Inquisitive Ch 2

glands that govern male and female sexual behavior

gonads

match each NT with the person's experience: 1) low levels of dopamine, low levels of GABA, high levels of endorphins, low levels of serotonin, high levels of norepinephrine 2) sadness, agression, and food cravings; epileptic seizrues; active attention or focus; parkinson's disease; euporia and sensitivity to npain

low levels of dopamine = Parkinson's disease low levels of serotonin = sadness, agression, and food cravings high levels of endorphins = euphoria and insensitivity to pain low levels of GABA = epileptic seizures high levels of norepinephrine = active attention or focus

Sadia is about to graduate and is trying to choose a field in which she can apply what she's learned in her psychology courses about the connection between the body and the brain. In which of the following positions might she be successful?

medical school student, softball coach, marketer, forensic specialist

identical twins description

monozygotic twins, one sperm and one egg

female gonads

ovaries

gland that governs bodily rhythms

pineal

gland that governs hormone release

pituitary

terminal buttons

hold and release chemicals into the synaptic cleft

On hot summer days, Devon relies on what brain structure to monitor his thirst and the need to drink more water?

hypothalamus

male gonads

testes

hormones with larger quantities in males

testosterone

if a person suffers from a traumatic brain injury in the prefrontal cortex, similar to that of Phineas Gage, what changes might occur?

His personality would change, he would be difficult to get along with, he would be more impulsive

When Cara is two, her parents learn that she has severe epilepsy that requires the removal of the right hemisphere of her brain. Given the research, which of the following is likely true?

cara's seizures will diminish, cara may eventually regain some use of her limbs; she can still speak and understand others

axon

conducts electrical impulse

fraternal twins description

dizygotic twins, two sperm and two eggs

which of the following helped michael phelps develop into an olympic swimmer?

environment, genotype, phenotype

hormone with larger quantities in females

estradiol

cell body

integrates and stores info

dendrites

receives chemicals from other neurons

Broca linked a loss of function in his patients to lesioned areas in the left hemisphere of their brains. What is the function of the Broca's area?

speaking

When andrew proposes to salman, salman's heartbeat quickens, his pupils dilate, and his breath quickens which peripheral nervous system (PNS) divisions are activating these response?

sympathetic, autonomic, peripheral