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Week 5 Assignment
Kayla Williamson
PSY101
Professor Fearn (Professor Heather Burke)
November 6, 2022
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Week 5 Assignment
Part One: Biology and the Mind
1. Discuss how Zoe’s brain is contributing to her feelings of happiness and motivation
after receiving a good grade and positive feedback on her psychology assignment.
Identify specific neurotransmitters that are likely involved.
There are several different types of neurotransmitters. Zoe's brain is contributing to her
feelings of happiness and motivation after receiving her good grade and positive feedback
on her psychology assignment because her dopamine Neurotransmitters are letting her
feel the pleasure of reward and motivation and desire. They are not acting alone they
have the help of neurons and synapses (webtext, 2.3. 2.4).
2. Explain what the autonomic nervous system is. Then discuss how Zoe’s autonomic
nervous system was involved during and after her response to the sound of the
fallen pan of lasagna.
“The autonomic nervous system relays information to and from the central nervous
system but this system bridges communications between the CNS and your internal
organs and glands it releases hormones and it sends messages to the brain 2 tell how
hungry you are how fast your heart is beating.” (webtext 2.9). The autonomic nervous
system is divided into two parts, one of them activates the bodies reflexes and high stress
situations to get better prepared to move quickly. When she heard the lasagna that part of
our brain initiated (webtext, 2.9).
