Chapter 3-4
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If I were an Evolutionary Psychologist, how would I tend to explain the function traditions within a society or culture?
They enhance a sense of group membership.
They enhance the sense of group belonging.
The evolution of humans.
Professor Kingston is interested in understanding the origins of gambling addictions. To study the brain activity of gambling addicts, Professor Kingston tracks oxygen flow in their brains while they engage in online gambling. What method is she most likely using?
FMRI
PET
What would happen if the axon of a neuron is damaged?
The signal would not move forward.
The signal would still move forward.
If the dendrites are still working and picking up signals, there would be no way to send the information on to another neuron since the axon is responsible for transmitting the signal.
It could be damaged in a variety of ways.
What is myelin and how does it influence activity?
Myelinated signals move faster that unmyelinated ones.
Myelin is the insulation
Unmyelinated signals move faster that myelinated ones
What do dendrites do?
Receive signal and send I along the axon
Bring signals to and from body
How does information transfer from one neuron to another?
Synapse
Glia
What happens when the neuron reaches the action potential?
it fires (or develops an impulse)
It dies and counteracts the impulse.
What are neurotransmitters?
A chemical messenger that communicates across a synapse
A chemical messenger that communicates across a glia.
Movement, planning, reward
Dopamine
Seratonin
What is the central nervous system comprised of?
Brain and spinal cord
Nerves throughout body.
What is the major function of the spinal cord?
The spinal cord allows information to flow to and from the brain.
To send and receive signals from the body
What is the somatic nervous system?
It brings sensory info to the CNS
Controls sensation and movement
What does the parasympathetic nervous system do?
Directs the storage of energy.
Allows you to store nutrients, repair boy, and return the activities of internal organs to baseline levels.
Fight-or-flight
If my parasympathetic nervous system was at work right now what would it be doing to my digestive process? Would it speed it up or slow it down?
Speed it up
Stimulating it
Slow it down.
What would happen to digestion if my sympathetic nervous system were activated?
Slow it down
It would stall
It might even shut it down completely.
What part of the brain is responsible for such things as motoror coordination and balance?
Cerebellum
Hippocampus
Hypothalamus
What might happen if my midbrain is damaged?Pick best answer
Pain perception
Neurological response
What does the hippocampus do?What is it involved with?
It is where short term memory goes to be stored in long term memory in a diff. Part of the brain
It is where long term memory goes.
How would you then answer this question? Christopher suffered a traumatic brain injury in an automobile accident. Since the accident, he has great difficulty in forming new memories but remembers his childhood well, which suggests that his _______ was damaged.
Hippocampus
Hypothalmus
So the hipocampus is responsible for what type of memory?
Short-term memories
Long-term memories
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