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)