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