Psychology 121 Unit 2 EXAM Missouri State University 74 Review Questions Which Have Been Correctly Answered

The autonomic nervous system most directly controls? - ️️Involuntary body functions, like bladder contractions, heart beat, etc. Messages are transmitted from your spinal cord to muscles in your hands by the ________ nervous system. - ️️Peripheral After discovering that the shadows outside his window were only trees in the yard, Ralph's blood pressure decreased and his heartbeat slowed. These physical reactions were most directly regulated by his: - ️️Parasympathetic Nervous System What is the correct sequence in the transmission of a neutral impulse? - ️️Dendrite - Soma - Axon - Synapse The slowdown of neural communication in multiple sclerosis involves a denigration of the: - ️️Myelin Sheath Patients' negative expectations about the outcome of a surgical procedure can increase their postoperative experience of pain. This best illustrates the importance of: - ️️Top-down processing Sally has developed cataracts in both eyes, preventing her from being able to identify even her mothers face. Sally most clearly suffers a deficiency in: - ️️Bottom-up processing The minimum amount of stimulation a person needs to detect a stimulus 50 percent of the time is called the: - ️️Absolute Threshold