Wayne State University

PSYCHOLOGY 3120

Study Guide Psychology 3120

Exam 3

1)Be able to explain the organizational and activational effects of hormones on development of the male vs. female body.

Hormones play an important role in development of the male vs. female body. Reproductive behaviors include courting, mating, prenatal behaviors and many forms of aggressive behaviors. Dimorphic behaviors are considered to be the “most striking” examples. Dimorphic behaviors are which that differs in both male and females. There are hormones that are present before birth, shortly after birth, and after birth play which all play a significant role in the development of these sexually dimorphic behaviors.

2. Be able to explain the organizational and activational effects of hormones on sexual behavior.

3. Be able to explain how androgenization of the brain is accomplished.

4. What are the sexually dimorphic areas of the brain that control sexual behavior, and what is the evidence of their involvement in producing sexual behavior.

5. Be able to describe the hormonal (pituitary and gonadal) changes that occur during the menstrual and estrous cycles.

6. How do the hormonal changes that occur during the estrous cycle influence female receptivity?

7. Be able to explain how hormonal effects during development may influence human sexual orientation.

8. Describe LeDoux’s dual process theory of emotion.

9. Explain the how the prefrontal cortex and amygdala interact to control fear.

10. Describe the neural circuit responsible for defensive aggression (rage).

11. Describe the reward circuit and how drugs abuse alters neurotransmission within this circuit.

12. Be able to describe the different components of the Multi-store Model of Memory.

13. Be able to describe the different components of Long-Term Memory.

14. Be able to describe the different types of amnesia.

15. Be able to explain how the Multi-Store Model can explain the amnesia and changes in amnesia that occur after a trauma.

16. What are the memory deficits that follow damage to the medial temporal lobe, and how can the Multi- Store Model explain them?

17. What is the neural basis of the Multi-store Model? Be able to explain how and where the following is organized in the brain.