Unit 2-AP Psych

Which of the following are located exclusively in the brain and spinal cord?

• sensory neurons

• motor neurons

• myelin sheath

• interneurons

• axons

The chemical messengers released into the spatial junctions between neurons are called

• hormones

• neurotransmitters

• synapses

• sensory neurons

• motor neurons

Which of the following neurotransmitters has been linked to Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia?

• Acetylcholine

• Dopamine

• GABA

• Norepinephrine

• Serotonin

Endocrine glands secrete hormones directly into

• synaptic gaps

• the bloodstream

• dendrites

• sensory neurons

• interneurons

Your life would most immediately be threatened if you suffered destruction of the

• amygdala

• hippocampus

• angular gyrus

• corpus callous

• medulla

Someone who has difficulty speaking after a stroke is most likely suffering from which of the following?

• neurogenesis

• lesion

• aphasia

• angular gyrus

• interneurons

An image projected to the left visual field of a split-brained person will be processed in the

• left visual cortex

• right visual cortex

• right side of the left retina

• left side of the right retina

• sensory cortex

The brain scans of people with amnesia are most likely to show damage to the

• hippocampus

• hypothlamus

• medulla

• reticular formation

• cerebellum

An adaptation is an inherited physical or behavioral characteristic that

• increases an organism's chance for survival

• is ecologically disruptive

• enables an organism to control its environment

• may or may not benefit the organism

• has no effect on fitness

For most people, speech functions are primarily localized in the

• right cerebral hemisphere

• left cerebral hemisphere

• occipital lobe

• corpus callosum

• cerebellum