Psychology Practice 2
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- The autonomic system can be divided into what two branches?
- Sympathetic and parasympathetic
- Which division of the nervous system prepares the body for fight or flight?
- Sypathetic
- Resting after an exam is an activity that most likely involves activation of the what?
- parasympathic division
- What tools are used to provide images of the brain?
- MRI CT SCAN X-Ray
- As demonstrated by PET scans, the brain burns what?
- glucose
- Joel experiences a stroke and subsequently loses the ability to use his right hand. Its most likely that the stroke occurred in his...
- left hemisphere
- Joshua is watching a football game. Which lobe of his brain is activated as he does this?
- Parietal Lobe
- Following a closed head injury, your patient describes a chair as "one of those things you sit in." It is possible that your patient is suffering from?
- Apraxia
- What takes place when a stimulus provokes an automatic response?
- A reflex arc
- The human growth hormone is released by what gland?
- Pituitary gland
- What is the broad band of fibers that connects your brain's two hemispheres?
- Corpus Callosum