Psychology: Chapter 2 Quiz

Front 1

Cell underlies the activity of the entire nervous system is the _____.

Back 1

Neuron

Front 2

There are approximately _____ neurons in the brain of an average human being.

Back 2

100 Billion

Front 3

Neurons typically have __________.

Back 3

One Axon & Many Detrites

Front 4

Neurons whose primary purspose is to carry messages from the spinal cord or the brain to the muscles & glands are called __________.

Back 4

Efferent Neurons

Front 5

A young man reads in a letter that he has just won $1,000 in a state-wide lottery & he literally jumos for joy which neurons are sending messages from his brain to his legs ordering them to jump?

Back 5

Motor Neurons

Front 6

Chemicals released by the synaptic vesicles that travel accross the synaptic space & attract adjacent neurons are called ______.

Back 6

Neurotransmitters

Front 7

An elderly person with Parkinsons disease is most likely to have a problem witj which of the following Neurotransmitters?
_______

Back 7

Dopamine

Front 8

The central nervous system consist of the ________.

Back 8

Brain and Spinal Cord

Front 9

Thalamus relays & translates in coming messages from each of the physical senses except ______.

Back 9

Smell

Front 10

A man can renember everything from before his car accident, but can't remember what happened 5 minutes ago. He damaged the _____ part of his brain.

Back 10

Hippocampus

Front 11

The ______ lobe accounts for about one half the volume of the human brain.

Back 11

Frontal

Front 12

The notion that human language is controlled primarily by the left cerebral cortex was first proposed by ______.

Back 12

Paul Brockae

Front 13

Which of the following would provide the best nap of physical structures in the brain of living human beings?

Back 13

MRI