PSYCHOLOGY SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY CHAPTER 2 EXAM REVIEW QUESTION S AND ANSWERS
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PSYCHOLOGY SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY CHAPTER 2 EXAM REVIEW QUESTION S AND ANSWERS
Parasympathic nervous system - Answer-under autonomic nervous and (PNS) is calming, brings you down after sympathic reaction
Somatic Nervous System - Answer-Controls the body's skeletal muscles, monitors sensory inpyt ...
PSYCHOLOGY SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY
CHAPTER 2 EXAM REVIEW QUESTION
S AND ANSWERS
Parasympathic nervous system - Answer-under autonomic nervous and (PNS) is
calming, brings you down after sympathic reaction
Somatic Nervous System - Answer-Controls the body's skeletal muscles, monitors
sensory inpyt and triggers motor outfput. (Reflexes, needs to be so fast that it doesn't
have time to reach brain, uses interneurons to send message to spine instead and uses
the skeletal muscles.)
How the spinal cord works and neurons - Answer-a sensory neuron and a motor neuron
communicate through an interneuron in the spinal cord to trigger a reflex)
Endocrine system - Answer-a set of glands and tissue that secrete hormones into the
bloodstream
Pituitary gland - Answer-the brain structure that controls endocrine glands,
stress is the autonomic system activating, in the autonomic system, the adrenal gland is
secreting adrenaline which brings you to your fight or flight physiological responses.
Hindbrain - Answer-Directs essential survival functions (e.g., breathing, sleeping,
wakefulness, coordination, and balance) INcludes the medulla, pons, and cerebellum
Midbrain - Answer-Connects the hindbrain and the forebrain; involved in motor
movement and transmission of visual and auditory information
Forebrain - Answer-Manages complex cognitive activits, sensory and associative
functions, andvoluntary motor activites INcluedes the cerbral cortex, thalamus, and
hypothalamus
Brainstem - Answer-the central core of the brain; starts where the spinal cord swells as
it enters the skull; responsible for automatic survival functions the point at which nerves
from one side of the body cross over to the opposite side of the brain
Medulla - Answer-base of the brainstem; controls heartbeat and breathing
Pons - Answer-Involved in the sleep-wake cycle and breathing
Reticular formation - Answer-nerve network that relays information to parts of the brain
and is involved in arousal
Thalamus - Answer-the forebrain's sensory control center; directs sensory messages to
the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum and medulla
Cerebellum - Answer-Involved in processing sensory input, coordinating movement
output and balance, and enabling nonverbal learning and memory
Amygdala - Answer-involved in emotion, particularly aggression and fear
hypothalamus - Answer-directs maintenance activities (e.g., eating, drinking, body
temperature, sexual behavior); governs the pituitary glands and the endocrine system;
involved in emotion and reward systems
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