Biology and Behavior Review

A prisoner is violent & hostile, although he wasn’t always this way. His therapist believes the environment the prisoner was raised in brought about his aggressive tendencies. The therapist is viewing that behavior is primarily influenced by.

• Brain
• Biology
• Nurture
• Heredity

The main function of the peripheral nervous system is to

• Relay Messages between he brain's right & left hemispheres
• Transmit Information from Central Nervous System to other Body Parts
• Speed up Respiration & Heart Rate
• Produce Growth Hormones

The "fight-or-flight" response to a stressful event is activated by the

• Thyroid Gland
• Hypothalamus
• Sympathetic Nervous System
• Parasympathetic Nervous System

The pituitary gland is known as the "master gland" because it

• Controls which Information Travels between Hemispheres
• Is the Largest Gland
• Secretes Hormones that affect a wide range of Behaviors
• Controls Involuntary Body Functions

Nature is to Nurture as Heredity is to

• Evolution
• Aggression
• Environment
• Natural Selection

A Scientist interested in identifying the patterns of brain activity that occur while a patient reads. In Order to do this the scientists is MOST LIKELY to

• Make an EEG tracing of the Brain while Reading
• Produce a Brain Lesion in the Part Responsible for Reading
• Stimulate the Brain with music
• Gather information from Brain Damaged Patients

A 1st time runner is learning that a running a marathon can be quite stimulating. The applause from the spectators, sights along the road & the pain in her legs are all experiences brought to her central nervous system by her

• Autonomic Nervous System
• Brain Stem
• Brain
• Peripheral Nervous System

Each 5th Grader is supposed to play the role of a part of the body for their school play. One of the children says that she is responsible for respiration, digestion & arousal. You can surmise that she MUST be playing the role of

• Spinal Cord
• Central Nervous System
• Somatic Nervous System
• Autonomic Nervous System

In medical school the students are shown a short video of a patient who appears somewhat uncoordinated when he walks. When the professor asks the students what part of the brain has been damages in the individual one student correctly identifies the

• Pons
• Thalamus
• Medulla
• Cerebellum

The region of the brain that regulates a wide range of behaviors, from motivation, emotional states & memory to body temperature, blood pressure & blood-sugar level is known as the

• Brain Stem
• Limbic System
• Cerebral Cortex
• Hippocampus