Psychology questions

1. ______________ a cluster of neurons in the brain that grow with experience and become specific to certain tasks. 2. ______________ is a part of the language association area that interprets speech and if damaged leads to aphasia. 3. _______________ are connected to the cell body and receive the information carried by the neurotransmitters after they travel across the synapse. 4. _______________ allow researchers to see what areas of the brain are most active during certain tasks. 5. _______________ is a wide band of axon fibers that facilitate contralateral control in the brain but when severed only hampers certain specific tasks. 6. _______________ connect the fatty coverings around the axons and they also help with the speed of neural impulses. 7. _______________ controls arousal. When not being stimulated it causes us to doze off and helps keep us active when we need to be like when we stress about psychology tests. 8. _______________ in conjunction with the autonomic nervous system secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine in times of danger. 9. _______________ is a brief electrical charge that travels from the neurons cell body and is also known as a nerve impulse. 10. _______________ is a system that is linked with memory emotions and drives and it contains this neural center: the hippocampus. 11. _______________are characteristics or behavior patterns determined by genetics. 12. _______________ are our bodies natural opiates that are released in response to pain and vigorous exercise. 13. _______________ it is composed of billions of neurons and their connections and is what allows us to think plan use language and have fine motor control among other things. 14. _______________ is a genetic dis that results in muscle impairment and may be passed on to children without knowing because of it’s late onset. 15. _______________ is made up of the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. 16. _______________ is the topmost part of the brain that deals with sensory information such as pressure and temperature and contains one of the cortexes. 17. ______________ send information from the bodies senses to the brain they are also known as afferents. 18. _______________ is when one hemisphere of the brain functions on the same side of the body. 19. _______________ is a part of the nervous system that is a dual self regulating system that influences the glands and muscles of our internal organs. 20. _______________ is when a part of the brain gets damaged and causes an inability to organize movement. Requirements: answer each definition with a term