EXPERIENCE PSYCHOLOGY CHAPTER 2 BY LAURA KING
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTION
nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅system of the body's electrochemical
communication circuitry
plasticity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the brain's capacity for change
afferent nerves - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅also called sensory nerves: nerves that carry
info about the external environment to the brain and spinal cord via sensory receptors
Efferent nerves - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅also called sensory nerves; nerves that carry
information out of the brain and spinal cord to other areas of the body
neural networks - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅networks of nerve cells that integrate sensory
input and motor output
central nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The brain and spinal cord.
peripheral nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the network of nerves that connects
the brain and spinal cord to other parts of the body
somatic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the body system consisiting of the
sensory nerves, whose function is to convey info from the skin and muscles to the CNS about
conditions such as pain and temperature, and the motor nerves, whose function is to tell muscles
what to do
autonomic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅system of neural networks that
takes messages to and from the body's internal organs, monitoring such processes as breathing,
heart rate, and digestion
, sympathetic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the part of the autonomic nervous
system that arouses the body to mobilize it for action and thus is involved in the experience of
stress
parasympathetic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the part of the body
autonomic nervous system that calms the body
stress - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Response of individuals to environmental strain and
threats to survival
stressor - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a circumstance or event that threatens an individual's
survival, taxes their coping ability, and causes physiological changes to the body to help it
handle intense stress.
neurons - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅one of two types of cells in the nervous system;
neurons are the nerve cells that handle the information-processing function
glial cells - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the second of the two types of cells in the nervous
system that provide support, nutritional benefits, and other functions and keep neurons running
smoothly
soma - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the part of the neuron that contains the nucleus, which
directs the manufacture of substances that the neuron needs for growth and maintenance (cell
body)
myelin sheath - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a layer of fat cells that encases and insulates
most axons
dendrites - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅treelike fibers projecting from a neuron, which
receive information and orient it toward the neuron's cell body
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTION
nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅system of the body's electrochemical
communication circuitry
plasticity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the brain's capacity for change
afferent nerves - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅also called sensory nerves: nerves that carry
info about the external environment to the brain and spinal cord via sensory receptors
Efferent nerves - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅also called sensory nerves; nerves that carry
information out of the brain and spinal cord to other areas of the body
neural networks - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅networks of nerve cells that integrate sensory
input and motor output
central nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The brain and spinal cord.
peripheral nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the network of nerves that connects
the brain and spinal cord to other parts of the body
somatic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the body system consisiting of the
sensory nerves, whose function is to convey info from the skin and muscles to the CNS about
conditions such as pain and temperature, and the motor nerves, whose function is to tell muscles
what to do
autonomic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅system of neural networks that
takes messages to and from the body's internal organs, monitoring such processes as breathing,
heart rate, and digestion
, sympathetic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the part of the autonomic nervous
system that arouses the body to mobilize it for action and thus is involved in the experience of
stress
parasympathetic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the part of the body
autonomic nervous system that calms the body
stress - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Response of individuals to environmental strain and
threats to survival
stressor - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a circumstance or event that threatens an individual's
survival, taxes their coping ability, and causes physiological changes to the body to help it
handle intense stress.
neurons - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅one of two types of cells in the nervous system;
neurons are the nerve cells that handle the information-processing function
glial cells - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the second of the two types of cells in the nervous
system that provide support, nutritional benefits, and other functions and keep neurons running
smoothly
soma - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the part of the neuron that contains the nucleus, which
directs the manufacture of substances that the neuron needs for growth and maintenance (cell
body)
myelin sheath - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a layer of fat cells that encases and insulates
most axons
dendrites - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅treelike fibers projecting from a neuron, which
receive information and orient it toward the neuron's cell body
