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Psychology 10th Edition David G. Myers - Solutions
4. Regarding a neuron’s response to stimulation, the intensity of the stimulus determinesa. whether or not an impulse is generated.b. how fast an impulse is transmitted.c. how intense an impulse will be.d. whether reuptake will occur.
3. The tiny space between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite or cell body of another is called thea. axon terminal.b. branching fiber.c. synaptic gap.d. threshold.
2. The neuron fiber that passes messages through its branches to other neurons or to muscles and glands is the ____________
1. What do psychologists mean when they say the brain is “plastic”?
LOQ 2-7: How does the endocrine system transmit information and interact with the nervous system?
LOQ 2-6: What are the functions of the nervous system’s main divisions, and what are the three main types of neurons?
LOQ 2-5: How do neurotransmitters influence behavior, and how do drugs and other chemicals affect neurotransmission?
LOQ 2-4: How do nerve cells communicate with other nerve cells?
LOQ 2-3: What are neurons, and how do they transmit information?
LOQ 2-2: How do biology and experience together enable neuroplasticity?
LOQ 2-1: Why are psychologists concerned with human biology?
RP-12 How are the nervous and endocrine systems alike, and how do they differ?
RP-11 Why is the pituitary gland called the master gland?
Do you remember feeling the lingering effects of a hormonal response, such as anger, after some particularly aggravating event? How did it feel? How long did it last?
RP-10 How was the ANS involved in Hawaiians’ terrified responses, and in calming their bodies once they realized it was a false alarm?
RP-9 Match the type of neuron (i–iii) to its description (a–c). i. Motor neurons ii. Sensory neurons Description a. Carry incoming messages from sensory receptors to the CNS. b. Communicate within the CNS and process information between incoming and outgoing messages. iii. Interneurons c. Carry
Think back to a stressful moment when you felt your sympathetic nervous system kick in. What was your body preparing you for? Were you able to sense your parasympathetic nervous system’s response when the challenge had passed?
RP-8 Curare poisoning paralyzes animals by blocking ACh receptors involved in muscle movement. Morphine mimics endorphin actions. Which is an agonist, and which is an antagonist?
RP-7 Serotonin, dopamine, and endorphins are all chemical messengers called __________.
Can you recall a time, perhaps after a workout, when you felt the effects of endorphins? How would you describe those feelings?
RP-6 What is reuptake? What two other things can happen to excess neurotransmitters after a neuron reacts?
RP-5 What happens in the synaptic gap?
Why was the discovery of neurons’ communication mechanism so important?
RP-4 How does our nervous system allow us to experience the difference between a slap and a tap on the back?
RP-3 When a neuron fires an action potential, the information travels through the axon, the dendrites, and the cell body, but not in that order. Place these three structures in the correct order.
Does it surprise you to learn that despite your brain’s complexity, your reaction time is slower than a computer’s? Does this suggest which tasks might be more readily performed by computers than by humans?
RP-2 How does learning a new skill affect the structure of our brain?
RP-1 What do phrenology and biological psychology have in common?
What are sensation and perceptionpg12 What do we mean by bottom-up processing and top-down processingpg12
A loved one’s death triggers what range of reactionspg12
Do self-confidence and life satisfaction vary with life stagespg12
What themes and influences mark our social journey from early adulthood to deathpg12
How does memory change with agepg12
What physical changes occur during middle and late adulthoodpg12
What is emerging adulthoodpg12
How do parents and peers influence adolescentspg12
What are the social tasks and challenges of adolescencepg12
How did Piaget, Kohlberg, and later researchers describe adolescent cognitive and moral developmentpg12
How is adolescence defined, and what physical changes mark this periodpg12
What are three parenting styles, and how do children’s traits relate to thempg12
How do children’s self-concepts developpg12
How does day care affect childrenpg12
Does childhood neglect, abuse, or family disruption affect children’s attachmentspg12
How have psychologists studied attachment differences, and what have they learnedpg12
How do parent-infant attachment bonds formpg12
From the perspectives of Piaget, Vygotsky, and today’s researchers, how does a child’s mind developpg12
During infancy and childhood, how do the brain and motor skills developpg12
What are some newborn abilities, and how do researchers explore infants’ mental abilitiespg12
What is the course of prenatal development, and how do teratogens affect that developmentpg12
What three issues have engaged developmental psychologistspg12
A loved one’s death triggers what range of reactionspg12
Do self-confidence and life satisfaction vary with life stagespg12
Does marriage correlate with happiness because marital support and intimacy breed happiness, or because happy people are more likely to marrypg12
What themes and influences mark our social journey from early adulthood to deathpg12
How does memory change with agepg12
What physical changes occur during middle and late adulthoodpg12
What is emerging adulthoodpg12
How do parents and peers influence adolescentspg12
What are the social tasks and challenges of adolescencepg12
How did Piaget, Kohlberg, and later researchers describe adolescent cognitive and moral developmentpg12
How is adolescence defined, and what physical changes mark this periodpg12
What are three parenting styles, and how do children’s traits relate to thempg12
How do children’s self-concepts developpg12
Does childhood neglect, abuse, or family disruption affect children’s attachmentspg12
How have psychologists studied attachment differences, and what have they learnedpg12
How do parent-infant attachment bonds formpg12
During infancy and childhood, how do the brain and motor skills developpg12
What are some newborn abilities, and how do researchers explore infants’ mental abilitiespg12
Which of our traits persist through lifepg12 How do we change as we agepg12
What parts of development are gradual and continuous, like riding an escalatorpg12 What parts change abruptlypg12
How does our genetic inheritance (our nature) interact with our experiences (our nurture) to influence our developmentpg12
What is heritability, and how does it relate to individuals and groupspg12
What is the promise of molecular genetics researchpg12
What are genes, and how do behavior geneticists explain our individual differencespg12
What is included in the biopsychosocial approach to developmentpg12
How do gender roles and gender typing influence gender developmentpg12
How is our biological sex determined, and how do sex hormones influence gender developmentpg12
What are some ways in which males and females tend to be alike and to differpg12
How do individualist and collectivist cultures influence peoplepg12
How do cultural norms affect our behaviorpg12
In what ways do parents and peers shape children’s developmentpg12
How do early experiences modify the brainpg12
What are the key criticisms of evolutionary psychology, and how do evolutionary psychologists respondpg12
How might an evolutionary psychologist explain gender differences in sexuality and mating preferencespg12
How do evolutionary psychologists use natural selection to explain behavior tendenciespg12
How do heredity and environment work togetherpg12
What is included in the biopsychosocial approach to developmentpg12
What are gender roles, and what do their variations tell us about our human capacity for learning and adaptationpg12
How do gender roles and gender typing influence gender developmentpg12
How is biological sex determined, and how do sex hormones affect gender developmentpg12
In what ways do males and females tend to be alike and differpg12
How do cultural norms shape behaviorpg12
In what ways do parents and peers influence children’s developmentpg12
How do early experiences shape the brainpg12
How might an evolutionary psychologist explain gender differences in sexuality and mating preferencespg12
Would heritability of aggressiveness be greater in Belyaev and Trut’s foxes or in a wild population of foxespg12
How do Belyaev and Trut’s breeding practices compare to natural selectionpg12
How do evolutionary psychologists use natural selection to explain behavioral tendenciespg12
How do heredity and the environment work togetherpg12
What is heritability, and how does it relate to individuals and groupspg12
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