PSYCHOLOGY ACTUAL EXAM WITH CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Nature - ANSWER the influence of our inherited characteristics on our personality,
physical growth, intellectual growth, and social interactions
nurture - ANSWER the influence of our environment
CNS (central nervous system) - ANSWER includes the brain and spinal cord
PNS (peripheral nervous system) - ANSWER the sensory and motor neurons that
connect the CNS to the rest of the body
Cerebellum function - ANSWER process and store information, coordinates voluntary
movements (posture, balance, speech)
Cerebrum - ANSWER Largest part of the brain; responsible for voluntary muscular
activity, vision, speech, taste, hearing, thought, and memory.
involentary - ANSWER autonomic nervous system
Voluntary - ANSWER somatic nervous system
The brain - ANSWER The mass of nerve tissue that is the main control center of the
nervous system
electrical communication - ANSWER travel up and down the spinal cord, sending
signals which allow different segments of the body to communicate with the brain.
cervical vertebrae - ANSWER neck
, corpus callosum - ANSWER A thick band of axons that connects the two cerebral
hemispheres and acts as a communication link between them.
brain stem - ANSWER Connection to spinal cord. Filters information flow between
peripheral nervous system and the rest of the brain.
motor cortex - ANSWER controls voluntary movements
Amygdala - ANSWER A limbic system structure involved in memory and emotion,
particularly fear and aggression.
Hypothalamus - ANSWER a neural structure lying below the thalamus; directs eating,
drinking, body temperature; helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland,
and is linked to emotion
medulla oblongata - ANSWER the continuation of the spinal cord within the skull,
forming the lowest part of the brainstem and containing control centers for the heart and
lungs.
Psychology - ANSWER the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
psychiatry - ANSWER a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; who
sometimes provide medical (for example, drug) treatments
free will - ANSWER The idea that human beings are free to make their own choices
Determinism - ANSWER the philosophy that holds that every event, action, and
decision results from something independent of the human will
Thoracic - ANSWER chest
spinal nerves - ANSWER carry impulses to and from the spinal cord
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Nature - ANSWER the influence of our inherited characteristics on our personality,
physical growth, intellectual growth, and social interactions
nurture - ANSWER the influence of our environment
CNS (central nervous system) - ANSWER includes the brain and spinal cord
PNS (peripheral nervous system) - ANSWER the sensory and motor neurons that
connect the CNS to the rest of the body
Cerebellum function - ANSWER process and store information, coordinates voluntary
movements (posture, balance, speech)
Cerebrum - ANSWER Largest part of the brain; responsible for voluntary muscular
activity, vision, speech, taste, hearing, thought, and memory.
involentary - ANSWER autonomic nervous system
Voluntary - ANSWER somatic nervous system
The brain - ANSWER The mass of nerve tissue that is the main control center of the
nervous system
electrical communication - ANSWER travel up and down the spinal cord, sending
signals which allow different segments of the body to communicate with the brain.
cervical vertebrae - ANSWER neck
, corpus callosum - ANSWER A thick band of axons that connects the two cerebral
hemispheres and acts as a communication link between them.
brain stem - ANSWER Connection to spinal cord. Filters information flow between
peripheral nervous system and the rest of the brain.
motor cortex - ANSWER controls voluntary movements
Amygdala - ANSWER A limbic system structure involved in memory and emotion,
particularly fear and aggression.
Hypothalamus - ANSWER a neural structure lying below the thalamus; directs eating,
drinking, body temperature; helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland,
and is linked to emotion
medulla oblongata - ANSWER the continuation of the spinal cord within the skull,
forming the lowest part of the brainstem and containing control centers for the heart and
lungs.
Psychology - ANSWER the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
psychiatry - ANSWER a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; who
sometimes provide medical (for example, drug) treatments
free will - ANSWER The idea that human beings are free to make their own choices
Determinism - ANSWER the philosophy that holds that every event, action, and
decision results from something independent of the human will
Thoracic - ANSWER chest
spinal nerves - ANSWER carry impulses to and from the spinal cord
