Psychobiology 1

The brain and the spinal cord form the

Which of the following is false?

The idea that we can understand complex systems by looking at their simpler constituent parts is known as

The peripheral nervous system has___components

Which neurological disease(s) is/are least prevalent in the United States

The efferent nerves of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) go to

In humans, about __% of the brain is used during routine, day-to-day activities

The process by which an individual changes over the life span is called

The somatic nervous system includes the

What would be the consequence for a patient with damage to the eighth cranial nerve

Which of the following is false

The human brain contains nearly

Which type of cell is responsible for the myelination within the central nervous system

The early nineteenth-century field of___claimed to discern an association between personality traits and specific bumps on the skull

The neuron doctrine

Which of the following represents the most common sequence of information flow through a neuron

___axons relay information to the brain

Which term describes the capacity of the nervous system to change in response to experience

The electrical impulse that stimulates neurotransmitter release, thereby transmitting information to other neurons, arises in the

Dendrites are

What kind of information is carried by the ventral roots of the spinal cord

Which of the following statements is true

What is the Hebbian phrase that explains how neuronal connections are strengthened?

Synaptic vesicles

The notion of dualism as proposed by Descartes states that

Which of the following statements is true

The output zone of the neuron is the

Which term below refers to structures that are found on opposite sides of the body

The gaps between segments of myelin are known as

___ neurons gather information from the environment related to light, odors, and contact of our skin with objects

The brain and spinal cord are wrapped in protective membranes known collectively as the

The___system is that portion of the nervous system that lies outside of the brain and spinal cord

The___mediates the inflammatory reaction that follows brain damage

Which of the following statements about glial cells is false

Biology psychology

The major function of Schwann cells is

Which of the following is not a consequence of parasympathetic activation

Axon terminals

The reason that sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems have different effects on the organs is because

Galen's views about the bodily origins of behavior were based on his observations of

Which of the following glial cells interact with blood vessels

Which of the following cranial nerves is not involved in the control of eye movement

Studies of identical twins in which one twin has schizophrenia have revealed a relationship between schizophrenia and the enlargement of the

For every 100 people across the world today, about___have some form of a neurological or psychiatric illness

The process of___refers to the production of new neurons

Moving from the base of the brain to the tailbone, what are the respective segments of the spinal cord to which spinal nerves attach

The vast majority of neurons in the brain are classified as