Exam 2: Neuroscience and Biological Foundations

The generation of new neurons is called _____.

The sympathetic and parasympathetic systems are branches of the _____ nervous system.

The class of neurotransmitters known as endorphins function to ______.

Genes are found on chromosomes and _____.

Many symptoms of schizophrenia − like hearing voices, misunderstanding social cues, and misinterpreting sensory information − could be due to abnormalities in the _____.

The peripheral nervous system is made up of the______ nervous systems.

In your text, the analogy was presented that neurotransmission at the synapse is like _____, whereas hormonal communication is like _____.

Which type of twins can be helpful to researchers studying the contribution of genetics and environmental for behavior?

Drugs act at the synapse by _____.

Your textbook likens the depolarization and repolarization of a neuron that fires to ________.

If your neighbor was abducted by aliens and they removed his right parietal lobe, he would be unable to _____.

The frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes make up the _____.

One important difference between a myelinated and unmyelinated axon is _____.

The assumption of a twin study that is that identical and fraternal twins share have the same degree of environmental overlap and differ only in genetic overlap. Which of the following challenges this assumption and makes the interpretation of results from twin studies problematic?

The two major divisions of the nervous system are the _____.

What part(s) of the cell receive incoming messages?

Your body has designed a traffic signal for action potentials traveling from one neuron to another. In this system, the red light represents _____.

The long tube-like structure that conveys impulses away from the cell body toward other neurons, muscles, or glands is called a(n) _____.

Vision and visual perception occur in the _____ lobes.

The subarea of psychology that studies applying the principles of evolution to explain behavioral and mental processes is called ____.