Biological Foundations of Behaviour Subcategories

Biological Foundations of Behaviour

An EEG records is:

A. the number of neurons in the brain
B. electrical impulses from the brain
C. chemical activity in the cranial nerves
D. direct electrical stimulation and activation of the brain

Hormones are the chemical messengers of the:

A. reticular formation
B. autonomic nervous system
C. endocrine system
D. cerebral cortex

The neuron includes all of the following structures EXCEPT:

A. Axon
B. Myelin
C. Blastula
D. Soma

The drunken driving suspect was unable to hold his hand out to the side and bring this finger to a stop on his nose because of the brain structures depressed first by alcohol is the:

A. hypothalamus
B. corpus callosum
C. cerebellum
D. medulla

One function of glial cells is to:

A. mimic the effects of neurotransmitters
B. stimulate the production or hormones
C. control heartbeat and breathing
D. provide nutrients to interneurons

The brainstem consists mainly of the:

A. cerebellum and the cerebral cortex
B. cerebrum and the medulla
C. medulla and the cerebellum
D. cerebral cortex and the medulla

Jim just barely avoided a head-on collision on a narrow road. with heart pounding, hands shaking, and body perspiring, Jim recognizes that these are signs of the body’s fight of the body’s fight-or-flight response, which is controlled by the:

A. empathetic division of the peripheral nervous system
B. parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system
C. somatic division of the peripheral nervous system
D. sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system

The behaviour that depends on the experiences in one’s own life but for this to occur depends upon the development and evolution of the nervous system of that animal is:

A. Taxis
B. Kinesis
C. Reflex
D. Learning

One of the followings conditioned the dogs to secrete saliva on ringing of the bell which is not a normal stimulus for secretion of saliva:

A. Thorndike and B.F. Skinner
B. Pavlov
C. Kohler
D. None of these

Neurons are made up of dendrites, a soma and:

A. axons
B. axles
C. atoms
D. axes