Guided Reading Questions for the first half of chapter three Name_________________________Psy 201 Andrew GummowCommunication in the Nervous System (pp. 80-90)1. Draw a likeness of a neuron below. Label the Soma, Axon and Dendrite. Indicate which part of the neuron receives messages and which part sends messages.2. What is action potential?3. What is the space where neurons connect?4. What are the two types of messages a neuron can send?5. Define agonist and antagonist and list at least one example of each.6. What does dopamine do for us? What disorders is dopamine associated with?7. What does norepinephrine do for us? What disorders is norepinephrine associated with?8. What does seratonin do for us? What disorders is seratonin associated with?9. What do endorphins do for us? 10. If you had schizophrenia, would you want a dopamine agonist or antagonist? Why11. If you had Parkinson’s disease would you want a dopamine agonist or antagonist? Why?12. Draw a diagram below of the divisions of the nervous system. Include the Central, Peripheral, Somatic, Autonomic, Sympathetic and Parasympathetic nervous systems.13. When is the sympathetic nervous system engaged, and what happens to your body when it is engaged?14. If we perform so well when the sympathetic nervous system is engaged, why do we have the parasympathetic nervous system?15. What does the autonomic nervous system do for
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