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 (6 points) – including the following topics
1) secrets of the mind documentary
2) Classic view versus new discoveries of glial cell function