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Neuroanatomy_KD
What area is concerned with speech,
What area is concerned with reaso...,
What area is concerned with emoti...
7
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9 Neurobiology of addiction and treatments
What three criteria used to disti...,
What recreational drugs are used ...,
What drug is responsible for most...
38
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10 Amino Acids: Glutamate & GABA
How are glutamate and gaba neuron...,
What is the most abundant excitat...,
What does glutamate do
32
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11-12 Neuroscience of Anxiety and Depression
What s the difference between fea...,
What are the five types of anxiet...,
What is the incidence of anxiety ...
45
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13 Negative effects of reinforcement: Reduced intrinsic motivation and creativity
What is the basic logic of reinfo...,
What are some corollaries of the ...,
What were the results of lepper a...
21
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14 Learned Helplessness & Happiness
Describe seligman and maier s ini...,
What affective changes were obser...,
What three effects are associated...
24
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16 Comparative Cognition 1
Spontaneous problem solving vs. incremental learning (trial-and-error, discrimination and generalisation)
17
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15 Choice & Self-control
If there are two behaviours b1 an...,
If two behaviours b1 and b2 are r...,
What is the relationship between ...
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17 Comparative Cognition 2: Animal Models of Memory
Why is the morris water maze thou...,
Why are tests that involve sponta...,
What is the radial arm maze and w...
26
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18 Evolution of Mental Abilities
What is behavioural ecology,
What are the three principles of ...,
How many copies of each chromosom...
30
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19 Behavioural Genetics
What is the measurable expression...,
How is phenotypic variance calcul...,
What is the difference between fr...
17
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20 Gene-Environment Interactions
What is pavlov s idea of equipote...,
How did garcia and koelling 1966 ...,
Do all species show similar biolo...
23
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21 Feeding and Eating
What are the two metabolic states,
What can lipectomies in siberian ...,
What are the five main hunger and...
32
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Glial cells
What are the different types of g...,
What is the function of astrocytes,
What is the function of oligodend...
9
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22 Neurobiology of sex, attachment and empathy
How widespread is sexual dimorphism,
What are the two main periods whe...,
What are the main sexually dimorp...
37
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3 + 4 The Discriminative Stimulus and Reinforcer
What is stimulus control,
What is the role of the discrimin...,
Why is stimulus control important
17
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2 Positive Reinforcement and Extinction
What is the law of effect,
What is secondary reinforcement,
What is the difference between cl...
15
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1 Central Problem of Psychology
What are aristotle s 4 causes,
What is materialism,
What is objectivism
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5 Punishment
-Aversive stimuli and punishment
-The efficacy of punishment
-Omission
-Punishment and fear conditioning
18
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24 Psychoneuroimmunology
What is the main organ of the imm...,
When an immune cell detects somet...,
How can it be demonstrated that m...
28
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25 Non-neuronal glial cells
Why are glial cells called this,
What percentage of brain cells do...,
What is the most common type of c...
34
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26 Pain and touch
Why do people with congenital neu...,
How did hardy et al 1952 show rel...,
What are the sensory informative ...
33
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32-4 Vestibular system
What are the two main functions o...,
How are angular head movements de...,
How are linear head movements det...
75
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35-36 What is Perception?
What percentage of the brain is i...,
What is the function of the v4 ar...,
How about the medial temporal are...
29
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37-39 Vision
What explains the uneven distribu...,
Why would proximity of l and m co...,
Some kinds of prawns have how man...
25
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17 Comparative Cognition 2: Animal Models of Memory_FM
What is implicit memory,
What is explicit memory,
What is difference between learni...
22
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16 Comparative cognition_FM
1 why do we study the cognitive a...,
What practical issues make studyi...,
2 what role does instrumental lea...
13
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7 Fundamental concepts in Psychopharmacology
1 what are fast ways of drugs ent...,
What are medium speed ways of dru...,
What are slow ways of drugs enter...
24
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Topic questions
What is the central problem of ps...,
What is materialism,
What is objectivism
17
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Neuroscience exam practice Qs
1 design what you would consider ...,
2 why is a just say no strategy l...,
3 describe three neurotransmitter...
9
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