Which nervous system regulates our states of arousal?
A) The somatic nervous system
B) The central nervous system
C) The autonomic nervous system
D) The cerebrospinal nervous system
Question 2The part of the nervous system that regulates our heartbeat, digestion, and similar processes is the
A) somatic nervous system.
B) central nervous system.
C) autonomic nervous system.
D) cerebrospinal nervous system.
Question 3The text notes that babies who are generally fretful elicit different reactions than those who are temperamentally happy and calm. In turn, their parents' reactions affect the babies' own learning and future behavior. This is an example of the bidirectional nature of
A) genetic predisposition.
B) evolutionary psychology.
C) brain plasticity.
D) nativism.
Question 4Dr. Rudenko transplants a part of someone's visual cortex into that person's somatosensory cortex in order to replace damaged neurons in that area. Because she did this during a critically sensitive period, the cells adapted to their new location and began to function as somatosensory cells. Dr. Rudenko has taken advantage of the __________ of brain cells.
A) modifiability
B) compensation
C) neonatal automaticity
D) neurogenesis
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