AP PSYCHOLOGY

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BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

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German sociologist and comparative anatomy, one of the great natural philosophers of the 19th century. Constructed the idea that there are nerve fibers that relay messages to the parts of the body specifically the organs. His idea lay view the idea of doctrinal of specific nerve energies which relay the format of the electrical relay of information from the brain to the different parts of the body.
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Johannes Muller
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Aristotle
C
Galen
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The peripheral nervous system consists of the nerves that branch out from the brain and spinal cord. These nerves form the communication network between the CNS and the body parts. The peripheral nervous system is further subdivided into the somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system.

Detailed explanation-2: -The spinal cord runs from the brain down through the back. It contains threadlike nerves that branch out to every organ and body part. This network of nerves relays messages back and forth from the brain to different parts of the body.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sensory neurons transmit nerve impulses from sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, tongue and touch) to the brain. They also carry nerve impulses to the brain and spinal cord. Motor neurons transmit nerve impulses from the brain and spinal cord to a specific area of the body.

Detailed explanation-4: -The peripheral nervous system refers to parts of the nervous system outside the brain and spinal cord. It includes the cranial nerves, spinal nerves and their roots and branches, peripheral nerves, and neuromuscular junctions.

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