Psych chapter 3 test

Question 1

How is the NERVOUS SYSTEM broken down?

Answer 1

CNS and PNS

Question 2

How is the CNS broken down?

Answer 2

Brain and Spinal Cord

Question 3

What does the PNS do?

Answer 3

Sends messages between the brain and the rest of the body

Question 4

What do NEURONS do?

Answer 4

nerve cells, they run through the body

Question 5

How many NEURONS do we have?

Answer 5

Over 100 billion

Question 6

What does the FRONTAL LOBE control?

Answer 6

Understand speech and controls personality

Question 7

What does the CEREBELLUM control?

Answer 7

balance and coordination

Question 8

What are NEUROTRANSMITTERS?

Answer 8

Chemical messengers that are sent over the synapse

Question 9

What is the difference between SENSORY NEURONS and MOTOR NEURONS? (write out)

Answer 9

Sensory neurons move towards the CNS while motor neurons move away from the CNS

Question 10

What is the ENDOCRINE SYSTEM?

Answer 10

Glands that release hormones

Question 11

What are HORMONES?

Answer 11

Chemicals produces by endocrine glad

Question 12

What is the HYPOTHALAMUS?

Answer 12

Stimulates pituitary gland

Question 13

What is the PITUITARY GLAND?

Answer 13

The master gland

Question 14

What are TESTES? (write out)

Answer 14

Produced by male, testosterone

Question 15

What are OVARIES? (write out)

Answer 15

Produced by female, estrogen and progesterone

Question 16

What does HEREDITARY mean?

Answer 16

passed down from parents, genes

Question 17

What are KINSHIP STUDIES?

Answer 17

The study of identical twins that were raised apart/separated at birth
Studies nature and nurture

Question 18

What are CHROMOSOMES?

Answer 18

Thread-like structures that contain genes