Psych

Imagine you are the teacher of an AP Psychology course, and one of your students declares, “Hormones are the same thing as neurotransmitters.” Which statement best modifies this student’s claim to make it more accurate? 

• “While transmitters and hormones are both electrical messages within the nervous system, neurotransmitters travel much more slowly than hormones do, and their effects last longer”

• “While transmitters and hormones are both electrical messages within the nervous system, neurotransmitters travel much more slowly than hormones do, and their effects last longer”

• While transmitters and hormones are both chemical messages within the nervous system, hormones travel much more slowly than neurotransmitters do, and their effect last longer”

• While transmitters and hormones are both electrical messages within the nervous system, neurotransmitters travel much more quickly than hormones do, and their effects last longer”

Which of the following research methods has been used to support the genetic influence on weight?

• Experiments

• 1. Case studies

• 1. Twin studies 

• Surveys

The largest number of neurons within the brain and spinal cord are ___, and they are responsible for the central nervous system’s complex internal communications system and intervene between inputs and outputs.

• 1. Sensory neurons 

• Interneurons

• 1. Motor neurons 

• 1. Neruogila 

A neurotransmitter is to a _____as a neural receptor site is to a _____.

• 1. Dog;cat

• 1. Doorway;hall

• 1. Telephone;morse code

• 1. Key; lock 

Dr. Liss studies female sex hormones. What does he study?

• 1. Androgens 

• Testosterone

• Estogens

• Menopause

The process of ____ occurs when the sending neuron normally reabsorbs excess neurotransmitter molecules. 

• molecules.

• 1. Sensation

• 1. Reuptake

• 1. Activation 

  2. Transmitter 

Dr. Hansel studies the speed of neurotransmitters crossing the space between neurons. Which of the following does Dr. Hansel study? 

• 1. Dendrites

• 1. Synaptic gap

• 1. Myelin sheath 

• 1. Axon

Natural, opiate-like neurotransmitters linked to pain control are called: 

• 1. Dopamines

• 1. Endorphins

• 1. Morphine antagonist 

• 1. Hormones

To accurately identify the two parts of the central nervous system in an oral exam, what should Kitab say?

• 1. The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system

• 1. The somatic and autonomic nervous system 

• 1. The brain and the spinal cord 

• 1. Sensory and motor neurons

Rather than acting as blueprints that lead to the same result no matter the context, genes react to the environment. The gene-environment interaction is the basic tenet of which of the following?

• 1. Parallel processing

• 1. Heredity

• 1. Epigenetics

• 1. Evolutionary psychology