PSYCH 1013 EXAM 1 REVIEW QUESTIONS
Agonists - Answers - Drugs that enhance or mimc the effects of a neurotransmitter's
action
Antagonists - Answers - Drugs that block the actions of neurotransmitters
Cerebral Cortex - Answers - The convoluted, wrinkled outer layer of the brain that is
involved in multiple higher functions such as thought, language, and personality.
Chromosomes - Answers - a threadlike body in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in
a linear order
Corpus Callosa - Answers - The part of the brain that connects the two hemispheres
Closure - Answers - a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate
tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to
perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
The nervous system is divided into the ________ and _________ nervous systems -
Answers - Peripheral, Central
Autonomic Nervous System - Answers - Regulates activity of organs, glands, and other
physiological processes
Somatic Nervous System - Answers - transmits sensory information and controls the
skeletal muscles
Empiricism - Answers - a philosophical tenet that knowledge comes through experience
Genes - Answers - basic units of heredity
Hormones - Answers - chemicals produced by the endocrine system that regulate bodily
functions and behavior
Hypothesis - Answers - a testable prediction about the processes that can be observed
and measured.
Determinism - Answers - the belief that all events are governed by lawful, cause-and-
effect relationships
4 steps to build Scientific Literacy - Answers - Knowledge Gathering- what do we know
Scientific Explanation- how can science explain it?
Agonists - Answers - Drugs that enhance or mimc the effects of a neurotransmitter's
action
Antagonists - Answers - Drugs that block the actions of neurotransmitters
Cerebral Cortex - Answers - The convoluted, wrinkled outer layer of the brain that is
involved in multiple higher functions such as thought, language, and personality.
Chromosomes - Answers - a threadlike body in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in
a linear order
Corpus Callosa - Answers - The part of the brain that connects the two hemispheres
Closure - Answers - a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate
tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to
perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
The nervous system is divided into the ________ and _________ nervous systems -
Answers - Peripheral, Central
Autonomic Nervous System - Answers - Regulates activity of organs, glands, and other
physiological processes
Somatic Nervous System - Answers - transmits sensory information and controls the
skeletal muscles
Empiricism - Answers - a philosophical tenet that knowledge comes through experience
Genes - Answers - basic units of heredity
Hormones - Answers - chemicals produced by the endocrine system that regulate bodily
functions and behavior
Hypothesis - Answers - a testable prediction about the processes that can be observed
and measured.
Determinism - Answers - the belief that all events are governed by lawful, cause-and-
effect relationships
4 steps to build Scientific Literacy - Answers - Knowledge Gathering- what do we know
Scientific Explanation- how can science explain it?
