In: Psychology
6. In some cultures, childbirth is seen as a shameful event.
a. True
b. False
7. Endocrine glands secrete chemicals called neurotransmitters.
13. Early in development, every neuron has the potential to
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1. Childbirth is seen as a shameful event in some cultures only
when the sex of the child is female. So, the statement is true.
There are many backward regions and cultures where having a
daughter brings shame to society so either they are killed as an
infant or aborted.
2. The statement is false. The neurotransmitter is a chemical
released by neurons (nerve cells) to stimulate neighboring neurons
or muscle or gland cells, thus allowing impulses to be passed from
one cell to the next throughout the nervous system and not the
endocrine glands.
3. Option (d) is correct. Early in development, every neuron
starts with the potential to become any specific type of
neuron; what it becomes – how it differentiates – depends on
where it migrates. Thus, if a neuron that would normally migrate to
the visual cortex of an animal’s brain is transplanted into the
area of the cortex that controls hearing, it will differentiate as
an auditory neuron instead of a visual neuron.