bio ap psych

Places on the cerebral cortex not dedicated to either sensory or motor functions

• reference areas

• gray matter

• association areas

• glial cells

Which type of neuron conveys messages from your brain and spinal cord to your muscles in order to control your body's movements?

• Interneuron

• Sensory

• Endocrine

• Motor

• Associative

Which type of neuron conveys messages from your brain and spinal cord to your muscles in order to control your body's movements?

• Interneuron

• Afferent

• Mirror

• Efferent

• Somatic

What chemicals are active within a neuron?

• Sodium and Potassium

• Sodium and Hydrogen

• Iron and Potassium

• Hydrogen and Iron

• Boron and Helium

During what phase of neural transmission does the neuron "take a break" from all activity immediately after firing?

• Action potential

• Resting potential

• All-or-none response

• Refractory period

• Terminal Action

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

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

Damage to the left cerebral hemisphere is most likely to reduce people's ability to

• speak fluently

• copy drawings

• recognize faces

• recognize songs

Heritability refers to the extent to which

• trait differences among individuals are attributable to genetic variations.
• unrelated individuals share common genes.
• nurture controls a trait rather than nature.
• adult personality is determined by infant personality.

In the human eye, rods are to _________, as cones are to ________.

• light/ color

• color/ light

• monochromat/ dichromat

• dichromat/ monochromat

• lens/ iris

The specialized cells in each of the sense organs that collect information to send to the brain are called...

• sensory cells

• sensory nuerons

• bipolar cells

• ganglion cells

• sensory receptors