CSCC PSYCHOLOGY CHAPTER 2 EXAM
WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR
REVISION 2025 UPDATE.
What are the 4 anatomical parts of a neuron and the order in which information is passed
through the neuron?
ANS: Dendrites, Cell Body (Soma), Tail/Axon (consisting of the Myelin Sheath, Terminal
Branches)
Which part of the neuron receives chemical information from other neurons?
ANS: Dendrites
Which part of the neuron receives chemical information from the dendrites and passes it
along through the myelin sheaths?
ANS: Cell Body
Which part of the neuron sends information to the terminal branches and buttons (where
chemicals are released to connect with other neurons or muscles or cells)?
ANS: The Axon/Tail
Which part of the neuron acts like fat insulating the axon and keeping the neural impulse
inside the axon, also speeding transmission of messages from neuron to neuron?
ANS: Myelin Sheath
What is it called when information is sent from the cell body down the axon tail?
ANS: A neural impulse
, Neural impulses travel from myelin to myelin through the ___________ between each
myelin?
ANS: Nodes
What is it called when neurons form connections, and through experience some connections
are strengthened branching in neurons and axons becoming stronger, and some connections
disappearing from lack of use?
ANS: Neural Plasticity
Neural plasticity is greater when: before or after puberty?
ANS: Before
Every time you learn new words you're creating what?
ANS: Neural Pathways
What are drugs similar to neurotransmitters that mimic said neurotransmitters called?
ANS: Agonist
What are drugs that shut down the window/channel so nothing can get into the
neurotransmitter called?
ANS: Antagonist
What is the space between the terminal buttons of one neuron and the dendrites of another
neuron called?
ANS: Synapse
What are 6 common neurotransmitters observed in the psychological field?
ANS: Acetylcholine (ACh), Dopamine, Serotonin, Norepinephrine, GABA, Endorphins
WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR
REVISION 2025 UPDATE.
What are the 4 anatomical parts of a neuron and the order in which information is passed
through the neuron?
ANS: Dendrites, Cell Body (Soma), Tail/Axon (consisting of the Myelin Sheath, Terminal
Branches)
Which part of the neuron receives chemical information from other neurons?
ANS: Dendrites
Which part of the neuron receives chemical information from the dendrites and passes it
along through the myelin sheaths?
ANS: Cell Body
Which part of the neuron sends information to the terminal branches and buttons (where
chemicals are released to connect with other neurons or muscles or cells)?
ANS: The Axon/Tail
Which part of the neuron acts like fat insulating the axon and keeping the neural impulse
inside the axon, also speeding transmission of messages from neuron to neuron?
ANS: Myelin Sheath
What is it called when information is sent from the cell body down the axon tail?
ANS: A neural impulse
, Neural impulses travel from myelin to myelin through the ___________ between each
myelin?
ANS: Nodes
What is it called when neurons form connections, and through experience some connections
are strengthened branching in neurons and axons becoming stronger, and some connections
disappearing from lack of use?
ANS: Neural Plasticity
Neural plasticity is greater when: before or after puberty?
ANS: Before
Every time you learn new words you're creating what?
ANS: Neural Pathways
What are drugs similar to neurotransmitters that mimic said neurotransmitters called?
ANS: Agonist
What are drugs that shut down the window/channel so nothing can get into the
neurotransmitter called?
ANS: Antagonist
What is the space between the terminal buttons of one neuron and the dendrites of another
neuron called?
ANS: Synapse
What are 6 common neurotransmitters observed in the psychological field?
ANS: Acetylcholine (ACh), Dopamine, Serotonin, Norepinephrine, GABA, Endorphins
