TEST BANK FOR PSYCHOLOGY 12TH EDITION BY DAVID G. MYERS, C. NATHAN DEWALL| VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWER KEY| A GRADE
TEST BANK FOR PSYCHOLOGY 12TH EDITION BY DAVID G. MYERS, C. NATHAN DEWALL| VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWER KEY| A GRADE
TEST BANK FOR PSYCHOLOGY 12TH EDITION BY DAVID G.
MYERS, C. NATHAN DEWALL| VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWER KEY| A GRADE
,1. THE IDEA THAT VARIOUS BRAIN REGIONS HAVE PARTICULAR FUNCTIONS IS KNOWN AS
A) PHRENOLOGY.
B) NEURAL COMMUNICATION.
C) LOCALIZATION OF FUNCTION.
D) PLASTICITY.
2. AN AXON TRANSMITS MESSAGES _____________THE CELL BODY AND A DENDRITE TRANSMITS
MESSAGES ________THE CELL BODY.
A) AWAY FROM; TOWARD
B) AWAY FROM; AWAY FROM
C) TOWARD; AWAY FROM
D) TOWARD; TOWARD
3. TO EXCITE OR INHIBIT AN ACTION POTENTIAL IN A RECEIVING NEURON, A NEUROTRANSMITTER
MUST CROSS THE
A) AXON.
B) SYNAPTIC GAP.
C) MYELIN SHEATH.
D) ENDOCRINE GLANDS.
4. THE RELEASE OF _______TO MUSCLE CELL RECEPTORS TRIGGERS MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS.
A) ACH
B) SEROTONIN
C) DOPAMINE
D) ADRENALINE
,5. DEPRESSED MOOD STATES ARE LINKED TO ______LEVELS OF SEROTONIN AND _______LEVELS
OF NOREPINEPHRINE.
A) LOW; LOW
B) HIGH; HIGH
C) LOW; HIGH
D) HIGH; LOW
6. A DRUG MOLECULE THAT INCREASES THE RELEASE OF A NEUROTRANSMITTER INTO THE
SYNAPTIC GAP IS A(N)
A) GLUTAMATE.
B) STEROID.
C) AGONIST.
D) OPIATE.
7. THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CONSISTS OF
A) INTERNEURONS.
B) THE SPINAL CORD.
C) ENDOCRINE GLANDS.
D) SENSORY AND MOTOR NEURONS.
8. __________CARRY MESSAGES FROM THE BODY'S TISSUES AND SENSORY RECEPTORS TO THE BRAIN
AND SPINAL CORD FOR PROCESSING.
A) SENSORY NEURONS
, B) MOTOR NEURONS
C) INTERNEURONS
D) ANS
9. THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM MOST DIRECTLY CONTROLS
A) SPEECH PRODUCTION.
B) THINKING AND MEMORY.
C) MOVEMENT OF THE ARMS AND LEGS.
D) BLADDER CONTRACTIONS.
10. THE TWO NERVOUS SYSTEMS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP US IN A STATE OF HOMEOSTASIS
ARE THE ___________NERVOUS SYSTEMS.
A) SYMPATHETIC AND PARASYMPATHETIC
B) SYMPATHETIC AND SOMATIC
C) PARASYMPATHETIC AND AUTONOMIC
D) SOMATIC AND AUTONOMIC
11. WHEN THE ______NERVOUS SYSTEM IS ACTIVE, THE PUPILS CONTRACT, HEARTBEAT SLOWS,
DIGESTION IS STIMULATED, AND THE BLADDER CONTRACTS.
A) AUTONOMIC
B) SYMPATHETIC
C) SOMATIC
D) PARASYMPATHETIC
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