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Question 1. Be able to identify ethical considerations in research (for example, informed consent, confidentiality, deception, debriefing).

Question 2. In what instances would deception in psychological research be appropriate?

Question 3. What is a genetic mutation?

Question 4. Explain what is meant by homozygous, heterozygous, dominant, and recessive alleles.

Question 5. Distinguish between hormones and neurotransmitters.

Question 6. Be able to identify parts of the neuron (including cell body (soma), dendrites, axon, myelin sheath, terminal buttons of axon, vesicles, synaptic gap, receptor sites) and explain the flow of information within and between neurons.

Question 7. Explain reuptake.

Question 8. How is an action potential generated?

Question 9. What are the pathways of sensory neurons and motor neurons?

Question 10. What are the functions of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems?

Question 11. What do hormones do in the body? Know the 4 types of hormones discussed in class. How can hormone levels be influenced by one's environment?

Question 12. How do opiate drugs affect neurotransmitters and receptor sites?

Question 13. What are the functions of the association areas, occipital, parietal, temporal, and frontal lobes?

Question 14. What are the functions of the hypothalamus, hippocampus, thalamus, cerebellum, corpus callosum, and amygdala?

Question 15. What disruptions can occur if damage is sustained to Broca's area? Wernicke's area? In which cortical lobes are these areas located?

Question 16. Distinguish between neurogenesis and neuroplasticity.

Question 17. Distinguish between cortical localization and lateralization of function.

Question 18. Be able to distinguish between EEG, MRI, fMRI, PET, and CAT (CT) scans.

Question 19. What do agnonist and antagonist psychoactive drugs do?