Biological Basis of Behavior

What is a neuron?

• A nerve cell

• A muscle cell

• A skin cell
  
  

• A bone cell

Which lobe of the brain is located towards the back of the brain?

• Frontal lobe

• Parietal lobe

• Temporal lobe

• Occipital lobe

What is the function of the amygdala in the brain?

• Processing visual information

• Memory formation and consolidation

• Regulating mood

• Processing emotions, specifically fear and aggression

part of autonomic nervous, calms you down

• Parasympathetic 
• sympathetic 

sending end of a neuron

• dendrites
• axon terminals

The structure in the central core of the brain that relays and translates sensory information is the:

• corpus collosum.

• hypothalamus.

• thalamus.

Which lobe of the brain is the visual processing center of the brain?

• frontal

• temporal

• parietal

• occipital

Which lobe of the brain is associated with executive functions such as planning and goal-directed behavior; responsible for advanced decision-making processes?

• frontal

• temporal

• parietal

• occipital

Which gland of the endocrine system is called "the master gland"?

• pancreas

• thyroid gland

• pituitary gland

• adrenal gland

_______ plays a role in sleep, the regulation of mood; and control of eating; the regulation of pain; and control of dreaming.

• Serotonin

• GABA

• Dopamine

• Acetylcholine