Chapter 3, 4, 5

Question 1

What receives incoming signals from other neurons?

Answer 1

Dendrites

Question 2

When a neuron receives a signal, it travels down to the ___.

Answer 2

Cell Body

Question 3

The signal travels to the axon called the ___ where the signal travels across the synapse to the next neuron.

Answer 3

Terminal Button

Question 4

When resting the inside of a cell has a ___ charge. During action potential, the cell briefly has a ___ charge.

Answer 4

Negative; Positive

Question 5

The study of “nature” in the nature-nurture debate is really a study of the ___ bases of behavior.

Answer 5

Biological

Question 6

Our ability to make our legs move as we walk across the room is controlled by the ___ nervous system.

Answer 6

Somatic

Question 7

The central nervous system is comprised of ___.

Answer 7

Brain and Spinal Cord

Question 8

If your ___ is activated, you will feel relatively at ease.

Answer 8

Parasympathetic Nervous System

Question 9

The two major hormones secreted from the pancreas are?

Answer 9

Glucagon and Insulin

Question 10

Damage to the Broca’s area may cause?

Answer 10

Difficulty Speaking

Question 11

The ___ gland secretes epinephrine.

Answer 11

Adrenal

Question 12

The wrinkly surface of the brain is called the ___?

Answer 12

Cerebral Cortex

Question 13

The left hemisphere of the brain controls?

Answer 13

The right side of the body

Question 14

Damage to ___ disrupts one’s ability to comprehend language, but it leaves one’s ability to produce words.

Answer 14

Wernicke’s area

Question 15

What is the brain structure that preforms a variety of functions, including the regulation of hunger and sexual behavior?

Answer 15

Hypothalamus

Question 16

The medulla, pons, and cerebellum are collectively called the?

Answer 16

Hindbrain

Question 17

A ___ uses magnetic fields to create pictures.

Answer 17

MRI

Question 18

A ___ is a sudden, permanent change in a sequence of DNA.

Answer 18

Mutation

Question 19

One reason the nature-nurture debate continues because it is ___.

Answer 19

Difficult to study because people cannot be assigned to various genetic and environmental conditions

Question 20

Alcohol and barbiturates are examples of?

Answer 20

Depressants

Question 21

___ cycles occur roughly once every 24 hours.

Answer 21

Circadian

Question 22

Do we need more or less sleep as we age?

Answer 22

Less

Question 23

___ causes disruptions cognition and memory deficits.

Answer 23

Sleep Deprivation

Question 24

___ occurs when there is a chronic deficiency in sleep.

Answer 24

Sleep Debt

Question 25

Growth hormone is secreted by the ___ while we sleep.

Answer 25

Pituitary Glands

Question 26

___ is described as slow-wave sleep.

Answer 26

Stage 3

Question 27

Sleep spindles and K-complexes are most often associated with ___ sleep.

Answer 27

Stage 2

Question 28

REM sleep is part of the sleep cycle, and so it occurs ___ during the night.

Answer 28

Multiple Times

Question 29

___ is another word for sleepwalking.

Answer 29

Somnambulism

Question 30

___ occurs when a drug user requires more and more of a given drug in order to experience the same effects of the drug.

Answer 30

Tolerance

Question 31

___ refers to the minimum amount of stimulus energy required to be detected 50% of the time.

Answer 31

Absolute Threshold

Question 32

___ involves the conversion of sensory stimulus energy into neural impulses

Answer 32

Transduction

Question 33

A sounds purity is called ___

Answer 33

Timbre

Question 34

Failure to notice something that is completely visible because of lack of attention is called ___?

Answer 34

Inattentional Blindness

Question 35

The ___is a small indentation of the retina that contains cones.

Answer 35

Fovea

Question 36

___ operates best under bright light conditions.

Answer 36

Cones

Question 37

What area of the eye controls the size of the pupil?

Answer 37

Lens

Question 38

Which correctly describes the process of hearing?

Answer 38

Pinna - Auditory Canal - Tympanic Membrane - Ossicles - Cochlea

Question 39

Merkel’s disks and Ruffini corpuscles are examples of ___?

Answer 39

Mechanoreceptors

Question 40

Cues that require two ears are referred to as ___ cues.

Answer 40

Binaural

Question 41

Which taste is associated with monosodium glutamate?

Answer 41

Umami

Question 42

What skin receptors are activated most when you grab a hot cup of coffee?

Answer 42

Thermoreceptors

Question 43

Which of the following is involved in maintaining balance and body posture?

Answer 43

Vestibular System

Question 44

Psychologists use illusions to ___.

Answer 44

explore what people experience and what parts of the brain are involves in perception.