Question 1

Damage to that part of the brain known as Broca's area is likely to

Accepted Answer

A)  cause difficulty in recognizing faces. 
B)  be associated with paralysis on the left side of the body. 
C)  impair speech. 
D)  both "cause difficulty in recognizing faces" and "be associated with paralysis on the left side of the body" are correct. 
E)  both "be associated with paralysis on the left side of the body" and "impair speech" are correct. 
A)  cause difficulty in recognizing faces. 
B)  be associated with paralysis on the left side of the body. 
C)  impair speech. 
D)  both "cause difficulty in recognizing faces" and "be associated with paralysis on the left side of the body" are correct. 
E)  both "be associated with paralysis on the left side of the body" and "impair speech" are correct. C

Question 2

Sleep-wake cycles are produced by interactions of nuclei in the brain stem.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Alpha EEG rhythm is descriptive of or occurs during

Accepted Answer

A)  slow-wave sleep. 
B)  paradoxical sleep. 
C)  both slow-wave sleep and paradoxical sleep. 
D)  neither slow-wave sleep nor paradoxical sleep. 
A)  slow-wave sleep. 
B)  paradoxical sleep. 
C)  both slow-wave sleep and paradoxical sleep. 
D)  neither slow-wave sleep nor paradoxical sleep. D

Question 4

Which of the following statements regarding the brain areas that direct emotion is not true?

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A)  The hypothalamus is the site of the conscious feeling of emotion. 
B)  The hypothalamus integrates emotional behaviors. 
C)  The limbic system delivers information about emotion from the cerebral cortex to the hypothalamus. 
D)  The cerebral cortex is responsible for control over emotions. 
E)  None of the choices are true. 
A)  The hypothalamus is the site of the conscious feeling of emotion. 
B)  The hypothalamus integrates emotional behaviors. 
C)  The limbic system delivers information about emotion from the cerebral cortex to the hypothalamus. 
D)  The cerebral cortex is responsible for control over emotions. 
E)  None of the choices are true.

Question 5

Administration of chlorpromazine to a rat that has an electrode implanted in the lateral hypothalamus will cause an increase in rate of the rat's self-stimulation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The most nearly correct sequence of activation of brain areas when one responds in writing to a verbal command is:

Accepted Answer

A)  primary auditory cortex; Wernicke's area; Broca's area; supplementary motor cortex; primary motor cortex. 
B)  primary auditory cortex; Broca's area; supplementary motor cortex; Wernicke's area; primary motor cortex. 
C)  primary auditory cortex; Broca's area; Wernicke's area; supplementary motor cortex; primary motor cortex. 
D)  primary auditory cortex; Broca's area; Wernicke's area; primary motor cortex; supplementary motor cortex. 
E)  primary auditory cortex; Wernicke's area; Broca's area; primary motor cortex; supplementary motor cortex. 
A)  primary auditory cortex; Wernicke's area; Broca's area; supplementary motor cortex; primary motor cortex. 
B)  primary auditory cortex; Broca's area; supplementary motor cortex; Wernicke's area; primary motor cortex. 
C)  primary auditory cortex; Broca's area; Wernicke's area; supplementary motor cortex; primary motor cortex. 
D)  primary auditory cortex; Broca's area; Wernicke's area; primary motor cortex; supplementary motor cortex. 
E)  primary auditory cortex; Wernicke's area; Broca's area; primary motor cortex; supplementary motor cortex.

Question 7

When a person loses consciousness,working memory is interrupted and memories are abolished for all that happened for a variable period of time before the blow that caused unconsciousness.Why?

Accepted Answer

A)  The traumatic blow to the head caused a concussion through violent displacement of the brain in the skull. 
B)  There was a deficiency of adequate blood flow to the brain. 
C)  There was an interruption in the constant stream of neuron potentials to memory facilitation brain areas. 
D)  Conflicting external interference prevents conversion of short-term to long-term memory. 
E)  This is an area of neurological research which has not achieved any satisfying conclusions at the present time. 
A)  The traumatic blow to the head caused a concussion through violent displacement of the brain in the skull. 
B)  There was a deficiency of adequate blood flow to the brain. 
C)  There was an interruption in the constant stream of neuron potentials to memory facilitation brain areas. 
D)  Conflicting external interference prevents conversion of short-term to long-term memory. 
E)  This is an area of neurological research which has not achieved any satisfying conclusions at the present time.

Question 8

Which of the following statements about sleep is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sleep typically occurs in stages in which a subject goes through progressively deeper stages of sleep and then awakens. 
B)  Sleep typically occurs in cycles in which a subject will cycle through various stages of slow-wave sleep punctuated by paradoxical sleep several times during one bout of sleep. 
C)  During REM sleep,blood pressure and breathing rate become elevated. 
D)  Both "sleep typically occurs in stages in which a subject goes through progressively deeper stages of sleep and then awakens" and "during REM sleep,blood pressure and breathing rate become elevated" are correct. 
E)  Both "sleep typically occurs in cycles in which a subject will cycle through various stages of slow-wave sleep punctuated by paradoxical sleep several times during one bout of sleep" and "during REM sleep,blood pressure and breathing rate become elevated" are correct. 
A)  Sleep typically occurs in stages in which a subject goes through progressively deeper stages of sleep and then awakens. 
B)  Sleep typically occurs in cycles in which a subject will cycle through various stages of slow-wave sleep punctuated by paradoxical sleep several times during one bout of sleep. 
C)  During REM sleep,blood pressure and breathing rate become elevated. 
D)  Both "sleep typically occurs in stages in which a subject goes through progressively deeper stages of sleep and then awakens" and "during REM sleep,blood pressure and breathing rate become elevated" are correct. 
E)  Both "sleep typically occurs in cycles in which a subject will cycle through various stages of slow-wave sleep punctuated by paradoxical sleep several times during one bout of sleep" and "during REM sleep,blood pressure and breathing rate become elevated" are correct.

Question 9

All of the psychogenic drugs that induce drug dependence act on the same neurotransmitter/receptor system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Persons suffering from anterograde amnesia continually have short lived,rapidly changing perceptions of events that they have only imagined,but then cannot recall them later as a consequence of an inability to translate these "false memories" from short-term to long-term memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Drugs that are used to treat depression increase the levels of this neurotransmitter in the brain.

Accepted Answer

A)  glutamate 
B)  serotonin 
C)  GABA 
D)  acetylcholine 
E)  dopamine 
A)  glutamate 
B)  serotonin 
C)  GABA 
D)  acetylcholine 
E)  dopamine

Question 12

In paradoxical sleep an individual is easily aroused from a deep sleep although the EEG pattern which is observed is consistent with that of an individual in NREM sleep.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Rapid eye movement is descriptive of or occurs during

Accepted Answer

A)  slow-wave sleep. 
B)  paradoxical sleep. 
C)  both slow-wave sleep and paradoxical sleep. 
D)  neither slow-wave sleep nor paradoxical sleep. 
A)  slow-wave sleep. 
B)  paradoxical sleep. 
C)  both slow-wave sleep and paradoxical sleep. 
D)  neither slow-wave sleep nor paradoxical sleep.

Question 14

Damage to the septum of the limbic system causes a tame animal to become vicious,whereas destruction of the amygdala will make the same animal docile again.Which of the following statements may explain this result or correctly follow from it?

Accepted Answer

A)  The septum is required for the expression of rage. 
B)  In a normal animal,the septum may inhibit the amygdala. 
C)  Stimulation of the septum in a normal animal would be likely to provoke rage. 
D)  Both "the septum is required for the expression of rage" and "in a normal animal,the septum may inhibit the amygdala" are correct. 
E)  All of the choices are correct. 
A)  The septum is required for the expression of rage. 
B)  In a normal animal,the septum may inhibit the amygdala. 
C)  Stimulation of the septum in a normal animal would be likely to provoke rage. 
D)  Both "the septum is required for the expression of rage" and "in a normal animal,the septum may inhibit the amygdala" are correct. 
E)  All of the choices are correct.

Question 15

Lack of an adequate amount of sleep at its worst can cause death,as well as serious memory retention and learning difficulties.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

A person with bilateral damage to the hippocampus will probably

Accepted Answer

A)  suffer from aphasia. 
B)  develop symptoms of Parkinson's disease. 
C)  suffer impairment of consolidation of declarative memory. 
D)  have difficulty learning new physical skills. 
E)  experience all of the choices. 
A)  suffer from aphasia. 
B)  develop symptoms of Parkinson's disease. 
C)  suffer impairment of consolidation of declarative memory. 
D)  have difficulty learning new physical skills. 
E)  experience all of the choices.

Question 17

Symptoms of withdrawal when drug use is stopped

Accepted Answer

A)  may result from lower-than-normal secretion of neurotransmitter. 
B)  are psychological,not physical. 
C)  may be alleviated by taking a drug that interacts with the same receptor as the original drug. 
D)  both "may result from lower-than-normal secretion of neurotransmitter" and "may be alleviated by taking a drug that interacts with the same receptor as the original drug" are correct. 
E)  All of the choices are correct. 
A)  may result from lower-than-normal secretion of neurotransmitter. 
B)  are psychological,not physical. 
C)  may be alleviated by taking a drug that interacts with the same receptor as the original drug. 
D)  both "may result from lower-than-normal secretion of neurotransmitter" and "may be alleviated by taking a drug that interacts with the same receptor as the original drug" are correct. 
E)  All of the choices are correct.

Question 18

Alcohol is a stimulant and antidepressant.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Absence of postural muscle tone is descriptive of or occurs during

Accepted Answer

A)  slow-wave sleep. 
B)  paradoxical sleep. 
C)  both slow-wave sleep and paradoxical sleep. 
D)  neither slow-wave sleep nor paradoxical sleep. 
A)  slow-wave sleep. 
B)  paradoxical sleep. 
C)  both slow-wave sleep and paradoxical sleep. 
D)  neither slow-wave sleep nor paradoxical sleep.

Question 20

Neurotransmitters involved in the reward pathways include enkephalin,dopamine,and epinephrine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Damage to that part of the brain known as Broca's area is likely to

Sleep-wake cycles are produced by interactions of nuclei in the brain stem.

Alpha EEG rhythm is descriptive of or occurs during

Which of the following statements regarding the brain areas that direct emotion is not true?

Administration of chlorpromazine to a rat that has an electrode implanted in the lateral hypothalamus will cause an increase in rate of the rat's self-stimulation.

The most nearly correct sequence of activation of brain areas when one responds in writing to a verbal command is:

When a person loses consciousness,working memory is interrupted and memories are abolished for all that happened for a variable period of time before the blow that caused unconsciousness.Why?

Which of the following statements about sleep is correct?

All of the psychogenic drugs that induce drug dependence act on the same neurotransmitter/receptor system.

Persons suffering from anterograde amnesia continually have short lived,rapidly changing perceptions of events that they have only imagined,but then cannot recall them later as a consequence of an inability to translate these "false memories" from short-term to long-term memory.

Drugs that are used to treat depression increase the levels of this neurotransmitter in the brain.

In paradoxical sleep an individual is easily aroused from a deep sleep although the EEG pattern which is observed is consistent with that of an individual in NREM sleep.

Rapid eye movement is descriptive of or occurs during

Damage to the septum of the limbic system causes a tame animal to become vicious,whereas destruction of the amygdala will make the same animal docile again.Which of the following statements may explain this result or correctly follow from it?

Lack of an adequate amount of sleep at its worst can cause death,as well as serious memory retention and learning difficulties.

A person with bilateral damage to the hippocampus will probably

Symptoms of withdrawal when drug use is stopped

Alcohol is a stimulant and antidepressant.

Absence of postural muscle tone is descriptive of or occurs during

Neurotransmitters involved in the reward pathways include enkephalin,dopamine,and epinephrine.

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Exam 8: Consciousness, the Brain, and Behavior

Damage to that part of the brain known as Broca's area is likely to

Sleep-wake cycles are produced by interactions of nuclei in the brain stem.

Alpha EEG rhythm is descriptive of or occurs during

Which of the following statements regarding the brain areas that direct emotion is not true?

Administration of chlorpromazine to a rat that has an electrode implanted in the lateral hypothalamus will cause an increase in rate of the rat's self-stimulation.

The most nearly correct sequence of activation of brain areas when one responds in writing to a verbal command is:

When a person loses consciousness,working memory is interrupted and memories are abolished for all that happened for a variable period of time before the blow that caused unconsciousness.Why?

Which of the following statements about sleep is correct?

All of the psychogenic drugs that induce drug dependence act on the same neurotransmitter/receptor system.

Persons suffering from anterograde amnesia continually have short lived,rapidly changing perceptions of events that they have only imagined,but then cannot recall them later as a consequence of an inability to translate these "false memories" from short-term to long-term memory.

Drugs that are used to treat depression increase the levels of this neurotransmitter in the brain.

In paradoxical sleep an individual is easily aroused from a deep sleep although the EEG pattern which is observed is consistent with that of an individual in NREM sleep.

Rapid eye movement is descriptive of or occurs during

Damage to the septum of the limbic system causes a tame animal to become vicious,whereas destruction of the amygdala will make the same animal docile again.Which of the following statements may explain this result or correctly follow from it?

Lack of an adequate amount of sleep at its worst can cause death,as well as serious memory retention and learning difficulties.

A person with bilateral damage to the hippocampus will probably

Symptoms of withdrawal when drug use is stopped

Alcohol is a stimulant and antidepressant.

Absence of postural muscle tone is descriptive of or occurs during

Neurotransmitters involved in the reward pathways include enkephalin,dopamine,and epinephrine.

Homeostasis: a Framework for Human Physiology

Chemical Composition of the Body

Cellular Structure, Proteins, and Metabolism

Movement of Molecules Across Cell Membranes

Control of Cells by Chemical Messengers

Neuronal Signaling and the Structure of the Nervous System

Sensory Physiology

Muscle

Control of Body Movement

The Endocrine System

Cardiovascular Physiology

Respiratory Physiology

The Kidneys and Regulation of Water and Inorganic Ions

The Digestion and Absorption of Food

Regulation of Organic Metabolism and Energy Balance

Reproduction

Defense Mechanisms of the Body

Medical Physiology: Integration Using Clinical Cases

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