Psychology: Chapter 3 SG

Question 0

What are two types of nerve cells?

Answer 0

• Glia(l)

- Neurons

Question 1

What are the two major bodily systems?

Answer 1

• Nervous

- Endocrine

Question 2

What does a glia cell do?

Answer 2

Participate in the movement of nerve impulses and response to injury

Question 3

What is a neurotransmitter?

Answer 3

A chemical that carries info from one neuron to another.

Question 4

Why would psychologists pay attention to Neurotransmitters?

Answer 4

Many psychiatric disorders are believed to be a result of abnormal chemical transmissions.

Question 5

What behavior disorders are associated with Serotonin and GABA?

Answer 5

Serotonin: -Depression
-Migraines
GABA: -Epilepsy
-schizophrenia

Question 6

What are two types of Neurotransmitters?

Answer 6

• Serotonin

- GABA

Question 7

What does the peripheral nervous system do?

Answer 7

Carries info between the organs and the central nervous system.

Question 8

What are the two parts of the peripheral nervous system?

Answer 8

• Autonomic

- Somatic

Question 9

What is the Autonomic Nervous System?

Answer 9

A bodily system that controls the muscles of the stomach, intestines and bodily functions.

Question 10

What bodily functions are associated with Autonomic Nervous System?

Answer 10

• Breathing
• Heart Rate
• Tears
• Fight/Flight Response

Question 11

What makes up the Central Nervous System?

Answer 11

• Spinal Cord

- Brain

Question 12

What are the main parts of the Central Nervous System?

Answer 12

Brain and Spinal Cord

Question 13

What are the two major parts of the nervous system?

Answer 13

Central and Peripheral

Question 14

What houses the spinal cord?

Answer 14

Vertebrae

Question 15

In what part of the brain do most high functions take place?

Answer 15

Cerebral Cortex

Question 16

What is the outer part of the cerebrum?

Answer 16

Cerebral Cortex

Where the lobes are divided

Question 17

What connects the two hemispheres of the brain?

Answer 17

Corpus Callosum

Question 18

Which hemisphere controls the left side of the body?

Answer 18

Right Hemisphere

Question 19

Which hemisphere controls the right side of the body?

Answer 19

Left Hemisphere

Question 20

What are the three parts of the BRAIN?

Answer 20

Hindbrain, midbrain, forebrain

Question 21

What is the brain stem?

Answer 21

The center of involuntary action, breathing, heartbeat

Question 22

What is the Reticular Activating System?

Answer 22

Watchdog for danger; sleeping/waking

Question 23

What is the Cerebellum responsible for?

Answer 23

Coordination and control of voluntary movement

Question 24

What is the midbrain?

Answer 24

Connecting station for nerve signals; balances out both hemispheres

Question 25

What is the Limbic System?

Answer 25

Emotional response, memory (hippocampus), and learning (amygdala)

Question 26

What are two important of the Limbic System and what are they important for?

Answer 26

Hippocampus: memory Amygdala: learning

Question 27

What part of the brain controls body temperature?

Answer 27

Hypothalamus

Question 28

What does the thalamus do?

Answer 28

Relays sensory and motor info from the body to the brain, vice versa

Question 29

What are the four lobes of the cerebral cortex?

Answer 29

Frontal, Occipital, Parietal, Temporal

Question 30

Who was Phineas Gage?

Answer 30

Railroad worker; a metal rod went through his head

Question 31

What part of Gage's brain was destroyed?

Answer 31

Frontal Lobe

Question 32

What behavior was displayed after Gage's accident?

Answer 32

Very rude/ vulgar

Question 33

What does the Occipital Lobe control?

Answer 33

Vision

Question 34

What does the Temporal Lobe control?

Answer 34

Hearing and organization

Question 35

What does the Parietal Lobe control?

Answer 35

Pain and touch sensation

Question 36

What is the Endocrine System?

Answer 36

Directs functions that the body performs over time

Question 37

What are hormones?

Answer 37

Chemicals of the Endocrine System

Question 38

What are glands?

Answer 38

Organs and tissues that produce hormones

Question 39

What is the pituitary gland?

Answer 39

Growth hormone

Question 40

What is the "Master Gland"?

Answer 40

Pituitary Gland

Question 41

What happens if you have an over active Thyroid gland?

Answer 41

Weight-loss

Question 42

What happens if you have a under active thyroid gland?

Answer 42

Weight- gain

Question 43

What do Adrenal Glands produce?

Answer 43

Adrenaline and Endorphin

Question 44

What is made in the pancreas?

Answer 44

Insulin

Question 45

What hormones do ovaries create?

Answer 45

Estrogen

Question 46

What hormones do testis create?

Answer 46

Testosterone