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PSYC 271 Unit 1 Test

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homologous
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natural selection
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phenylketonuria
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neocortex
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ganglia
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cerebral commissures
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meninges
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true breeding lines
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psychopharmacology
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cognitive neuroscience
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genotype
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cognition
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astrocytes
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mesencephalon
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convergent evolution
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lateral geniculate
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glial cells
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schwann cells
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melencephalon
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behaviourism
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composed of tectum and tegmentum
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all behaviours are a result of environmental conditioning
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traits an organism can pass onto offspring through genetic material
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6 layered cerebral cortex of recent evolution 90% of humans
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neurological disorder characterized by vomitting, seizures, intellectual disability, hyperactivity, hyperirritability, brain damage and high levels of phenylpyruvatic acid in urine
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focuses on manipulation of neural activity and behaviour with drugs
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breeding lines in which interbred members always produce offspring with same trait, generation after generation
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relays visual information
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nonneural cells of nervous system
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evolution in unrelated species of similar solution to same environmental demands
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includes pons and cerebellum
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tracts that connect cerebral hemispheres
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study of neural bases of cognition
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higher intellectual processes (thought, memory, etc)
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large, star shaped with multiple roles
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3 protective membranes that cover the CNS
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perform same function as oligodendrocytes in PNS
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similar structures due to common evolutionary origin
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hertiable traits that are associated with high rates of survival and reproduction are most likely to be passed on
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PNS clusters of cell bodies
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separates temportal lobe from frontal
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3 consecutive nucleotide bases, specifies particular amino acid
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large multipolar cortical neurons with pyramidal ccell body, apical dendrite and very long axon
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motor function and complex cognitive functions
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stretches of DNA that determine which structure genes are converetd into protein
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mechanism impedes passage of toxic substance from blood to brain
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relays somatosensory information
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composed of thalamus and hypothalamus
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just below thalamus, regulates several motivated behaviours via hormones from pituitary gland
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point where optic nerves come together and decussate

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