Unit 2 Potpurri
A method used to investigate nature v. nurture
what are twin studies
Sends messages away from the cell body
a. dendrites
b. myelin sheath
c. axon
C. Axon
The two types of sleep
What are NREM and REM
Connects the two hemispheres of the brain
a. corpus callosum
b. amygdala
c. thalamus
What is the corpus callosum?
The year North opened as a high school.
What is 1985?
The study of changes in genes due to the environment
a. behavioral genetics
b. adoption studies
c. epigenetics
what is c. Epigenetics
Part of the peripheral nervous system responsible for involuntary responses
a. somatic nervous system
b. autonomic nervous system
c. central nervous system
B. Autonomic
Sleep disorder characterized by daytime sleep attacks and automatic behaviors
What is narcolepsy?
The lobe of the brain responsible for hearing
What is temporal
The full name of our mascot
What is Victor E. Wildcat
Part of the brain that helps us balance!
Chemicals released by neurons at the synapse
What are neurotransmitters?
State of consciousness where we are very open to suggestion
What is hypnosis?
The lobe of the brain responsible for decision making and reasoning
What is frontal
The upcoming spring musical
What is Legally Blonde?
Type of brain scan that would be used during a sleep study to analyze someone's brain waves
What is an EEG?
The part of the peripheral nervous system that regulates our voluntary movements
a. sympathetic
b. parasympathetic
c. somatic
What is c. Somatic?
Sleep disorder where someone stops breathing periodically through the night. They may also snore loudly!
What is sleep apnea
Converts information from short term to long term memory
a. hippocampus
b. amygdala
c. medulla
What is hippocampus?
Three current teachers who graduated from North High School.
Who are Newman, Wachal, Harper, L.McCreery, Anderson, Cooper
Distress when not having a psychoactive drug
What is withdrawal?
Our body's natural opiates! They are chemicals that help promote pleasure and reduce pain.
What are endorphins?
He believed that dreams were the "royal road to the unconscious". His theory was that dreams were full of symbols.
Who is Freud?
Our brain's ability to reorganize after damage
What is plasticity?
The current principals/administrators of North High School.
Who are Johnson, Mr. Heller, Mrs. Heller, Sampson, Ross, Mosier