PSYC 305 Quiz: Study Guide 4.docx
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Psych 306a study guide #4: define neural command centre and inhibitory control and relate them to a behavior (e. g. , mating behaviour of male praying mantis, contrast free running and entrained rhythms, review the biological rhythm types, especially circadian and circannual rhythms, be aware of the locations of circadian clocks in both crickets and mammals, understand the utility of mutagenesis screens (i. e. exposing a population of animals to a mutagen and looking for behavioural abnormalities) in the context of understanding the genes that regulate circadian rhythms, understand the evidence for human circadian clocks, have a basic understanding the per protein, list potential environmental cues that could be used to entrain circadian or circannual cycles, review the evidence for circannual rhythms in birds and mammals, contrast associated reproductive patterns with dissociated reproductive patterns, define the challenge hypothesis and experiments that tested it, understand the hpg axis (hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis, describe the function of the aromatase enzyme.
