at the end of Ch1 – (e.g., scientific inference, converging operations and law of
parsimony).
9) Walter Freeman’s outpatient surgery – Ch1
10) divisions of the nervous system – Ch3
11) divisions of biopsychology – Ch1
12) functions of PNS divisions – Ch3
13) divisions of PNS projecting from CNS – Ch3
14) layers of the meninges – Ch3
15) functions of different glial cells – Ch3
16) neuroanatomical directions and planes – Ch3
17) inputs/outputs to spinal cord – Ch3
18) divisions of the midbrain – Ch3
19) structures of the brain stem – Ch3
20) thalamic relays – Ch3
21) parts of the diencephalon – Ch3
22) fissures, gyri and lobes – Ch3
23) brain structures of subcortical systems – Ch3
24) brain structures that are included in more than one system, division or substructure - Ch3
25) characteristic of the rat brain cortex – lecture and Ch3
26) neuroanatomical sections, axes and planes – lecture and Ch3
27) structures of the basal ganglia – Ch3
28) basal ganglia connections making up ‘loops’ – lecture
29) structures of the neuron and neural processes that bring in versus send information – lecture and
Ch3
30) general organization of nerves as they connect to the spinal cord – lecture and Ch3
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Extra credit multiple choice (2 points) – two questions on the documentary ‘secrets of the mind’
Extra credit short answer (3 points maximum). Choose one of the following
1) Classic view versus new discoveries of glial cell function
2) secrets of the mind documentary