Biopsychology Exam Questions With Correct Answers

Biopsychology Exam Questions With
Correct Answers

biopsychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mental processes and
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observable behaviors are linked to biological structures and processes
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neurons - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-highly specialized cells that
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communicate info in electrical chemical forms; we have 100 billion,
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extremely small, look like snow flakes
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dendrites - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. thybers that receive info; goes into
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cell body - info travels to myelin sheath
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axons - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-4. "away"; fiber that carries neurons
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message to other body areas
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myelin sheath - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-3. white, fatty substance that
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allows increase in neuron communication speed
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action potential - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-brief electrical impulse by
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which info is transmitted along the axon of the neuron
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, synapse - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-point of communication, area for the
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transfer of signals; "jump"
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cell body - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-2. contains nucleus, provides energy
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central nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-contains the brain and
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spinal cord |




peripheral nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-carries messages to
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and from the CNS
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somatic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-controls voluntary
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muscles and transmits sensory info to the CNS
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autonomic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-controls
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involuntary body functions - self governing | | | | |




sympathetic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-arouses body to
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expend energy - "gas pedal"
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parasympathetic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-calms body to | | | | | | |



conserve and maintain energy - "brakes"
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