PSY Module 3
Sally was hospitalized after a car accident, and due to injury to her hippocampus, she has trouble with __________________________.
Memories
The parietal lobe houses the __________ cortex.
Somatosensory
________ is the electrical signal that typically moves from the cell body down the axon to the axon terminals.
action potential
Roberto, who is about to take the final exam for his psychology course, is totally stressed out because it is worth 50 percent of his grade. The endocrine system gland(s) that is (are) likely to be stimulated is (are) the ____________.
adrenal glands
The ________ is involved in our experience of emotion and tying emotional meaning to our memories.
amygdala
Jim's friends noticed that he was stumbling around, consistently losing his balance while walking. It's possible that his ___________ has been negatively affected or injured on some way.
cerebellum
The two separate hemispheres are connected by the ___________.
corpus callosum
The myelin sheath consists of a(n) ________.
glial cell
An axon is a ____________.
long, tube-like structure extending from a neuron's cell body
The visual cortex is located in the _________ lobe.
occipital
The electroencephalograph is a method of studying the brain that _____________.
records electrical activity produced by the brain's neurons by using electrodes
Which of the following senses is not routed through the thalamus?
smell
The key components of the peripheral nervous system are _________________.
somatic and autonomic nervous systems
Cecilia accidentally touched her hot curling iron and immediately withdrew her hand before becoming consciously aware of the sensation or movement. She was able to do this because of a(n) _____________.
spinal reflex
The heightened physical arousal that characterizes the fight-or-flight response involves the __________ division of the nervous system.
sympathetic
The two branches of the autonomic nervous system are ________________.
sympathetic and parasympathetic
What neurotransmitter is important if there is an injury and pain relief is necessary?
Beta-Endorphins
Which of the following areas is located in the frontal lobe of the brain and results in inability to producing language?
Broca's area
Researchers discovered that the ____________________ helps to regulate basic drives, like hunger, thirst, and sexuality.
Hypothalamus
A noninvasive technique that uses magnetic fields to map brain activity by measuring changes in the brain's blood flow and oxygen levels is called _________________.
Functional MRI (fMRI)
