Week 2 - The Biology of Behavior Quiz
______ glands are situated at the top of the kidneys, involved in releasing hormones at times of stress.
adrenal
A substance produced by the adrenal glands, released in response to stress.
adrenaline
The limbic system, associated with emotion, contains:
amygdala and hippocampus
A drug that blocks the effectiveness of a neurotransmitter.
antagonists
The ______ regulates physiological functions such as respiration, heart rate, temperature, and digestion and includes the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems.
autonomic nervous system
Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter involved in the largely unconscious functioning of the ______ nervous system, concerned with functions such as ____ and respiration rates.
autonomic, heart
Random brain activity is also called _____.
coritical noise
_______ plays a key role in the functioning of neurons associated with pleasure and reinforcement.
dopamine
A specialized cell or organ that carries out a response to a nerve impulse.
effector
The Sympathetic nervous system, part of the autonomic nervous system, instigates the physiological responses that accompany _____ behavior.
emotional
_____ system of is composed of glands secreting hormones whose functioning affects things such as growth, maturation, behavior, and emotion.
endocrine
_______ are chemicals that have a pronounced effect on growth, maturation, behavior, and emotions and that are produced by endocrine glands and secreted directly into the bloodstream.
hormones
The human nervous system is a communication system; its function is to transmit messages, also called _____.
impulses
Norepinephrine _____ blood pressure and triggers the release of ____ from energy stores.
increases, glucose
Which of the following are physical stimuli?
light, sound, smell, drugs
A disease associated with ___ dopamine levels is Parkinson's disease.
low
A totally secular view of origins simultaneously subsumes a view of _____.
moral relativism
The _____ system is the electrical and chemical communication system within our bodies.
nervous
Nerves are made up of bundles of ____.
neurons
Naturally produced chemicals, called _____, are released by nerve cells and that initiate or facilitate transmission of messages among nerve cells.
neurotransmitters
One neuron can communicate with another neuron by sending little chemical messengers called ______.
neurotransmitters
The neural networks that fan out from the central nervous system to various parts of the body are called the _____.
peripheral nervous system
________ is a term used to describe the mechanism-of-action of drugs and their corresponding effects.
pharmacodynamics
A small endocrine gland found as a protrusion off the hypothalamus.
pituitary gland
The stage of sleep in which does most dreaming occurs.
rapid eye movement (REM)
When a person experiences acute, immediate effects as a drug wears off, an equal but opposite effect generally takes place. This is known as ______.
rebound effect
Specialized cells or groups of cells that respond to sensory stimulation.
receptors
Map out the schematic conception of the components of the sensorimotor arc:
receptors send signals to connectors in neural pathways, then signals are sent to effectors.
Finish the quote by Albert Einstein, "Science without religion is lame, ______.
religion without science is blind
The process by which a nerve cell recaptures some of the neurotransmitters it has released is known as _____.
reuptake
A neurotransmitter, the bulk of which is found in the gut, where it regulates intestinal activity.
serotonin
______ are drugs that speed up bodily functions, whereas _____ are drugs that slow down bodily functions.
stimulants, depressants
The space between the ends of one cell's axon and another cell's dendrites is a ____.
synapse
Evolution is defined (in the text) as _____.
the adaptive progression of species from their origins
Psychology deals with how we perceive and understand the _____ and _____ is fundamental to the psychological study of perception.
universe, consciousness
