Biopsychology Study Questions and Foundations of Neuroscience Overview
Explore biopsychology concepts such as genetics, neurons, neurotransmitters, and brain functions through a series of study questions. Understand the interplay between biology, behavior, and mental processes with insights into the nervous system and its components.
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Ch 3 Biopsychology & the Foundations of Neuroscience Study Questions
O 1. The specialty in psychology that studies the interaction of biology, behavior, and mental processes is: O Biopsychology_. O 2. At the moment of conception, a male child receives: ___ chromosomes from his mother and ____ from his father. O 3.The theory of _____________ argues that organisms adapt over time to their unique environments. O 4.Because the human brain is born already programmed for language, we can say that language is a(n) ________ behavioral tendency. O 5 .____________________ form the body's two communication systems. X Y Natural Selection innate The Nervous & Endocrine
Afferent (Sensory) O 6. ____________ neurons carry messages to the central nervous system, and ____________ neurons carry messages away from the central nervous system. O 7.The ________ is the basic unit or "building block" of the nervous system. O 8. Describe the process of reuptake. O Neurotransmitters are broken down, intercepted, and drawn back into vesicles while in the synaptic gap then recycled and reused. O 9. What holds the neurotransmitters and eventually releases then into the synapse for transmittal to the next neuron? O Synaptic Vesicles O 10. Individuals who suffer from depression sometimes lack which of the following neurotransmitters? O Serotonin Efferent (Motor) Neuron
O 11.The peripheral nervous system is comprised of what two parts? O Somatic and Autonomic O 12. Hormones from the ___________ influence female sex characteristics, while hormones from the ___________ influence male sex characteristics. O 13. Hormones are chemicals secreted into the bloodstream by what type of structures? O glands O 14."Fight-or-flight" behavior is associated with part of the peripheral nervous system? O Sympathetic division O 15. Sleep and dreaming are regulated by the O Pons ovaries testes
O 16. Our ability to breathe is controlled by the ________, which is located within the ________. O 17. The fMRI has the capacity both to produce detailed images and to... O Distinguish from more active brain cells than less active O 18. The case of Phineas Gage showed that trauma to the ___________ could drastically change personality. O 19. ________________ refers to the tendency for each hemisphere of the brain to take control of different functions. O 20. Spatial orientation appears to be a function of the brain's _____________ , while speech processing is located in ______________. Medulla Brain stem Frontal Lobe Cerebral Dominance Right Hemisphere Left Hemisphere
