psych test sleep

Question 1

dendrites

Answer 1

receives messages from other cells

Question 2

axon

Answer 2

passes messages away from the cell body to other neurons,muscles, or glands

Question 3

cell body

Answer 3

the cells life center

Question 4

neural impulse

Answer 4

electrical signal traveling down the axon

Question 5

myelin sheath

Answer 5

covers the axon some neurons and helps speed neural impulses

Question 6

nodes of ranvier

Answer 6

spaces between the myelin sheath that keep the charge going

Question 7

neurotransmitters

Answer 7

chemicals held in terminal buttons that travel through synaptic gap, allows communication with other neurons

Question 8

frontal lobe

Answer 8

reasoning,motor control, emotion, language

Question 9

parietal lobe

Answer 9

sensory, touch, temp, pain

Question 10

temporal lobe

Answer 10

temples, hearing,memory,emotion, some language

Question 11

occipital lobe

Answer 11

used to interpret visual info/ sight

Question 12

cerebral cortex

Answer 12

thinking, memory, emotion

Question 13

corpus callosum

Answer 13

communication for both sides of the brain

Question 14

thalamus

Answer 14

info from body, relaying sensory

Question 15

brain stem

Answer 15

carrie’s nerve signals

Question 16

cerebellum

Answer 16

motor functions aka walking

Question 17

medulla

Answer 17

vital processes like heartbeats

Question 18

pons

Answer 18

sleep/wake cycle , breathing

Question 19

pituitary gland

Answer 19

growth and reproduction

Question 20

hypothalamus

Answer 20

homeostasis

Question 21

left brain

Answer 21

more logical and analytical

Question 22

right brain

Answer 22

creative or artistic

Question 23

hemispheres

Answer 23

divided into a left and right hemi lateralization

Question 24

contralateral control

Answer 24

left control right side of body and vise versa

Question 25

Right hemi

Answer 25

plays a larger role in recognizing faces and pictures

Question 26

left hemi

Answer 26

plays a bigger role in language recognizing words

Question 27

genetics

Answer 27

genes we are born with

Question 28

phenotype

Answer 28

traits that are physical( you can see)

Question 29

homozygous

Answer 29

BB OR bb

Question 30

heterozygous

Answer 30

Bb

Question 31

dizogotic twins

Answer 31

fraternal, dif eggs, similar as siblings

Question 32

monozygotic twins

Answer 32

identical, same egg, same genotype, can have different phenotypes

Question 33

normal consciousness

Answer 33

you are alert and awake

Question 34

circadian cycle

Answer 34

24 hours

Question 35

sleep: infants

Answer 35

15-18h

Question 36

sleep: teens

Answer 36

9-9.3

Question 37

sleep: adults

Answer 37

7-8h

Question 38

why do we sleep

Answer 38

rest and restore body,grow, learning

Question 39

stage 1 nrem

Answer 39

alpha to theta waves, light sleep first 5-10 minutes

Question 40

stage 2 nrem

Answer 40

last around 20 minutes, heart rate decreases and temp, losing awareness of external environment

Question 41

stage 3 nrem

Answer 41

deepest stage of sleep lasts around 30 mintues, most difficult stage to wake someone

Question 42

stage 4 nrem

Answer 42

same to stage 3 except there is more delta waves

Question 43

rem rapid eye movement

Answer 43

90 minutes into the sleep cycle, increased brain act, dreaming occurs

Question 44

rem rebound

Answer 44

when people are deprived of rem sleep they will fall instantly into rem instead of the cycle

Question 45

sleep disorders

Answer 45

sleepwalking sleep talking night terrors sleep apnea insomnia narcolepsy

Question 46

hypnosis

Answer 46

wakeful state of focused attention

Question 47

posthypnotic suggestion

Answer 47

give instructions to carry out after a session

Question 48

meditation

Answer 48

method that attempts to get beyond consciousness into a deeper state of relaxation

Question 49

tolarance

Answer 49

body getting used to subtanse

Question 50

dependence

Answer 50

psychological symptoms that make a person feel like they should continue to use a substance

Question 51

antagonist

Answer 51

substance that blocks activity of a receptor

Question 52

agonist

Answer 52

substances that bind to synaptic receptors