Ch 2 test

Question 1

The neuron fiber that passes messages through its branches to other neurons or to muscle and glands is the ____.

Answer 1

Axon

Question 2

The tiny space between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite or cell body of another is called the

Answer 2

Synaptic gap

Question 3

Regarding a neuron response to stimulation, the intensity of the stimulus determines

Answer 3

Whether or not an impulse is generated

Question 4

In a sending neuron, when an action potential reaches an axon terminal, the impulse triggers the release of chemical messengers called

Answer 4

Neurotransmitters

Question 5

Endorphins are released in the brain in response to

Answer 5

Pain or vigorous exercise

Question 6

The autonomic nervous system controls internal functions, such as heart rate and glandular activity. The word autonomic means

Answer 6

Self regulating

Question 7

The sympathetic nervous system arouses us for action and the parasympathetic nervous system calms us down. Together, the two systems makes is the ______ nervous system

Answer 7

Autonomic

Question 8

The neurons of the spinal cord are part of the _______ nervous system

Answer 8

Central

Question 9

The most influential endocrine gland, known as the master gland, the the

Answer 9

Pituitary

Question 10

The ______ _________ secrets epinephrine and norepinephrine helping to arouse the body during times of stress

Answer 10

Adrenal glands

Question 11

The part of the Brainstem the controls heartbeat and breathing is the

Answer 11

Medulla

Question 12

The thalamus function like a

Answer 12

Sensory control center

Question 13

The lower brain structure the governs arousal is the

Answer 13

Reticular formation

Question 14

The part of the brain the coordinates voluntary movement and balance is the _______.

Answer 14

Cerebellum

Question 15

Two parts of the limbic system are the amygdala and the

Answer 15

Hippocampus

Question 16

A cats ferocious response to electrical brain stimulation would lead you to supposed the electrode had touched the ______.

Answer 16

Amygdala

Question 17

The neural structure that most directly regulates eating , drinking, and body temperature is the

Answer 17

Hypothalamus

Question 18

The initial reward center discovered by olde and Milner was located in the ______.

Answer 18

Hypothalamus

Question 19

If neurosurgeon stimulated your right motor cortex, you would most likely

Answer 19

Move your left leg

Question 20

How do differ neural networks communicate with one another to let you respond when a friend greets you at a party

Answer 20

The visual cortex is a neural network of sensory neurons connected via interneurons to other neural network, including auditory networks. This allows you to integrate visual and auditory information to Respond when a friend you recognize greets you at a party

Question 21

Which of the following body regions has the greatest representation in the somatosensory cortex

Answer 21

Lips

Question 22

Judging and planning are enabled by the _______ lobes.

Answer 22

Frontal

Question 23

What would be like to talk on the phone if you didn’t have temporal lobe association area? What would you hear? What would you understand?

Answer 23

You would hear sounds? But without the temporal lob association areas you would be unable to make sense of what you are hearing

Question 24

The uncommitted areas that make up about three fourths of the cerebral cortex are called ____ _____.

Answer 24

Association areas

Question 25

Plasticity is especially evident in the brain of

Answer 25

Young children

Question 26

An experimenter flashes the word HERON across the visual field of a. Man whose corpus callosum has been severed, her is transmitted to his right hemisphere and on to his left hemisphere. When asked to indicate what he saw, the man says he saw ______ but points to _______

Answer 26

On; her

Question 27

Studies of people with split brains and brain scans of those with undivided brains indicate that the left hemisphere excels in

Answer 27

Processing language

Question 28

Damage to the brain right hemisphere is most likely to reduce a persons ability to

Answer 28

Make inferences

Question 29

Failure to see visible objects because our attentions is occupied elsewhere is called ______ _______.

Answer 29

Inattentional blindness

Question 30

Inattentional blindness and change blindness are forms of _____ attention

Answer 30

Selective

Question 31

Our body temperature tends to rise and fall sync with a biological clock, which is refers to as our ____ _____.

Answer 31

Circadian rhythm

Question 32

During nrem-1 sleep stage, a person is most likely to experience

Answer 32

Hallucinations

Question 33

The brain Emits large, slow delta waves during ______ sleep.

Answer 33

Nerm3

Question 34

As the night processes, what happens to the R.E.M. Stages of sleep

Answer 34

It increases in duration

Question 35

Which of the following is not one of the theories that have been proposed to explain why we need sleep

Answer 35

Sleep rest the eyes

Question 36

What is the difference between narcolepsy and sleep apnea

Answer 36

With narcolepsy the person periodically falls directly into sleep, sometimes R.E.M. Sleep with no warning; With sleep apnea, the person repeatedly awakens during the night.

Question 37

In interpreting dreams, Freud was most interested in their

Answer 37

Lantent content, or hidden meaning

Question 38

What is neural activation theory of dreaming

Answer 38

The neural activation theory suggests that drama are the brains attempts to make sense of random neural activity

Question 39

The tendency for R.E.M. Sleep to increase following R.E.M. Sleep deprivation I refers to as _____ _____.

Answer 39

R.E.M. Rebound