Psychology Chapter 2

1. Growth, reproduction, moods, and our responses to stress are all influenced by our _______.

Vasopressors

Hormones

Steroids

Gonadotropins

2. _______ are chemical messengers secreted into the synapse.

Ions

Neurotransmitters

Nucleotides

Neurocommunicators

3. The occipital loves are primarily responsible for ______.

Vision

Hearing

Smell and taste

Touch and pain

4. The three major parts of a neuron are the _______.

Glia, dendrites, and myelin

Myelin, dendrites and axon

Dendrites, axon and cell body

Axon, glia and myelin

5. Neurotransmitters are _________.

Charged ions that carry action potential down the axon

Hormones that pass electrical energy from the dendrite into the soma

Chemical messengers that are released from an axon and stimulate dendrites on another neuron

Lubricants and nutrients needed by the soma to keep the neuron alive

6. _______ studies how biological processes in the nervous system relate to behavior in the nervous system relate to behavior and metal processes.

Evolutionary psychology

Neuroscience

Biofunctionalism

None of these options

7. Split-brain patients ______.

Do not exist

Have split personalities

Cannot name an object if they hold it in their left hand without looking at it

Deteriorate gradually at first and usually die within a year

8. _______ are basic cells of the nervous system responsible for reveiving and transmitting electrochemical information.

Dendrites

Neurons

Axons

Nucleotides

9. According to the all-or-nothing law, the __________.

Neuron cannot fire again during the refractory period

Neurotransmitter either attaches to a receptor site or is destroyed in the synapse

Neuron either fires completely or not at all

None of these options

10. Chemicals manufactured by endocrine glands and circulated in the bloodstream to produce bodily changes or maintain normal bodily functions are called _______.

Endorphins

Neurotransmitters

Endoseals

Hormones

11. _______ are branching neuron structures that receive neural impulses from neurons and convey impulses toward the cell body.

Axons

Cell bodies

Dendrites

None of these options

12. The synapse is the point where _____.

The soma attaches to the dendrite

Neurotransmitters are manufactured

Information transfers from neuron to neuron

The action potential begins

13. If you are accidentally hit on the head and you see flashes of light, mostly likely the blow activated cells in the _________.

Frontal lobes

Temporal lobes

Occipital lobes

Parietal lobes

14. An interconnected group of forebrain structures particularly responsible for emotions, drives, and memory is known as the ________.

Subcortical center

Homeostatic controller

Limbic system

Master endocrine system

15. Split-brain research has indicated that, in most people, the left hemisphere is largely responsible for ________ abilities.

Musical

Spatial

Artistic

Language

16. The ______ system prepares your body to respond to stress.

Central nervous

Sympathetic

Peripheral

Somatic

17. The corpus callosum __________.

Maintains your balance

Keeps you breathing

Connects your left and right cerebral hemispheres

All of these options

18. The parasympathetic nervous system is dominant when a person is ________.

Stressed

Relaxed

Frightened

Angry

19. The _ explains how an axon either fires or does not fire an action potential _.

Sodium-potassium

Axon terminal

Shotgun

All-or-nothing law

20. Damage to the medulla can lead to loss of ________.

Vision

Respiration

Hearing

Smell

21. The _____ lobes govern motor control, speech production, and higher functions, such as thinking, personality, emotion and memory.

Parietal

Master

Frontal

Temporal

22. If Hannibal Lector removed and ate the _____ of your brain, you would no longer understand language.

Corpus callosum

Association areas

Wernicke's area

Parietal lobes

23. Your left brain doesn't know what your right brain is doing. It is MOST likely that your _______ has been severed.

Amygdala

Frontal lobe

Association cortex

Corpus callosum

24. The major divisions of the (Central Nervous System) CNS are the ________ .

Sympathetic and parasympathetic

Somatic and autonomic

Gray matter and white matter

Brain and spinal cord

25. A(n) ___________ is an electrochemical impulse that travels through a neuron.

Ganglial message

Muscular potentiation

Action potential

Neuroelectrical message

26. A stroke that damages Broca's area would affect a person's ability to ________.

Make speech sounds

Read and write

Understand language

Read, write and understand language

27. _______ is the brain's ability to reorganize and change the structure and function throughout the life span.

Neurogenesis

Stem cells

Neuroplasticity

All of these options

28. _________ is a neurotransmitter and suspected factor in Parkinson's disease (PD) and schizophrenia.

Acetylcholine

Dopamine

Serotonin

All of these options

29. Neurotransmission at the synapse is similar to making an individual phone call. In contrast, messages from the ______ system resemble a very large group email message.

Lympathic

Hormonal

Endocrine

Reticular activating

30. Juan has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and has trouble walking because of his poor muscle coordination. His coordination problem is primarily due to the progressive deterioration of his _________.

Axons

Myelin sheath

Action potential

Glial cells

31. The _______ is part of the neuron that integrates incoming information, absorbs nutrients, and produces proteins necessary for the functioning of the neuron.

Axon hillock

Myelin sheath

Synaptic gap

Cell body

32. A reflex arc occurs in the _________.

Skeletal muscles

Brain

Spinal cord

Reticular activating system

33. The __________ carries messages between the CNS and the periphery of your body.

Parasympathetic nervous system

Spinal cord

Peripheral nervous system (PNS)

None of these options

34. The brainstem is involved with your _________.

Ability to move and maintain posture

Sense of touch and pain

Basic survival functions

Emotional behavior

35. The frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes make up the __________.

Brain

Left and right hemispheres

Subcortex

Brain stem

36. Threadlike strands of DNA that carry genetic information are called _______.

Stem cells

Genes

Neurons

Chromosomes

37. The proportion of observed variance in a particular trait (such as intelligence) that can be attributed to inherited genetic factors in contrast to environmental ones is known as _____.

Behavioral genetics

Genetic determinism

Heritability

Mendelian factors

38. The sensory and motor nerves that go to and from the CNS, body organs, and skeletal muscles make up the _____ nervous system.

Somatic

Fight or flight

Autonomic

Peripheral

39. SPecialization of the left and right hemispheres of the brain for particular operations is technically referred to as _________.

Centralization

Asymmetrical processing

Localization of function

Lateralization

40. The ________ is a hindbrain structure involved in respiration, movement, waking, sleep, and dreaming.

Medulla

Thalamus

Reticular formation (RF)

Pons

Psychology Chapter 2

1. Growth, reproduction, moods, and our responses to stress are all influenced by our _______.

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. _______ are chemical messengers secreted into the synapse.

3. The occipital loves are primarily responsible for ______.

4. The three major parts of a neuron are the _______.

5. Neurotransmitters are _________.

6. _______ studies how biological processes in the nervous system relate to behavior in the nervous system relate to behavior and metal processes.

7. Split-brain patients ______.

8. _______ are basic cells of the nervous system responsible for reveiving and transmitting electrochemical information.

9. According to the all-or-nothing law, the __________.

10. Chemicals manufactured by endocrine glands and circulated in the bloodstream to produce bodily changes or maintain normal bodily functions are called _______.

11. _______ are branching neuron structures that receive neural impulses from neurons and convey impulses toward the cell body.

12. The synapse is the point where _____.

13. If you are accidentally hit on the head and you see flashes of light, mostly likely the blow activated cells in the _________.

14. An interconnected group of forebrain structures particularly responsible for emotions, drives, and memory is known as the ________.

15. Split-brain research has indicated that, in most people, the left hemisphere is largely responsible for ________ abilities.

16. The ______ system prepares your body to respond to stress.

17. The corpus callosum __________.

18. The parasympathetic nervous system is dominant when a person is ________.

19. The _______ explains how an axon either fires or does not fire an action potential _______.

20. Damage to the medulla can lead to loss of ________.

21. The _____ lobes govern motor control, speech production, and higher functions, such as thinking, personality, emotion and memory.

22. If Hannibal Lector removed and ate the _____ of your brain, you would no longer understand language.

23. Your left brain doesn't know what your right brain is doing. It is MOST likely that your _______ has been severed.

24. The major divisions of the (Central Nervous System) CNS are the ________ .

25. A(n) ___________ is an electrochemical impulse that travels through a neuron.

26. A stroke that damages Broca's area would affect a person's ability to ________.

27. _______ is the brain's ability to reorganize and change the structure and function throughout the life span.

28. _________ is a neurotransmitter and suspected factor in Parkinson's disease (PD) and schizophrenia.

29. Neurotransmission at the synapse is similar to making an individual phone call. In contrast, messages from the ______ system resemble a very large group email message.

30. Juan has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and has trouble walking because of his poor muscle coordination. His coordination problem is primarily due to the progressive deterioration of his _________.

31. The _______ is part of the neuron that integrates incoming information, absorbs nutrients, and produces proteins necessary for the functioning of the neuron.

32. A reflex arc occurs in the _________.

33. The __________ carries messages between the CNS and the periphery of your body.

34. The brainstem is involved with your _________.

35. The frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes make up the __________.

36. Threadlike strands of DNA that carry genetic information are called _______.

37. The proportion of observed variance in a particular trait (such as intelligence) that can be attributed to inherited genetic factors in contrast to environmental ones is known as _____.

38. The sensory and motor nerves that go to and from the CNS, body organs, and skeletal muscles make up the _____ nervous system.

39. SPecialization of the left and right hemispheres of the brain for particular operations is technically referred to as _________.

40. The ________ is a hindbrain structure involved in respiration, movement, waking, sleep, and dreaming.

19. The _ explains how an axon either fires or does not fire an action potential _.