Study Quiz Ch2 PSYC101

Question 1

1 out of 1 points
Place these items in the correct order of what happens when a neuron is stimulated and communicates with another neuron
Selected Answer
1. Positive ions flow into axon, creating an action potential
2. Impulse reaches threshold intensity
3. Impulse moves all the way down the axon to the terminal buttons
4. Axon releases neurotransmitters across the synapse

Question 2

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Samantha had a stroke. Doctors told her she sustained substantial damage to the occipital lobes. What type of deficiencies is Samantha likely to experience as a result of this brain damage? Selected Answer: She may be blind or unable to see clearly.

Question 3

1 out of 1 points
The ________ sends messages to other neurons; the ________ receives messages from other neurons
Selected Answer: Axon, dendrite

Question 4

1 out of 1 points
You are listening to a lecture. Then the bell rings in the hallway. In order to hear this stimulus,
_____ neurons must carry electrochemical messages from your ears to your brain.
Selected Answer: afferent

Question 5

1 out of 1 points
After a successful play in football, a friend slaps you hard on the back. The nerves that carry the feeling of the slap to the spinal cord are part of the:
Selected Answer: Peripheral nervous system

Question 6

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Located at the front of the parietal lobes, which part of the brain processes information about body sensations?
Selected Answer: Somatosensory cortex

Question 7

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After a person suffers a stroke, the brain will need to re-route information around the damaged area. How well it can do this is referred to as:
Selected Answer: Plasticity

Question 8

1 out of 1 points
The _____ is a small forebrain structure that monitors pleasurable, survival-related activities
(e.g. eating, drinking, and sex), emotion, stress, and reward.
Selected Answer: hypothalamus

Question 9

1 out of 1 points
In the human cell, threadlike structures that come in 23 pairs,