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)
and 1.4 of the text ).
You should be familiar with the various biopsychological research methods presented in lecture (see link above) and in 4.1 of the text.
Our email 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 1.2
thru
page 16) 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 pages (258-261)
evolution as a change in the frequency of various genes in a population
over time
natural selection
artificial selection or selective breeding
Anatomy lectures and 4.2 and 4.3
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 able to label the brainstem or lower brain areas in
Figure
4.16 and the cortical regions in Figure 4.24..
Chapter 2.1 Neurons and glia (types and functions),
disorders
related to glia (MS), the neuron's cell membrane
(http://www.uni.edu/walsh/neuron.html)
A few terms you do not need to worry about: mitochondria, ribosomes,
endoplasmic reticulum..