PYC4809 THERAPEUTIC PSYCHOLOGY
PRACTICE TEST 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ confounding variable
Answer: any unanticipated outside factor that affects both variables
of interest, often giving the false impression that changes in one
variable causes changes in the other variable
◉ neurons
Answer: essential for all tasks of the nervous system, cells that send
and receive messages throughout the body
◉ glial cells
Answer: provide scaffolding for nervous system, facilitate neuronal
communication, insulate neurons, transport nutrients and waste
products, and mediate immune responses
◉ dendrite
Answer: receive messages from other neurons
◉ soma
,Answer: the cell body of the neuron responsible for maintaining the
life of the cell
◉ axon
Answer: carries neural message from the cell body to the axon
terminal for communication with other cells
◉ terminal buttons
Answer: contain synaptic vesicles, which store neurotransmitters
◉ myelin sheath
Answer: fatty substance that coats the axons of neurons to insulate,
protect, and speed up the neural impulse
◉ axon terminals (nodes of ranvier??)
Answer: ends of axonal branches of the neuron, specialized for
communication between cells
◉ peripheral nervous system
Answer: autonomic (sympathetic, parasympathetic), somatic
◉ somatic nervous system
Answer: relays sensory and motor information to and from the cns
, ◉ autonomic nervous system
Answer: nerves that control all the involuntary muscles, organs, and
glands
◉ sympathetic
Answer: responsible for reacting to stressful events and bodily
arousal; fight or flight
◉ parasympathetic
Answer: restores the body to normal functioning after arousal; rest
and digest
◉ central nervous system
Answer: spinal cord, brain
◉ spinal cord
Answer: delivers messages to and from the brain
◉ brain
Answer: comprised of billions of interconnected neurons and glia,
bilateral
PRACTICE TEST 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ confounding variable
Answer: any unanticipated outside factor that affects both variables
of interest, often giving the false impression that changes in one
variable causes changes in the other variable
◉ neurons
Answer: essential for all tasks of the nervous system, cells that send
and receive messages throughout the body
◉ glial cells
Answer: provide scaffolding for nervous system, facilitate neuronal
communication, insulate neurons, transport nutrients and waste
products, and mediate immune responses
◉ dendrite
Answer: receive messages from other neurons
◉ soma
,Answer: the cell body of the neuron responsible for maintaining the
life of the cell
◉ axon
Answer: carries neural message from the cell body to the axon
terminal for communication with other cells
◉ terminal buttons
Answer: contain synaptic vesicles, which store neurotransmitters
◉ myelin sheath
Answer: fatty substance that coats the axons of neurons to insulate,
protect, and speed up the neural impulse
◉ axon terminals (nodes of ranvier??)
Answer: ends of axonal branches of the neuron, specialized for
communication between cells
◉ peripheral nervous system
Answer: autonomic (sympathetic, parasympathetic), somatic
◉ somatic nervous system
Answer: relays sensory and motor information to and from the cns
, ◉ autonomic nervous system
Answer: nerves that control all the involuntary muscles, organs, and
glands
◉ sympathetic
Answer: responsible for reacting to stressful events and bodily
arousal; fight or flight
◉ parasympathetic
Answer: restores the body to normal functioning after arousal; rest
and digest
◉ central nervous system
Answer: spinal cord, brain
◉ spinal cord
Answer: delivers messages to and from the brain
◉ brain
Answer: comprised of billions of interconnected neurons and glia,
bilateral
