AP psych Unit 2 test review

More excitatory signals above the threshold for activation will not affect the intensity of na action potential because the neurons reaction is an

All or non response

Auditory hallucinations experienced by people with schizophrenia are linked to the activation of areas in which brain area?

Temporal Lobes

For you to be able to walk, ___ must relay messages from your central nervous system to your leg muscles

Motor neurons

The ability to draw different figures with the right and left hands is a characteristic are in those whose ____ has been cut

Corpus callosum

If a drug mimics an endorphins euphoric effect, what kind of molecule are these drugs?

Agonists

Molecules similar to a neurotransmitter to bind its receptor sites on a dendrite and block the effects are called what?

Antagonists

Adding a series of 3 digit numbers causes a person to have increased brain waves and blood flow to which brain structure?

Left hemisphere

Gland that regulates body growth

Pituitary

Brain structure that receives information from all the senses except smell

Thalamus

Located exclusively within the brain and spinal cord

Interneurons

You broke your finger… ______ must relay messages from your finger to your central nervous system.

Sensory neurons

Psychoactive drugs interfere with normal neural transmission. Where does this interference take place?

Synapse

To identify which specific brain areas are most active during a particular mental task, researchers would be most likely to make use of a(n)

FMRI

The tremors of Parkinson's disease result from the death of nerve cells that produce the neurotransmitter

Dopamine

The medulla is in control of ___

Breathing

The cerebellum is in control of ___

Walking

Prozac, a drug commonly prescribed to treat depression, prevents the sending neuron from taking in excess serotonin. Which process does this drug prevent from taking place?

Reuptake

New memories

Hippocampus

Under supply of serotonin is linked to

Depression

reabsorption of excess neurotransmitter molecules by a sending neuron

Reuptake

After Kathy’s serious motorcycle accident, doctors detected damage to his cerebellum. Kathy is most likely to have difficulty

Playing piano

Responsible for basic impulses, such as greed

Id

Responsible for the realistic decisions

Ego

Responsible for higher standards

Superego