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Autonomic nervous system is involved in   digesting food  
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Damage to what area will most likely result in developing aphasia   Wernick's area  
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neuron in resting state   the inside of the cell membrane is negative compared to outside  
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Polygraph machine responds to changes in   autonomic arousal  
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The part of neuron responsible for receiving signals from other neurons is   dendrites  
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metabolic activity in different areas of brain is best visualized by   PET positron emission tomography  
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Part of endocrine system that is responsible for overseeing and regulating the release of hormones across entire body is   hypothalamus  
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Brain lateralization   inclination for certain cognitive processes to be specialized to one hemisphere of the brain or the other  
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researchers inject a harmless radioactive substance into brain to examine activity is   PET  
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the division of nervous system that most directly allows voluntary muscle movement is the   somatic  
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Which best describes REM sleep?   Fast breathing, high heart rate, high blood pressure  
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The theory that dreams are brain's attempt to make sense of meaningless patterns of brain activity during sleep is   activation-synthesis theory  
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effect of alcohol on human functioning   it depresses the central nervous system  
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Brain scans of people with amnesia show damage to   hippocampus  
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All of the following are APA ethical guidelines EXCEPT   research may not involve deception  
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Beth received a hemispherectomy to treat a seizure disorder when she was 2. By the time she was 5, her cognitive abilities were the same as a neurotypical 5 year old. Which explains?   Neuroplasticity  
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Significant damage to what will cause a person to fall into coma they can't awaken from?   Reticular formation  
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Information is relayed to the spinal cord or brain by   afferent neurons  
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Researchers reduce symptoms of Alzheimer's disease using   Acetylcholine  
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Which explains the hypothalamus in regulation of hunger?   Acts with the endocrine system to control hunger and satiety  
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Difficulty typing smoothly on a keyboard would most likely result from damage to the   cerebellum  
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Joe's pupils dilate, digestion reduces, and skin becomes cold. Which system is controlling Joe's changes   sympathetic  
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Caffeine and nicotine are in the same class as which drug?   Cocaine  
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Which psychoactive drugs increase nervous system activity?   Cocaine  
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Which statement about sleep is valid?   Individuals do not typically act out their dreams  
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Notion that human behavior is influenced by unconscious thoughts and desires is   Psychodynamic  
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Curare blocks action at acetylcholine synapses and causes paralysis. The drug is an example of an   antagonist  
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Which of the following is not part of a neuron?   Synapses  
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Abnormalities in calcium regulation arise from problems with   parathyriod gland.  
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The limbic system is associated with   emotions  
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In adult humans, which of the following is true of REM sleep?   It's correlated with dreaming  
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Which of the following are involved in regulating circadian rhythms?   photoreceptors, hypothalamus, and pineal gland  
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in normal distribution, which of the following statements is true about the area that falls between one standard deviation above and one standard deviation below the mean?   It contains the middle 68% of the distribution  
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2-year old Jia tells her grandma that she "sweeped" the floor yesterday. The scenario illustrates that children   overgeneralize the use of grammatical rules  
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Which of the following muscles are controlled by the somatic nervous system   skeletal muscles, such as muscles of the arm and hand  
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The correct order of the structures of the motor neuron is   dendrites, the cell body, axon, terminal branches of the axon  
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The functions of the body that operate outside of conscious awareness are governed by the   autonomic nervous system  
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Most of the signals neurons receive are ___: others are the opposite, or ____   excitatory; inhibitory  
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The ___is to sensory input as the register's office is to a college campus   thalamus  
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The ___ cerebral hemisphere typically constructs the theories people offer to explain their own behaviors.   left  
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