NEU 310 Final Exam Study Guide PDF

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Study guide for neu 310 with all the needed chapters...

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NEU/PSY/IBIO 310 Final Exam Study Guide (Fall 2021) Note: Some points on Chapter 14 and Chapter 13 may be removed depending on how far we get in lecture. I will email about any changes made after the last lecture. Do not forget the Final Exam is comprehensive (1/3 old material, 2/3 new material) Chapter 5: Attraction, Arousal, and Response Topics to Know  What makes somebody attractive?  Waist-to-hip  Symmetry  “Averageness”  Differences between men and women in sexuality (fantasies, how often, etc.)  Hormones and sexual arousal (pheromones, testosterone, menstrual cycle, menopause, aphrodisiacs)  Puberty and sexual arousal  Hypogonadal boys  Castrati  Cycle of arousal (excitement, plateau, orgasm, resolution)  Female ejaculation  Asexuality  Brain activity during sexual activity (anterior cingulate cortex, thalamus) Chapter 6: Sexual Behavior Topics to Know  Sex and mood  Masturbation (autoeroticism, crusades against, male vs. female)  Fellatio and cunnilingus  Coitus and copulation (myths: vagina dentata)  Seasonal variations  Sexual positions  Kama sutra  Tribadism  Vaginismus  Penis captivus  Onanism  Dildo, vibrators  Media presentation of sex  Anal/Vaginal/Oral sex differences  Paraplegia

Chapter 8: Fertility, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

Topics to Know  Fertility (body temperature, increasing fertilization odds)  Multiple Births  Pregnancy tests (hCG, Down Syndrome)  Pregnancy  Ectopic Pregnancy  Age (Fertility decline, IVF, Adriana Iliescu)  Surrogate mothers  Infertility (causes in men and women)  Labor (stages: contraction/dilation, delivery, placenta expulsion)  Epidurals  Cesarean sections  Ignaz Semmelweis  Fetal abnormalities (drugs, alcohol, infections, radiation)  Amniocentesis vs. Chorionic villus sampling  Sex bias in abortions Chapter 9: Contraception & Abortions Topics to Know  History of birth control (from infanticide to condoms to hormonal pills)  Comstock Law (Margaret Sanger)  Types of birth control, how they work, advantages vs. disadvantages o Lea’s Shield, Spermicide, diaphragm, IUD, condoms (Male and female), nuva ring, norplant, depo-provera  The birth control pill  Sterilization  Morning after pill  Periods of fertility  Abortions o types, methods, risks, laws, public attitudes  Roe v Wade  Illegal Abortion Deaths  Hormonal control of ovulation  Ovulatory cycle Chapter 14: Sexual Disorders Topics to Know  Men’s and women’s complaints (Dyspareunia, Vaginismus, Erectile dysfunction)  Sensate focus (box 14.1 in book)  Erectile dysfunction (types, causes, and treatments, prostaglandin E)  Physiology of erections (brain regions, hormones, blood vessels, paragigantocellular nucleus, locus coeurleus, hypothalamus)  Orgasm in women (prevalence, anorgasmia, barriers)  Sexual disorders in sexual minorities (box 14.4 in book)  Conditioning arousal

Chapter 13: Atypical Sexualities Things to Know  Fetishes (men vs. women, types, conditioned arousal fig. 13.13)

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