Chp 3: Biopsychology

Question 1

Biopsychology

Answer 1

The relationship between your body, mind, brain and your behavior

Question 2

CT scan

Answer 2

Computed tomography

Question 3

FMRI scan

Answer 3

Functional magnetic resonance imaging

Question 4

Nature

Answer 4

Environment prone to
Example: Overweight because of family genetics

Question 5

Nurture

Answer 5

The way you were raised
Example: Overweight because you were raised with poor eating habits

Question 6

Sensory Neurons

Answer 6

Communicate info from environment to central nervous system

Question 7

Motor neurons

Answer 7

Communication going out from the central nervous system to muscles

Question 8

Interneurons

Answer 8

Communicate info from one neuron to another, everything in-between sensory and motor

Question 9

Soma

Answer 9

Cell body

Question 10

Dendrites

Answer 10

Tree like branches at beginning of neuron

Question 11

Axon

Answer 11

Long cable where electrical impulses from the neuron travel away to be received by other neurons

Question 12

Myelin Sheath

Answer 12

Protective layer around the axon so it’s easier for impulses to travel

Question 13

Terminal buttons

Answer 13

Branching ends of neurons that contain neurotransmitters

Question 14

Glial cells

Answer 14

Support cells for neurons, remove cell waste, clean the brain by secreting chemicals and keep the chemical environment stable

Question 15

Central Nervous System

Answer 15

Brain and spinal cord

Question 16

Peripheral Nervous System

Answer 16

Everything else attached

Question 17

Sympathetic Nervous system

Answer 17

-A part of the peripheral nervous system
-Prepares the body for flight or fight response
-Works in times of great stress

Question 18

Parasympathetic Nervous system

Answer 18

-Part of the peripheral nervous system
-Works life-sustaining processes, like digestion, when the body is at rest (recharges you)
-Works when we are asleep