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1. The_________sends information back to the frontal cortex.
a. amygdala
b. glucocorticoid
c. chemical messengers
d. norepinephrine
2. Our autonomic nervous system (the part that regulates how our unconscious physiological processes function) is divided into two parts - the sympathetic and the parasympathetic autonomic nervous systems.
a. False
b. True
3. In the 1930s and 1940s pioneers such as John Mason, Seymour Levine and Jay Weiss--then at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Stanford University and the Rockefeller University, respectively--began to identify key facets of psychological stress.
a. True
b. False
4. _______affects dopamine, the main currency of the pleasure pathway, in a way that seems counterintuitive at first.
a. Stress
b. Phobias
c. Depression
d. Anxiety
5. The helplessness of depression is not a quiet, passive state. The dread is active, twitching, energy-consuming.
a. True
b. False
6. The helplessness of depression is not a quiet, passive state. The dread is active, twitching, energy-consuming.
a. True
b. False
7. When a body is in homeostatic balance, various measures--such as temperature, glucose level and so on--are as close to "ideal" as possible.
a. False
b. True
8. Dopamine may act on the hippocampus by inhibiting levels of a compound called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)--which may aid neurogenesis.
a. False
b. True
9. Stress can even prevent the growth of new nerve cells.
a. False
b. True
10. _________which can feel like desperate hyperactivity, major depression is characterized by helplessness, despair, an exhausted sense of being too overwhelmed to do anything (psychomotor retardation) and a loss of feelings of pleasure.
a. Phobias
b. Stress
c. Depression
d. Anxiety
11. _______has shown that repeatedly placing rats in a fear-provoking situation can bring about LTP in the amygdala.
a. Sumantra Chattarji
b. Larry Cahill
c. Robert M. Sapolsky
d. Joseph LeDoux
12. The minor tranquilizers, such as Valium and Librium, are in a class of compounds called __________.
a. locus coeruleus
b. chemical imposters
c. benzodiazepines
d. epinephrine
13. Stress is a disorder of well being that is triggered by such pressures as the demands of work, interpersonal conflicts, money worries, or family problems -- and often a combination of similar factors.
a. False
b. True
14. _________such as epinephrine exert their effects by interacting with specialized receptors on the surface of target cells.
a. Chemical messengers
b. Beta blockers
c. Chemical Receptors
d. Beta receptors
15. A person will become less hypertensive when exposed to painfully loud noise if she believes she can press a button at any time to lower the volume; she has a sense of control.
a. True
b. False
16. Adverse work conditions, availability of choices, adverse lighting are all factors of which of the following?
a. Automatic Stressors
b. Hidden Stressors
c. Internal Stressors
d. External Stressors
17. Your body reacts to exterior and/or environmental stressors, such as noise and overcrowding, these are known as________.
a. Automatic Stressors
b. Obvious Stressors
c. Hidden Stressors
d. External Stressors
18. The_________is responsible in part for the "fight or flight" response. It is stimulated when you are under pressure, and results in increased arousal.
a. None of the above
b. central nervous system
c. sympathetic nervous system
d. parasympathetic nervous system
19. Nutrition, posture, rhythm and pacing make up which of the following stressors?
a. Hidden Stressors
b. Obvious Stressors
c. External Stressors
d. Internal Stressors
20. Based on insights into the structure of CRH and its receptors, scientists have developed chemical imposters to bind with the receptors and block it.
a. True
b. False