Physiological Psychology (Chapter 1 and 2)

________ is the sending end of a neuron

• Dendrites

• Axon terminals

_________ is the receiving end of a neuron

• Dendrites

• Synapatics

neurotransmitter that promotes (gas pedal) action potentials. Arousing or accelerating physiological

• excitatory
• inhibitory

Which of the following enables voluntary control of our skeletal muscles?

• Autonomic nervous system
• Somatic nervous system
• Sympathetic nervous system
• Parasympathetic nervous system

Physiological Psychology covers

• The neural mechanisms

• Biological bases of behavior

• The ecosystem of the body as an integrated whole

• All of the above

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

In transmitting sensory information to the brain, an electrical signal travels from the ________ of a single neuron.

• dendrites to the cell body to the axon
• axon to the dendrites to the cell body
• axon to the cell body to the dendrites
• dendrites to the axon to the cell body

As you are reading this question, the cells in your eyes are firing in response to the light coming from this screen. Which type of neuron is carrying this message to the brain?

• sensory
• presynaptic
• motor
• efferent

As Toby is walking barefoot in his yard, a broken piece of glass cuts his foot. The sensation of pain from Toby’s foot travels to his spinal cord through ____ neurons and the information from his spinal cord that makes him reflexively jerk his foot up is sent through ____ neurons.

• sensory, sensory

• sensory, motor

• motor, sensory

• motor, motor

What is the tiny gap between neurons called? 

• Neurotransmitter 
• Nodes of Ranvier
• Soma
• Synapse

The brain and spinal cord are the only two parts of the _____________ nervous system

• Central
• Peripheral
• Autonomic
• Somatic