Biological Psychology Quiz

A biological psychologist would be most likely to research

• how you learn a list of words.

• the developmental process that leads to your ability to learn.

• the physical and chemical changes that occur when you learn.

• why learning deficits occur.

The two major divisions of the nervous system are the

• brain and spinal cord.

• central and somatic nervous systems.

• sympathetic and parasympathetic systems.

• peripheral and central nervous systems.

The speed of neural conduction between neurons will result in difficulties in speaking, vision, and balance if the ____________ insulating the axons is damaged or removed.

• myelin sheath

• axons

• neurons

• Central Nervous System

Dr. Vazquez is examining a cell from the nervous system of an animal. He notices that at one end of the cell body is a long, fibrous strand of tissue. He immediately recognizes this as an axon that is responsible for

• carrying signals away from the cell body.

• receiving signals from other cells and carrying them toward the cell body.

• determining the speed at which an action potential will travel.

• determining whether the cell inhibits or excites neighboring neurons.

Messages are transmitted from one neuron to another through the

• axon terminal of one neuron to the axon terminal of another neuron.

• dendrites of one neuron to the dendrites of another neuron.

• synapses of one neuron to the axon terminal of another neuron

• axon terminals of one neuron to the dendrites of other neurons

Which of the following is regulated by the autonomic nervous system

• differentiating between hot and cold

• throwing a ball

• digesting food

• balancing on a balance beam

Acetylcholine and dopamine, which help control movement, are examples of

• axons.

• neurotransmitters.

• glands.

• chromosomes.

Neurotransmitters are ____________ that travel across the ____________ to another cell.

The electrical charge that travels down the axon is called __________________________.

What receives impulses & conducts them to the cell body

• neuron

• cell body

• dendrite

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