The action potential cannot jump from one neuron to the next in line, rather the message is transmitted across snaps in the form of chemical messenger called:

Related Mcqs:

1. The action potential ‘jumps’ along an axon. The gaps in a myelinated axon that the action potential ‘jumps’ to are called the ____________?

   A. Broca’s area
   B. Nodes of Ranvier
   C. terminal buttons
   D. Wernicke’s area

2. A wave of electrochemical changes, which travels along the length of the neuron involving chemical reactions and movement of ions across the cell membrane, is:

   A. Membrane potential
   B. Resting membrane potential
   C. Nerve impulse
   D. Electron pump

3. Two kinds of change that occur to the cell body of a neuron during an action potential are ___________?

   A. electrical and chemical
   B. spontaneous and stimulated
   C. hormonal and mechanical
   D. chemical and hormonal

4. Message are transmitted from your spinal cord to your heart muscles by the:

   A. limbic system
   B. parasympathetic nervous system.
   C. autonomic nervous system
   D. central nervous system

5. The junction where the axon of a sending neuron communicates with a receiving neuron is called the___________?

   A. Reuptake site
   B. Receptor site
   C. Synapse
   D. Axon terminal
   E. None of these

6. The junction where the axon of a sending neuron communicates with a receiving neuron is called the ______________?

   A. reuptake site
   B. receptor site
   C. synapse
   D. axon terminal

7. The enduring traditions, ideas, attitudes, and behaviors shared by a large group of people transmitted from one generation to the next define their:

   A. gender schemas
   B. nature
   C. temperament
   D. culture

8. The emphasis is on detailed information rather than generalizations, but the approach attempts to look at the whole rather than collect specific bits of:

   A. Study
   B. Information
   C. Scientific approaches
   D. Evaluation

9. A membrane potential of_________volts exits when a neuron is not conducting a nerve impulse:

   A. 0.05
   B. 0.07
   C. 0.05 to 0.07
   D. 1

10. Which of the following are FALSE regarding the role of theories in psychology?
    1. Facts have to be integrated in terms of theoretical explanations
    2. Theories are statements of what rather than why
    3. Theories are capable of accounting for multiple facts, but cannot predict what might happen in novel situations
    4. All of the above

    A. 1 & 2
    B. 1 & 3
    C. 2 & 3
    D. 4