Nur 234 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Thalmus - CORRECT ANSWER activity, sensation, emotion
Hypothalmus - CORRECT ANSWER temperature regulation, appetite, endocrine function,
sexual drive, impulsive behavior (anger, rage, excitement)
Hippocampus and Amygdala - CORRECT ANSWER emotional arousal, memory
Dopamine - CORRECT ANSWER Controls complex movements, motivation, cognition,
regulates emotional response
Norepinephrine (noradrenaline) - CORRECT ANSWER Causes changes in attention, learning
and memory, sleep and wakefulness, mood
Epinephrine (adrenaline) - CORRECT ANSWER controls fight or flight response
Serotonin - CORRECT ANSWER Controls food intake, sleep and wakefulness, temperature,
pain control, sexual behaviors, regulation of emotion
Histamine - CORRECT ANSWER Controls alertness, gastric secretions, cardiac stimulation,
peripheral allergic responses
Acetylcholine - CORRECT ANSWER Controls sleep and wakefulness, signals muscles to
become alert
Neuropeptides - CORRECT ANSWER Enhance, prolong, inhibit, or limit the effects of
principal neurotransmitters
Glutamate - CORRECT ANSWER Results in neurotoxicity if levels are too high
, Gaba-aminobutyric acid (GABA) - CORRECT ANSWER Modulates other neurotransmitter
Id - CORRECT ANSWER born with it
Ego - CORRECT ANSWER Forms between the ages of 18-36 months
Superego - CORRECT ANSWER Forms during latency (5-11, or 13 yo)
Compensation - CORRECT ANSWER Overachievement in one area to offset real or perceived
deficiencies in another area
Conversion - CORRECT ANSWER Expression of an emotional conflict through the
development of physical symptoms, usually sensorimotor in nature
Denial - CORRECT ANSWER Failure to acknowledge an unbearable condition; failure to
admit the reality of a situation or how one enables the problem to continue
Displacement - CORRECT ANSWER Ventilation of intense feelings toward persons less
threatening than the one who aroused those feelings
Dissociation - CORRECT ANSWER Dealing with emotional conflict by a temporary alteration
in consciousness or identity
Fixation - CORRECT ANSWER Immobilization of a portion of the personality resulting from
unsuccessful completion of tasks in developmental stage
Identification - CORRECT ANSWER Modeling actions and opinions of influential others while
searching for identity, or aspiring to reach a personal, social, or occupational goal
Intellectualization - CORRECT ANSWER Separation of the emotions of a painful event or
situation from the facts involved; acknowledging the facts but not the emotions
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Thalmus - CORRECT ANSWER activity, sensation, emotion
Hypothalmus - CORRECT ANSWER temperature regulation, appetite, endocrine function,
sexual drive, impulsive behavior (anger, rage, excitement)
Hippocampus and Amygdala - CORRECT ANSWER emotional arousal, memory
Dopamine - CORRECT ANSWER Controls complex movements, motivation, cognition,
regulates emotional response
Norepinephrine (noradrenaline) - CORRECT ANSWER Causes changes in attention, learning
and memory, sleep and wakefulness, mood
Epinephrine (adrenaline) - CORRECT ANSWER controls fight or flight response
Serotonin - CORRECT ANSWER Controls food intake, sleep and wakefulness, temperature,
pain control, sexual behaviors, regulation of emotion
Histamine - CORRECT ANSWER Controls alertness, gastric secretions, cardiac stimulation,
peripheral allergic responses
Acetylcholine - CORRECT ANSWER Controls sleep and wakefulness, signals muscles to
become alert
Neuropeptides - CORRECT ANSWER Enhance, prolong, inhibit, or limit the effects of
principal neurotransmitters
Glutamate - CORRECT ANSWER Results in neurotoxicity if levels are too high
, Gaba-aminobutyric acid (GABA) - CORRECT ANSWER Modulates other neurotransmitter
Id - CORRECT ANSWER born with it
Ego - CORRECT ANSWER Forms between the ages of 18-36 months
Superego - CORRECT ANSWER Forms during latency (5-11, or 13 yo)
Compensation - CORRECT ANSWER Overachievement in one area to offset real or perceived
deficiencies in another area
Conversion - CORRECT ANSWER Expression of an emotional conflict through the
development of physical symptoms, usually sensorimotor in nature
Denial - CORRECT ANSWER Failure to acknowledge an unbearable condition; failure to
admit the reality of a situation or how one enables the problem to continue
Displacement - CORRECT ANSWER Ventilation of intense feelings toward persons less
threatening than the one who aroused those feelings
Dissociation - CORRECT ANSWER Dealing with emotional conflict by a temporary alteration
in consciousness or identity
Fixation - CORRECT ANSWER Immobilization of a portion of the personality resulting from
unsuccessful completion of tasks in developmental stage
Identification - CORRECT ANSWER Modeling actions and opinions of influential others while
searching for identity, or aspiring to reach a personal, social, or occupational goal
Intellectualization - CORRECT ANSWER Separation of the emotions of a painful event or
situation from the facts involved; acknowledging the facts but not the emotions
