1. 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt 200pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt Endocrine System Evolutionary Psych Parts of the Brain Misc.

2. Master gland.

3. Answer: Pituitary Gland

4. Located above the kidneys, they release norepinephrine and epinephrine in the fight- or-flight response.

5. Answer: Adrenal glands

6. Gland which affects metabolism.

7. Answer: Thyroid gland

8. Part of the brain that controls the pituitary gland.

9. Answer: Hypothalamus

10. Chemical messengers for the endocrine system, which are secreted into the bloodstream.

11. Answer: Hormones

12. When separated at birth, they are useful in studying the effects of environment on behavior since they are the alike genetically.

13. Answer: Identical twins

14. The extent to which variation among individuals can be attributed to their different genes..

15. Answer: Heritability

16. Area of research that seeks to identify the specific genes influencing behavior.

17. Answer: Molecular genetics.

18. The study of the development of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection..

19. Answer: Evolutionary psychology

20. The complete instructions for making an organism (all the genetic material in that organism’s chromosomes).

21. Answer: Genome

22. Located at the front of the parietal lobe, it registers and processes body touch and movement sensations.

23. Answer: Sensory Cortex

24. If this is damaged, the individual cannot physically make speech.

25. Answer: Broca’s Area

26. Part of the brain that make visual words into auditory sounds (used when you read aloud).

27. Answer: Angular gyrus Conveniently located next to Wernicke’s Area

28. The ability of the brain to modify itself after some types of damage.

29. Answer: Plasticity

30. Group of structures deep in the brain responsible for emotions and drives (hunger, sex, etc.).

31. Answer: Limbic system (amygdala, hippocampus, hypothalamus)

32. Endocrine glands that secrete epinephrine an norepinephrine in our fight-or-flight response

33. Answer: Adrenal glands

34. The concept that the neuron will either fire or not fire, and always at the same strength.

35. Answer: All-or-none principle Note: When a neural impulse is stronger, it increases the number of times the neuron fires.

36. The reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by the presynaptic neuron.

37. Answer: Reuptake

38. Neurotransmitter which decreases the likelihood the postsynaptic neuron will fire.

39. Answer: Inhibitory Neurotransmitter

40. Neurotransmitter known for reducing anxiety.

41. Answer: GABA

42. Substance that mimics the effects of a neurotransmitter.

43. Answer: Agonist

44. Cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect neurons.

45. Answer: Glial cells

46. The half of the cerebrum that is most responsible for language, logic, and mathematical thinking.

47. Answer: Left hemisphere.

48. Area at the rear of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movements.

49. Answer: Motor cortex.

50. Brief time after a neuron fires an impulse in which it is insensitive to incoming messages as it pumps positively charged ions outside the cell.

51. Answer: Refractory period.