Psychology in everyday life 4th Edition Chapter two Questions
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1 To excite or inhibit an action potential in a receiving neuron, a neurotransmitter must cross the ______.
· Synaptic gap
· Endocrine glands
· Axon
· Myelin sheath
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2 Karens years of experience navigating the streets of a very large city as a taxi driver have resulted in changes in her brains spatial memory centres that support her detailed street location. This best illustrates the value of?
· Refractory periods
· Plasticity
· Echo location
· Reuptake
3 The brains oldest region is the?
· Hippocampus
· Amygdala
· Hypothalamus
· Brainstem
4. The autonomic nervous system most directly controls _____.
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Movement of the arms and legs. |
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Speech production. |
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Thinking and memory. |
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Bladder contractions.
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5. Which of the following chemical messengers is both a neurotransmitter and a hormone?
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serotonin |
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acetylcholine |
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dopamine |
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norepinephrine |
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norepinephrine
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6 Your life would be most immediately threatened if you suffered destruction of the ______.
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Cerebellum. |
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Medulla. |
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Amygdala. |
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Hippocampus. |
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7 Which hormone enables contractions associated with birthing and milk flow during nursing?
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