What does a fMRI scan do?

Shows active areas of the brain based on oxygen levels

3 dimensional image of the brain, body on a magnetic field

detects, and records electrical activity in the brain

Who is the best example ofa Type A personality?

Mara, an irritable, impatient teacher

What is Locus Of Control?

Whether people think they’re responsible or the world is.

What does the parietal lobe do?

processes information about temp, taste, touch, and movement

Who is the best example of a Type B personality?

Wang Lung, a relaxed, easygoing dentist

the bundle of fibers connecting 2 hemispheres

Coordinates movement of mouth, tongue, larynx

What is a Somatic Nervous System?

the system that is in charge of voluntary muscles

What is a sensory neuron?

takes signals impulses to the central nervous system from the receptors

What do motor neurons do?

Sends signals from the brain to the spinal cord and muscles

Which one is not a cognitive response to stress?

Increase in adrenaline production

Which of the following is not an example of physical stressor?

Someone you know is being bullied

the ability to recover quickly from difficulies

controls thirst, hunger, body temperature and endocrine system

Which of the following is an example of the alarm reaction stage of the general adaptation syndrome?

A burst of energy enables Ham to run fast when he sees a skunk in his path.

Any person, event or situation that causes a stress response

What does a PET scan do?

image of brain activity based on glucose consumption brain

The internal locus of control is...

People believe they control their own life

Parasympathetic Nervous System

Calms the body conserving it's energy

What is an External Locus Of Control?

Person believes that others or luck determine their outcomes

Peripheral Nervous System

nerves that are not part of the brain or spinal cord.

What do twin studies compare?

Environmental and genetic factors

what does the nervous system do?

Receives messages from skin, joints and muscles of your body

Allows motor neurons and sensory neurons to communicate

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1
A person who is competitive and driven would be classified as a?
Type B personality
an extrinsic motivator
Type A personality
an intrinsic motivator
2
What does a fMRI scan do?
Shows active areas of the brain via injection
An x-ray of the brain; maps brain structure
Shows active areas of the brain based on oxygen levels
Used to map brain structure, more detailed than an x-ray
3
What is a MRI?
Brain activity
enhanced image of the brain
3 dimensional image of the brain, body on a magnetic field
brain stimulates
4
The Endocrine System Has Which Gland?
Salivary Gland
Thyroid Gland
Throat Gland
Thymus Gland
5
what is a EEG?
electrically stimulates the brain
none of theses
enhanced image of the body
detects, and records electrical activity in the brain
6
During stress, what shuts down our immune system?
Serotonin
Cortisol
ACTH
Oxytocin
7
The hippocampus helps me
Hear
Create art
Remember important events
Run from danger
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Who is the best example ofa Type A personality?
Charisse, a fun-loving, self-indulgent university student
Rashida, a highly intelligent, introverted librarian
Wilma, a friendly, altruistic social worker
Mara, an irritable, impatient teacher
9
What is Locus Of Control?
Blaming God.
Blaming your parents.
Whether people believe they can do something.
Whether people think they’re responsible or the world is.
10
What does the parietal lobe do?
processes information about temp, taste, touch, and movement
takes control of voluntary movement or activity
processes memories with sensations
responsible for vision
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Which is not an example of acute stress?
New challenge
Presentation at school
Negative friends
Athletic competition
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Who is the best example of a Type B personality?
George, a self-confident, time-conscious mail carrier
Stasio, a fun-loving, hard-driving corporation president
Wang Lung, a relaxed, easygoing dentist
Henry, an irritable, impatient high school teacher
13
The corpus callosum
control sound
the bundle of fibers connecting 2 hemispheres
control your vital organs
control attention
14
Which of the following is a characteristic of a person with a Type B personality?
"Workaholics"
Anxious
Competitive
Relaxed
15
Graduating from high school is best classified as the type of stressor known as
major life change
catastrophe
everyday problems
environmental problems
16
Broca's area......
Controls hand-eye coordination
Coordinates movement of mouth, tongue, larynx
Controls movements of eye
Is posterior to primary motor cortex
17
What is a Somatic Nervous System?
the system that is in charge of voluntary muscles
the system that is in charge of involuntary muscles
The system that sends the signals to the brain
The system that receives the signals
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What is a sensory neuron?
takes signals impulses to the central nervous system from the receptors
It sense things and moves it to the central nervous system
takes impulses away from the central nervous system to the effectors
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What do motor neurons do?
Allow you to feel pain
Sends signals from the brain to the spinal cord and muscles
Carries impulses throughout the body
Allow you to feel touch and pressure
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Which one is not a cognitive response to stress?
Attentional Narrowing
Reduced decision making
Increase in adrenaline production
Irrational Thoughts
21
Which of the following is not an example of physical stressor?
Having an injury
Eating junk food and having a poor diet
Not getting enough sleep
Someone you know is being bullied
22
Define resilence
the ability to recover quickly from difficulies
to set a goal
not being able to recover or handle hardships
afraid to try new challenges
23
Which of the following is not a characteristic of people who develop resilency to stress?
Positive sense of self
Realistic with goals
Don't exercise
Supportive family
24
What does the sympathetic nervous system do?
Slows everything down
Speeds everything up
Is only emotional
Keeps everything stable
25
hypothalamus
secretes melatonin
sensory integration and relay center
controls thirst, hunger, body temperature and endocrine system
muscle coordination
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Which of the following is an example of the alarm reaction stage of the general adaptation syndrome?
A burst of energy enables Ham to run fast when he sees a skunk in his path.
Harper sleepwalks when she eats too much candy before bed
Tam almost drowned, she kept her head out of the water & swim to shore
Bill collapses by the side of the road after themarathon.
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When Ozamataz is nervous, he tends to stutter, which is an example of a(n) _ stress response.
emotional
physical
cognitive
behavioral
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Cerebellum
Hunger and speed
Wrath and envy
General focus
Balance and coordination
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What is a stressor?
Long term stress response
Not experiencing any stress
Any person, event or situation that causes a stress response
Experiencing too much stress
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What are the main hormones involved in the Stress response
Cortisone, Adrenaline
Hydrocortisone, Adrenaline
Cortisol, Adrenaline
Cortisol, Growth hormone
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What does the thalamus do?
Breathing
Sensory Switchboard
Hair Growth
Memory Switchboard
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What are genes?
Strands of RNA
Strands of Proteins
Strands of DNA
Something your body doesnt need
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What does a PET scan do?
image of brain activity based on glucose consumption brain
Detect neutrons
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What part of the neuron is this?
Dendrites
Schwann's Cells
Myelin Sheaths
Axon terminals
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An option in dealing with stress which is more common in women than men?
The General Adaptation Syndrome
Tend-and-befriend response
Flight or Fight Response
Stress response system
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Which of these is NOT part of a neuron?
cell body
axon
sarcomere
dendrites
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Central Nervous System
Dendrites and tendril
Bones and skin
Brain and spine
Axons and synapsis
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The internal locus of control is...
People believe God controls their life
People don't believe in control
People believe they control other people's lives
People believe they control their own life
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When we say Nature vs Nurture, the nature means
the traits you developed as you grew
the traits you chose
the traits you were born with
the traits that are good
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Parasympathetic Nervous System
Fight or flight
Calms the body conserving it's energy
Allows for telepathy
Controls bodily functions
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What is an External Locus Of Control?
Person believes they can’t do anything.
Person doesn’t believe that they are smart.
Person believes that others or luck determine their outcomes
Person believes that they are to blame.
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Peripheral Nervous System
nerves that are not part of the brain or spinal cord.
Nerves that are not connect to the organs
Are not controlled directly
Are responsible for muscle movement only
43
All of the following are behavioral stress responses except
aggression.
alcohol abuse.
strained facial expressions.
catastrophizing.
44
My sympathetic nervous system and para-sympathetic nervous system make up my:
Autonomic N.S.
Peripheral N.S.
Somatic N.S.
Central N.S.
45
What is an example of emotional stress response?
Getting in trouble by starting a fight
Getting a headache or stomach ache
The way you relate to others
Feeling anxious and nervous
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When we say Nature vs nurture, the nurture means, the traits
you were born with
in your genes
you develop as you grow
you share with your family
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A ____ is the tiny space between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite of another neuron.
Axon
Nerve
Synapse
Dendrite
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What is the frontal lobe known for?
MOTOR FUNCTION
PERSONALITY
BALANCE
EYES
49
What do twin studies compare?
Social and physical factors
Genetic and social factors
Environmental and social factors
Environmental and genetic factors
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what does the nervous system do?
collect glands of hormones
helps you move
Receives messages from skin, joints and muscles of your body
responsible for the eliminations of wastes
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An interneuron
Allows motor neurons and sensory neurons to communicate
Carries messages from the brain to the body
Carries messages from the body to the brain
None of the above
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Reticular Formation
Important wakefulness and arousal
Cells
Involved in vital functions
Broca's Area
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What is a Type A personality?
Patient, tolerant and Low levels of stress
Patient, intolerant and high levels of anxiety
Impatient, tolerant and low levels of stress
Impatient, intolerant and High levels of stress
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The endocrine system...
Digests all the food
Secretes hormones into the bloodstream for regulation of body activities
organ system having to do with muscles
Has to do with breathing
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Term for easygoing, and relaxed people.
Optimistic
Coronary heart disease
Type A Personality
Type B Personality
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White blood cells that circulate in the bloodstream & r an important part of the body’s immune system r called _______.
lymphocytes
histamines
leukotrienes
basophils
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Which of the following is best classified as an emotional stress response?
Feelings of anxiety and depression
Ruminative thinking and a narrowed scope of attention
Increased heart rate and perspiration
Trembling hands and a shaky voice
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The stage of Selye’s GAS in which an organism initially responds to a stressor is called
resistance
counter shock
exhaustion
alarm reaction
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What part of the neuron is this?
Axon terminal
Cell body
Dendrite
Nucleus
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Which is NOT a physical symptom of an alarm response?
Release of blood sugar, fats, cholesterol
Increased blood flow to muscles and brain
Dilated pupils
Decreased muscle tension
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Internal or External Locus of Control?
Both
Neither
External
Internal
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Which part of the neuron is responsible for transferring messages to the next cell?
Axon
Terminal
Nucleus
Dendrite
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Which of the following is an example of the exhaustion stage of the general adaptation syndrome?
Cora steps down as class treasurer year b/c she needs to focus on grades
Larissa stays up all night to study for her math test
After wondering if he was going to lose his job, Nat develops ulcers
Janet wants to learn how to play chess, she spends time reading chess books
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what does the Temporal lobe do?
controls hearing
controls motor function
controls vision
controls chewing
65
What's circled on this neuron?
Axon Terminals
Dendrites
Cell Body
Axon
66
Which of the following statements is true?
all of the above
the stress response is a non specific psychological response
people may respond to the same stressor differently
different types of stressors produce the same response
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How one appraises and responds to a stressful situation is known as?
Stress
Life Change
Catastrophe
Daily Hassle
68
The sympathetic nervous system controls all of the following except
strengthens heart beat
allows blood to flow to sex organs
dilates pupils
constricts bronchi
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What does the Somatic Nervous System do?
Connect the Nervous system to your body parts so they can move
Allow your body parts to move
Allow you to see
You can eat food with your toes
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The General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) includes which of the following (In order)?
Alarm,Resistance,Exhaustion
Alarm,Challenge Exhaustion
Challenge,Alarm,Exhaustion
Resistance,Alarm,Exhaustion
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Which one of these is NOT one of the stages of stress
Exhaustion stage
Alarm stage
Resistance stage
Response stage
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Function of Occipital Lobe
Balance and reading
Vision and color perception
Decision making and problem solving
Left from right
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What Are Chromosomes?
A double helix but with mutations
A strand of DNA that is encoded with genes
A part of heredity that sometimes doesn't happen
I dont know
74
______________ is an Emotional response to stress.
Irritation
Frusteration
Crying
All of the above
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Which of the following is the best example of a chronic problem?
Amy is attacked by a stray dog while jogging.
Ben runs out of marijuana right before the party.
Celina has been unable to find employment for six months.
Drew is robbed after making a withdrawal at an ATM.
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What does the medulla control?
Fine muscle movement
Sex drive and hunger
Blood glucose and hormones
Heart rate and blood pressure
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Wernicke's Area controls our:
<p>language expression </p>
ability to read
language reception & comprehension
muscle movement in speech
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What do the glands of the Endocrine system release?
Plazma
Hormones
Bile
Enzymes
79
What is a neuron?
A cell of the nervous system: are information messangers
An axon
I don't know
A bundle of nerve cells in the brain
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Which hormone is released in response to stress?
Progesterone
Estrogen
Adrenaline
Testosterone

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