Autonomic nervous system reactivity in humans appears to be ____.

Autonomic nervous system reactivity in humans appears to be ____.
 
  a. learned
  b. psychogenic
 c. inherited
 d. related to dopamine activity

Question 2

Because Joan suffers from depression, Dr. Adler has prescribed a medication that alters sensitivity and receptivity to ____ at the receptor sites in her brain. For Justin, who suffers from anxiety, Dr. Adler prescribes a drug that affects receptor reactivity to ____.
 
  a. serotonin; GABA
 b. GABA; serotonin
 c. dopamine; acetylcholine
  d. acetylcholine; dopamine

Question 3

Dopamine is related to several mental disorders. Insufficient dopamine is a possible cause of ____, while having an excess of dopamine may be related to ____.
 
  a. anxiety; depression
 b. Parkinson's disease; schizophrenia
 c. obsessive-compulsive disorder; Parkinson's disease
  d. schizophrenia; depression

Question 4

Which statement about neurotransmitters is accurate?
 
  a. Neurotransmitters are released by dendrites.
 b. Drugs that block or facilitate neurotransmitter activity can alleviate symptoms of mental disorders.
  c. Neurotransmitters consistently have an excitatory effect on the human nervous system.
 d. Neurotransmitters send neural impulses to axons of receiving neurons.

Question 5

The function of neural dendrites is to ____.
 
  a. release neurotransmitters
 b. receive signals from other neurons
 c. bind to receptors of other neurons
 d. trigger synaptic excitation of other neurons