OPEN STAX Psychology FINAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE AND VERIFEDD SOLUTIONS
Biopsychology - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Study of how genetics and the brain affect behavior
Evolutionary Psychologist - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Study how genetics have adapted over
time (curvy women more attractive back in the day)
DNA Blueprints - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔DNA from our generations
Heredity - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Inheritance of genetic characteristics
DNA - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔(deoxyribonucleic acid)
Determines nature of cell
Chromosomes - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Where DNA is located
Allele - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Versions of a gene
Skin tone, eye color, etc
How many pairs of chromosomes makes up a healthy human - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔23
pairs/46 total chromosomes
Mendel's law of heredity - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔One dominant chromosome
Polygenetic Inheritance - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Blending of chromosomes
,Height, Skin color (black and white parents create a light skin black baby)
Genotype - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Genetic Makeup (natural)
Phenotype - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Genetics and environment (what we see, not necessarily
natural)
Central nervous system - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Brain and spinal cord
Peripheral system - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Motor (runs through body)
Neuron - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Communication to the brain about activity
Creates our movement
Ex: doesn't allow 3rd degree burns because it tells the brain to move body part
Dendrites - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Receive
Axon - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Carries
Synapse - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Space between two neurons (junction between neurons)
Transfers neurons
Myelin Sheath - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔increases the speed the information travels through
the neuron
Pons - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Responsible for sleep and wake problems
Neurogenesis - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Grow new neurons
,Axon terminal - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Decide WHERE info is going
Neurotransmitters - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Chemical messengers
Spinal Cord - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Acts like a cable, connecting brain to other parts of the
body
Neurological Communication goes through the ________ - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔spine
Bottom of neck controls _________ - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔digestion
Torso controls ______ - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔balance
Top of neck controls _______ - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔lungs, heart
Neck controls ________ - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔vital organs
Endocrine System - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Body communication that uses horses as
messengers instead of neurons
Controls: growth- skin, hair, height
The _______ system helps with growth, regulates eating, sleepiness, elicits adrenaline - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔endocrine (if system becomes unstable we can gain/lose weight, get sick,
insomnia)
Thalamus - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Interpret our senses (touch, hear, sight, smell, taste)
Midbrain - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Info server
, Cerebral Cortex - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔responsible for thinking, perceiving, producing and
understanding language.
Divided into four lobes that each have a specific function
Cerebellum - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Movement- posture, balance, coordination, and speech,
resulting in smooth and balanced muscular activity
Medulla - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Vital reflexes (breathing, digestive rate)
Hippocampus - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔associated mainly with memory
Amygdala - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Fear/Aggression
Pituitary Gland - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔(looks like testicles)
Growth- puberty, regulates the hormones
Hypothalamus - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔govern physiologic functions such as temperature
regulation, thirst, hunger, sleep, mood, sex drive
Keeps us level
Septum - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Pleasure/pain center
Heart rate increases when triggered
Corpus Collosum - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Connects the lobes together (typically formed
around 8-years-old)
Frontal Lobe - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Front
Human thinking (cognitive)
Futuristic planning (plan next 5 years)
Language
COMPLETE AND VERIFEDD SOLUTIONS
Biopsychology - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Study of how genetics and the brain affect behavior
Evolutionary Psychologist - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Study how genetics have adapted over
time (curvy women more attractive back in the day)
DNA Blueprints - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔DNA from our generations
Heredity - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Inheritance of genetic characteristics
DNA - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔(deoxyribonucleic acid)
Determines nature of cell
Chromosomes - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Where DNA is located
Allele - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Versions of a gene
Skin tone, eye color, etc
How many pairs of chromosomes makes up a healthy human - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔23
pairs/46 total chromosomes
Mendel's law of heredity - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔One dominant chromosome
Polygenetic Inheritance - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Blending of chromosomes
,Height, Skin color (black and white parents create a light skin black baby)
Genotype - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Genetic Makeup (natural)
Phenotype - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Genetics and environment (what we see, not necessarily
natural)
Central nervous system - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Brain and spinal cord
Peripheral system - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Motor (runs through body)
Neuron - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Communication to the brain about activity
Creates our movement
Ex: doesn't allow 3rd degree burns because it tells the brain to move body part
Dendrites - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Receive
Axon - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Carries
Synapse - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Space between two neurons (junction between neurons)
Transfers neurons
Myelin Sheath - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔increases the speed the information travels through
the neuron
Pons - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Responsible for sleep and wake problems
Neurogenesis - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Grow new neurons
,Axon terminal - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Decide WHERE info is going
Neurotransmitters - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Chemical messengers
Spinal Cord - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Acts like a cable, connecting brain to other parts of the
body
Neurological Communication goes through the ________ - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔spine
Bottom of neck controls _________ - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔digestion
Torso controls ______ - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔balance
Top of neck controls _______ - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔lungs, heart
Neck controls ________ - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔vital organs
Endocrine System - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Body communication that uses horses as
messengers instead of neurons
Controls: growth- skin, hair, height
The _______ system helps with growth, regulates eating, sleepiness, elicits adrenaline - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔endocrine (if system becomes unstable we can gain/lose weight, get sick,
insomnia)
Thalamus - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Interpret our senses (touch, hear, sight, smell, taste)
Midbrain - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Info server
, Cerebral Cortex - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔responsible for thinking, perceiving, producing and
understanding language.
Divided into four lobes that each have a specific function
Cerebellum - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Movement- posture, balance, coordination, and speech,
resulting in smooth and balanced muscular activity
Medulla - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Vital reflexes (breathing, digestive rate)
Hippocampus - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔associated mainly with memory
Amygdala - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Fear/Aggression
Pituitary Gland - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔(looks like testicles)
Growth- puberty, regulates the hormones
Hypothalamus - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔govern physiologic functions such as temperature
regulation, thirst, hunger, sleep, mood, sex drive
Keeps us level
Septum - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Pleasure/pain center
Heart rate increases when triggered
Corpus Collosum - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Connects the lobes together (typically formed
around 8-years-old)
Frontal Lobe - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Front
Human thinking (cognitive)
Futuristic planning (plan next 5 years)
Language
