Here are some suggestions to guide your studying for our first exam:
You should know the basic information on the field of
biopsychology
presented in class, including the subareas and related careers
(discussed in class
(http://www.uni.edu/walsh/biopsychK.html)
You should be familiar with the research approaches described in
4.3
and in class and in the Methods related links in the syllabus.
Our genetics quiz and genetics assignment tested your
understanding of
Mendelian genetics, but the other topics in the genetics module (discussed
in
class
(http://www.uni.edu/walsh/pku.html)
and in Module 1.2
will be on the test. This includes:
structure of DNA
crossing over
sex-linked genes
sex-limited genes
heritability
overestimation of heritability in twin research
the genetics of and characteristics of the 2 disorders we covered
(PKU
and Huntington's disease and the extra pages assigned on this
topic)
evolution as a change in the frequency of various genes in a
population
over time
fitness and natural selection
artificial selection or selective breeding
Anatomy lectures
The terms on the brain game homework should serve as a studylist.
You
should know where the basic parts of the brain and nervous system
are
(like we did during the game), what aspect of behavior each part
is
related to, and thus have some sense of what aspects of behavior
would
be impaired if that brain area were damaged (again, like the brain
game). You should know the basic anatomical terminology in Table
4.1
and
4.2 and be familiar with the anatomy that you have labeled in out
online
assignments.