Psychology 1st semester exam

medulla oblongata is part of the...

Brain stem

The psychodynamic theory of dreaming would postulate that...

Dreams fulfill conscious wishes

The hormon most associated with the fight or flight response is..

Epinephrine

A drug used to treat seizures functions by preventing inhibitory neurotransmitters from returning to presynaptic neuron. This slows down the rate of neurons firing by increasing the amount of the inhibitory neurotransmitter in the synapse. This drug classification is ..

GABA reuptake inhibitor (GRI)

Waking up frequently, loud snoring, silent pauses in breathing, and sleepiness during the day are symptoms of..

Sleep apnea

Johnny often hits his brother even though his brother doesn't do anything to antagonize him. Johnnys aggression is most likely due to a combination of...

His genetic makeup,the environment he grew up in, and the fact that aggression can be evolutionarily adaptive

If a body doesn't have enough potassium how might that affect neural hiring?

The neurons will struggle to fire because there will not be enough positively charged ions to trigger the firing of a neuron

At a synapse, Neurotransmitters released by the sending neuron to do what?

They bind to receptors at the receiving neuron which opens ion channels