PSY: CH 2 & 3

Speech production is to speech comprehension as _____'s area is to _____'s area. Correct Answer a)

Broca; Wernicke

An example of an inhibitory neurotransmitter is:

GABA.

Neuron fact

In its inactive state, the inside of a neuron is negatively charged.

True statement

Neuroscience is a broader field than biological psychology.

The breaks between the myelin sheath of an axon are called:

Node of Ranvier

_____ performed trail-blazing split-brain studies.

Roger Sperry

Identify the type of glial cells that produce the myelin that envelops axons.

Schwann cells

Ashlynne's adrenal gland is highly active, releasing hormones. Ashlynne is probably

Stressed

Alzheimer's disease is to Parkinson's disease as _____ is to _____.

acetylcholine; dopamine

Imagine your forearm, hand, and fingers as a giant model of a neuron. Based on this model, forearm is to finger as _____ is to _____.

axon; dendrite

The sympathetic nervous system:

dilates pupils and slows digestion.

Following a head injury, Enid has trouble making sense of what people say to her. Enid may have suffered damage to the _____ lobe.

left temporal

Wernicke's area is to the _____ lobe as Broca's area is to the _____ lobe.

left temporal; left frontal

The tactile sensitivity of a body part is _____ related to the size of the _____ cortex devoted to processing its sensations.

positively; somatosensory

Broca's and Wernicke's areas are primarily involved in:

processing and producing language.

The process in which a stimulus causes an involuntary response without the initial involvement of the brain is called:

reflex arc

The hypothalamus is responsible for:

regulating sleep-wake cycles.

In the spinal cord, information is sent to the brain via:

sensory neurons

Which lobe is matched with the CORRECT association area?

temporal - auditory cortex

The limbic system contains the:

thalamus and amygdala.