Neurons and Behavior Psychology Neuroscience and Behavior Neurons and Behavior Questions Is aggression learned or innate? What is self-efficacy? What is the rationale for using adoption studies and twin studies in learning about genetic influences on behavior? Why are twin studies used to understand genetic contributions to human behavior? Describe how twin and adoption studies help us differentiate herediatary and enviormental on humans? Do adoption studies show that the personalities of adopted children match those of their adoptive parents? How does adoption and twin studies influence the nature vs. nurture debate? How do twin and adoption studies help us differentiate between the influences of nature and nurture? What is the differences between nicotinic and muscarinic receptor? What is acetylcholine classified as? What is the importance of acetylcholinesterase? How can acetylcholine induce hyperpolarization? Can excess Acetylcholine cause depression? Does the Parasympathetic nervous system secrete norepinephrine? What is the role of potassium in muscle contraction? What is the difference between Autonomic nervous system, Central nervous system Somatic nervous system? What are the main structures of the Central Nervous System? What are neurons that carry nerve impulses toward the central nervous system called? What is a Central Nervous System-active drug? When does the fetus develop a functional nervous system? How do taste aversions develop? Explain how biological preparedness can be applied to taste aversions and phobias? Can food aversions be related to OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) ? How could a taste aversion be biologically advantageous? What part of the brain deals with smell and taste? What is the role of a synapse? What is a chemical synapse? How do impulses travel across a synapse? What is the most common type of synapse? What is an “en passant” synapse, and how does it differ from a neural synapse? Describe what happens at the synapse of two neurons? How often does a synapse fire in a day on average? Describe the basic structure of a neuron, including the axon, dendrites, and synapse? What are differences and similarities between a synapse and a neuromuscular junction? Explain what an action potential is, and describe how it moves down the axon and across the synapse? Asynapse is the space between what? How does caffeine affect your synapse? In a neural pathway, a synapse is what? How many brain cells and synapses does human brain have? Do children and adults have the same number of nueral synapses? What is different about the neuromuscular junction compared to central synapses? What is the role of acetylcholinesterase at a synapse? Why can nerve impulses travel only in one direction? Describe one advantage and one disadvantage of having synapses between neurons? What happens in both the presynaptic and potsynapse? In the human nervous system where are synapses located directly between? Describe the communication process that occurs between neurons? What is the difference between the Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system? What does threshold mean? What is absolute threshold? What distinguishes between absolute and difference thresholds? How does the presynaptic axon respond to the action potential? How does action potential occur? Can someone list an animal with an adaptation that helps it survive? What is an example of a reproductive adaptation? What is the difference between ANS, CNS, and SNS? What does the automatic nervous system do? Does the autonomic nervous system have relations with both the Central and Peripheral nervous systems? Amines that are neurotransmitters and hormones can be derived from amino acids. Dopamine and serotonin are 2 such neurotransmitters. Which amino acids do they come from? Question #84e72 Neuroscience and Behavior View all chapters Neurons and Behavior Structure of the Brain Investigating the Brain Next