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Biopsychology: Quiz 7
1. In the first half of the 20th century, the results of research on the corpus callosum was paradoxical. Explain in fewer than 20 words.
2. Excessive oral explanation of objects is a symptom of the _______________, which was initially produced in monkeys by the ________________ removal or destruction of the ________________ lobes.
3.
_____________ agonists are commonly used in the treatment of both depression and anxiety disorders.
4.
Although the sensorimotor system is largely a contralateral system, the _________ hemisphere does exert significant control over the ________ hand, more than the ________ hemisphere exerts over the _________ hand.
5.
Broca's aphasia is to Broca's area as alexia is to the ________________.
6.
Most prevalent of all psychiatric disorders are the ___________________.
7.
The most commonly used behavioural measure of language lateralization in healthy subjects is the _________________ test.
8.
Echolalia is a common symptom of both ___________ and ________________.
9.
After the beginning of human clinical trials of an effective drug, it takes approximately ____ years before the drug can be sold
to the public.
10.
Almost all __________ are left-hemisphere dominant for speech, whereas the majority of __________ are left-hemisphere dominant for speech.
11.
Antihistamine is to schizophrenia as a treatment for tuberculosis is to _______________.
12.
_________ is less common in _________ than in England because _________ has fewer, and more consistently spelled, _________ than does _________ .
13.
_______________ is effective against mania, but at high doses it is used to produced gastrointestinal upset in conditioned taste aversion experiments.
14.
Bilateral lesions to the auditory cortex disrupt ________________ when the conditional stimuli are complex sounds but not when they are simple tones.
15.
The adrenal cortex is to glucocorticoids as the ________________ is to ACTH.
16.
_________ cats display ______________ but not if the hypothalamus is also removed.
17.
Although it is not used to treat depression, __________________ has a striking, albeit temporary, therapeutic effect.
18.
Male rats chronically exposed to ________________ are likely to attack juveniles and tend to have smaller testes, lower levels of testosterone, and shorter life spans.
19.
Place each of the following letters next to the correct disorder.
a. bipolar
b. basal ganglia
c. tics
d. imipramine
e. atypical neuroleptics
f. benzodiazepines
g. diathesis-stress model
h. waxy flexibility
1. schizophrenia
2. affective disorders
3. anxiety disorders
4. Tourette's syndrome
20.
Handling rat pups has a variety of long-term beneficial effects on their health. These effects appear to be mediated by handling-produced increases in _______________.
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