Endocrine System
Sensations/Perceptions
Sleep & Hypnosis
Nervous System
Videos
100
Endocrine glands secrete chemical messengers in the body called what?
Hormones
100
The term given to the lowest intensity of a stimulus that a person can detect.
Absolute Threshold
100
True or False?
Hypnosis can be helpful in lessening chronic pain?
True!
100
Neuroscientists now know that the brain is ......
a) a blank slate
b) plastic
c) rigid and unmalleable
b) plastic
100
In "Wasted: Beating Alcohol Addiction Through Evidence-based Treatment", they discuss that alcohol-dependent people (aka alcoholics) have a decrease in ____________ receptors, which is why they seek alcohol to get a spike in this hormone/neurotransmitter.
Dopamine
100
When a person is frightened, adrenaline is released into the bloodstream from the _________ glands.
Adrenal glands
100
Which of the following is NOT one of the human sensory systems?
a) Sense of taste
b) Vestibular sense
c) Kinesthesis
d) Sense of control
d) Sense of control
Double Jeopardy:
What chemical in Marijuana acts as a brain protector?
100
Each sleep cycle lasts roughly how long?
a) 90 minutes
b) 60 minutes
c) 120 minutes
a) 90 minutes
100
An example of the autonomic nervous system is...
a) one's heartbeat
b) throwing a baseball
c) looking upward while thinking
a) one's heartbeat
100
In "The Downside of a High", which of the following symptoms are associated with psychosis?
a) Nightmares, Night terrors, dreams
b) Food Cravings, loss of sense of taste, heightened sense of smell
c) Paranoia, intense anxiety, hallucinations
c) Paranoia, intense anxiety, hallucinations
200
This hormone/neurotransmitter is associated with mood, happiness, and well-being.
a) Testosterone
b) Serotonin
c) Epinephrine
b) Serotonin
200
We can tell the shape of this image because of what Gestalt Principle?
Closure
200
Excessive sleepiness is due to this disorder.
Narcolepsy
200
The brain is composed of how many parts?
Name the parts.
3 parts:
Forebrain, Midbrain, Hindbrain
200
In "The Brain's Way of Healing", the University of Wisconsin has developed a tool called the "PoNS", which helps the body talk to the brain through the senses. PoNS is placed where on the body?
The tongue!!
PoNs = Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator
It stimulates the surface of the tongue and excites neural activity in the brain.
200
This gland is referred to as the "Master Gland" because it is found in the brain and directs other organs and endocrine glands to either suppress or induce hormone production.
Pituitary Gland
200
This psychological test is called the ___________.
The Stroop Effect!!
200
This disease is inherited and targets the thalamus (sleep regulator of the body), where neurons are destroyed and leads to death.
Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI)
200
Damage to which part of the brain is associated with aggression and rage?
a) Thalamus
b) Cerebral cortex
c) Amygdala
c) Amygdala
200
In "A Beautiful Mind" John Nash is diagnosed with what?
a) Paranoid Schizophrenia
b) Parkinson's Disease
c) Epilepsy
a) Paranoid Schizophrenia
Double Jeopardy:
Nash was able to largely heal himself by doing what?