Caryn Is Making a Chart to Serve as a Study

question 316

Multiple Choice

Caryn is making a chart to serve as a study aid for her upcoming psychology quiz. She makes a list of different types of nervous system chemicals and their functions. She writes that the function of hormones is to:

• A) reduce pain and promote pleasure.
• B) affect the functioning of target organs and tissue.
• C) enable neurons to excite or inhibit each other.
• D) modulate the effects of neurotransmitters.

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