AP Psychology Mid Term Quiz 3

This is the electrical charge that travels down an axon when a neuron is firing

• Resting Potential
• Action Potential
• Threshold
• Refractory Period

The ___ helps decide what memories transfer from the short to long term memory.

• Hippocampus
• Corpus Callosum 
• Hypothalamus 
• Cerebellum 

Name the two major parts of the central nervous system.

• The brain and the skull. 
• The brain and the body.
• The spinal cord and the brain.
• The spinal cord and the body. 

The left hemisphere of the brain specializes in which of the following?

• visual-spatial perception
• language
• emotional thought and recognition
• pattern recognition

The ______ lobes are responsible for higher mental processes such as decision making.

• parietal
• frontal
• temporal
• occipital

The period of the sleep cycle when most dreaming occurs is

• 1
• REM
• NREM
• 4

REM stands for

• Rapid eye movement
• Rapid eye motion
• Rage eye movement
• Random eye movement

Cocaine is used illicitly as a:

• Depressant

• Stimulant

• Hallocinogen

• Tranquilizer

These are drugs that slow down the body's functions and reactions

• Stimulants

• Downers

• Speed

• Depressants

A reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories (often unacceptable or unwanted) that are outside of our awareness but affect our behavior:

• unconscious

• conscious

• personality

• preconscious