Unit 8

Question 1

Meditation

Answer 1

less anxiety for people
showed greater brain activation on the left prefrontal cortex both at rest and in response to positive and negative emotional events
better immune functioning than participants in the control group
regular meditation fundamentally changes how our brains work both to emotions we feel and how we respond to stressful events
makes people more open to experiencing positive emotions and less reactive to negative emotions
overall it decreased anxiety and improves immune functioning

Question 2

Neuroscience behind personality focuses on:

Answer 2

the brain

the nervous system

Question 3

The Nervous System:

made of up

Answer 3

CNS and PNS

Question 4

Central Nervous System

Answer 4

• brain and spinal cord

Question 5

Peripheral Nervous System

Answer 5

Somatic Nervous System
- controls movements of muscles
Autonomic Nervous System
regulates smooth muscle, cardiac muscles and glands
made up of : sympathetic and parasympathetic

Question 6

sympathetic

Answer 6

mobilizes energy for fight or flight

Question 7

Parasympathetic

Answer 7

supports systems that replenish the body’s energy stores

Question 8

Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)

Answer 8

protects brain, and flows through ventricles
similar to blood plasma
continually produced, circulated, reabsorbed through brain and ventricles

Question 9

researchers hypothesize that differences in bodily responses, brain structure, brain activity and biochemical activity are all related to

Answer 9

individual differences in personality
physiological and neurological differences in personality fits into bodily responses, brain structure, brain activity and biochemical activity