exam 4 miscellaneous

Question 1

left hemisphere + emotion: characteristics

Answer 1

• low to moderate arousal
• happiness, anger

Question 2

right hemisphere + emotion: characteristics

Answer 2

• increased attention and arousal
• inhibits action
• fear, disgust

Question 3

amygdala + prefrontal cortex

Answer 3

regulate approach and avoidance responses

Question 4

amygdala + hypothalamus

Answer 4

controls autonomic fear responses

Question 5

antibodies

Answer 5

y shaped proteins that attach to particular kinds of antigens

Question 6

antigens

Answer 6

surface proteins that are anti-body generator molecules

Question 7

b cells

Answer 7

leukocytes that mature in the bone marrow and secrete antibodies

Question 8

t cells

Answer 8

attack intruders directly and help other t and b cells

Question 9

natural killer (nk) cells

Answer 9

leukocytes that attack tumor cells and cells that are infected with viruses

Question 10

cytokines

Answer 10

small proteins produced by leukocytes during an infection

combat infection and communicate with brain of illness

Question 11

hebb’s rule

Answer 11

when pre-synaptic cell A repeatedly takes part in firing post-synaptic cell B, the ability of A to excite B increases

Question 12

withdrawl response

Answer 12

traced neural path from touch receptors through other nuerons to motor nuerons

Question 13

specificity

Answer 13

only synapses that are highly active become strengthened