EPPP: BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Delerium - Answer-Acute state of confusion that is abrupt and is usually reversible
Parkinson's Disease - Answer-Motor disease characterized by shaking, rigidity,
slowness of movement, and difficulty walking; caused by lack of dopamine in substantia
nigra
Korsakoff's Syndrome - Answer-A neurological disease resulting in loss of declarative
memory, caused by depletion of thiamine, usually due to long-term alcohol abuse
Symptoms of Korsakoff's - Answer-Anterograde amnesia, retrograde amnesia,
confabulation, apathy, limited content in conversations, lack of insight
Anterograde Amnesia - Answer-Inability to form new memories
Retrograde Amnesia - Answer-Inability to recall memories prior to an event
Confabulation - Answer-Creating false memories or distorting real memories
Apathy - Answer-Lack of emotion
Sensory memory - Answer-Memory of stimuli after stimuli is removed; lasts less than a
second
Short-term memory - Answer-Temporary immediate recall of information for processing;
lasts less than a minute
Chunking - Answer-Combining items into groups
Working Memory - Answer-Ability to manipulate mental information
Explicit Memory - Answer-Information consciously remembered
Implicit Memory - Answer-Information unconsciously remembered
Procedural Memory - Answer-Action-based information: processes, working memory,
etc
Declarative Memory - Answer-Intentionally recalled information
, Episodic Memory - Answer-Information based in experiences
Semantic Memory - Answer-Facts, figures, dates, etc
Long-term Memory - Answer-Stored memory
Broca's Aphasia - Answer-Partial or total loss of ability to produce language
Wernicke's Aphasia - Answer-Inability to understand language
Aphasia - Answer-Loss of ability to comprehend or formulate language; different from a
developmental delay or dysfunction
Joint Attention - Answer-Two or more people paying attention to the same object
Theory of Mind - Answer-Recognition that others have a different perspective of same
events
Parietal Lobe - Answer-Part of the brain responsible for somatosensory processing
Frontal Lobe - Answer-Mediates planning and necessary functions of planning
Occipital Lobe - Answer-Processing and storing visual information
Temporal Lobe - Answer-Processing and storing auditory information
Limbic System - Answer-Part of the brain responsible for emotions and memory
processing
Cerebellum - Answer-Part of the brain responsible for motor coordination
Brain Stem - Answer-Responsible for basic life functions
Cerebrum - Answer-Outer most layer of the brain; contains the cortex and its connecting
axons; also known as the telencephalon
Corpus Callosum - Answer-Connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain
Amygdala - Answer-Responsible for emotional memory, specifically fear based
memories
Thalamus - Answer-Relay station of the brain
Hippocampus - Answer-Responsible for storing memories from short-term to long-term
and responsible for spatial memory
REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Delerium - Answer-Acute state of confusion that is abrupt and is usually reversible
Parkinson's Disease - Answer-Motor disease characterized by shaking, rigidity,
slowness of movement, and difficulty walking; caused by lack of dopamine in substantia
nigra
Korsakoff's Syndrome - Answer-A neurological disease resulting in loss of declarative
memory, caused by depletion of thiamine, usually due to long-term alcohol abuse
Symptoms of Korsakoff's - Answer-Anterograde amnesia, retrograde amnesia,
confabulation, apathy, limited content in conversations, lack of insight
Anterograde Amnesia - Answer-Inability to form new memories
Retrograde Amnesia - Answer-Inability to recall memories prior to an event
Confabulation - Answer-Creating false memories or distorting real memories
Apathy - Answer-Lack of emotion
Sensory memory - Answer-Memory of stimuli after stimuli is removed; lasts less than a
second
Short-term memory - Answer-Temporary immediate recall of information for processing;
lasts less than a minute
Chunking - Answer-Combining items into groups
Working Memory - Answer-Ability to manipulate mental information
Explicit Memory - Answer-Information consciously remembered
Implicit Memory - Answer-Information unconsciously remembered
Procedural Memory - Answer-Action-based information: processes, working memory,
etc
Declarative Memory - Answer-Intentionally recalled information
, Episodic Memory - Answer-Information based in experiences
Semantic Memory - Answer-Facts, figures, dates, etc
Long-term Memory - Answer-Stored memory
Broca's Aphasia - Answer-Partial or total loss of ability to produce language
Wernicke's Aphasia - Answer-Inability to understand language
Aphasia - Answer-Loss of ability to comprehend or formulate language; different from a
developmental delay or dysfunction
Joint Attention - Answer-Two or more people paying attention to the same object
Theory of Mind - Answer-Recognition that others have a different perspective of same
events
Parietal Lobe - Answer-Part of the brain responsible for somatosensory processing
Frontal Lobe - Answer-Mediates planning and necessary functions of planning
Occipital Lobe - Answer-Processing and storing visual information
Temporal Lobe - Answer-Processing and storing auditory information
Limbic System - Answer-Part of the brain responsible for emotions and memory
processing
Cerebellum - Answer-Part of the brain responsible for motor coordination
Brain Stem - Answer-Responsible for basic life functions
Cerebrum - Answer-Outer most layer of the brain; contains the cortex and its connecting
axons; also known as the telencephalon
Corpus Callosum - Answer-Connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain
Amygdala - Answer-Responsible for emotional memory, specifically fear based
memories
Thalamus - Answer-Relay station of the brain
Hippocampus - Answer-Responsible for storing memories from short-term to long-term
and responsible for spatial memory
