Question 1

The function of the interneurons is to ___________.

Accepted Answer

A) carry information from the sense organs to the brain or spinal cord 
B) carry information from the brain and spinal cord to various muscles or organs 
C) perform all neural functions except the sensory and motor functions in the nervous system 
D) connect neurons with glial cells 
A) carry information from the sense organs to the brain or spinal cord 
B) carry information from the brain and spinal cord to various muscles or organs 
C) perform all neural functions except the sensory and motor functions in the nervous system 
D) connect neurons with glial cells

Question 2

During the final period of the championship hockey game, Tim is sliced across the ear by an opponent's skate. Despite the damage to his ear, Tim continues to play the game, and scores the winning goal. Tim's ability to continue playing the game despite the searing pain in his ear is likely a result of a massive release of which type of transmitter?

Accepted Answer

A) Acetylcholine 
B) Serotonin 
C) Dopamine 
D) Endorphins 
A) Acetylcholine 
B) Serotonin 
C) Dopamine 
D) Endorphins

Question 3

The process in which neurotransmitters are deactivated when they are taken back into the presynaptic axon terminal is called ____________.

Accepted Answer

A) restoring 
B) regeneration 
C) recycling 
D) reuptake 
A) restoring 
B) regeneration 
C) recycling 
D) reuptake

Question 4

The ability of neurons to change their structure and function is called neural _____________.

Accepted Answer

A) concordance 
B) flexibility 
C) elasticity 
D) plasticity 
A) concordance 
B) flexibility 
C) elasticity 
D) plasticity

Question 5

A pharmacologist is designing a new drug to be used to treat depression. Part of the drug design involves ensuring that the drugs must pass through?

Accepted Answer

A) Toxin-barrier 
B) Blood-barrier 
C) Brain-barrier 
D) Blood-brain barrier 
A) Toxin-barrier 
B) Blood-barrier 
C) Brain-barrier 
D) Blood-brain barrier

Question 6

While recording from a neuron, Dr. Chin noted that the neuron fired more rapidly as stimulus intensity was increased. But suddenly, the neuron would not fire any faster no matter how much the intensity was increased. What happened?

Accepted Answer

A) The neuron had failed to start reuptake. 
B) The neuron was limited by the absolute refractory period. 
C) The neuron was limited by the relative refractory period. 
D) The synaptic vesicles began to use GABA. 
E) Stimulus habituation. 
A) The neuron had failed to start reuptake. 
B) The neuron was limited by the absolute refractory period. 
C) The neuron was limited by the relative refractory period. 
D) The synaptic vesicles began to use GABA. 
E) Stimulus habituation.

Question 7

A man injures his head in a construction accident. After the incident, he shows a great deal of apathy towards people and things, is emotionally flat, and doesn't seem to care about anything. This person mostly likely suffered damage to his __________ cortex.

Accepted Answer

A) occipital 
B) frontal 
C) temporal 
D) parietal 
A) occipital 
B) frontal 
C) temporal 
D) parietal

Question 8

Roger Sperry was the first to discover how the brain would operate if the corpus callosum was severed in these studies.

Accepted Answer

A) split brain 
B) aphasia 
C) frontal cortex 
D) plasticity 
A) split brain 
B) aphasia 
C) frontal cortex 
D) plasticity

Question 9

When a neuron is stimulated, tiny protein structures embedded in the cell membrane are activated and allow specific ions to cross the cell membrane, thus changing the overall potential of the neuron. These tiny protein structures are called _____________.

Accepted Answer

A) ion channels 
B) action potentials 
C) neurotransmitters 
D) glial cells 
A) ion channels 
B) action potentials 
C) neurotransmitters 
D) glial cells

Question 10

Some researchers think the most significant evolutionary advance in the human brain was the development of the association cortex, which is thought to be responsible for the ____________.

Accepted Answer

A) human ability to have many emotions rather than the primary three 
B) complex coordination of motor behaviours 
C) ability to acquire new mental skills specific to our human way of life, such as reading and mathematics 
D) ability to recognize kin 
A) human ability to have many emotions rather than the primary three 
B) complex coordination of motor behaviours 
C) ability to acquire new mental skills specific to our human way of life, such as reading and mathematics 
D) ability to recognize kin

Question 11

Tim and Cheryl are watching a scary movie. Just as the music gets really intense Tim grabs her arm. She jumps right away but it takes a second for her to call him a jerk. This is because her __________ is quicker than her brain gets the message about being scared.

Accepted Answer

A) action potential 
B) Medulla 
C) spinal reflex 
D) myelinated axons 
E) premotor area 
A) action potential 
B) Medulla 
C) spinal reflex 
D) myelinated axons 
E) premotor area

Question 12

According to the text, if you were trying to design a new drug treatment for depression, you would probably target the neurotransmitter

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

Describe the work conducted by Shamay-Tsoory and colleagues examining the functioning of the orbitfrontal lobe among incarcerated criminals with psychopathy. On what type of tasks did they find that their criminal group varied in performance compared to their control groups?

Accepted Answer

Shamay-Tsoory and colleagues conducted a

Question 14

A male rat has a particular area of its brain destroyed and it subsequently loses its sex drive. It is most likely that the site of damage was the rat's _______________.

Accepted Answer

A) hippocampus 
B) thalamus 
C) hypothalamus 
D) amygdala 
A) hippocampus 
B) thalamus 
C) hypothalamus 
D) amygdala

Question 15

One of the functions of _____________ is to surround neurons and hold them in place.

Accepted Answer

A) axons 
B) axon terminals 
C) glial cells 
D) cell bodies 
A) axons 
B) axon terminals 
C) glial cells 
D) cell bodies

Question 16

A split-brain patient is shown a picture of a hammer in the left visual field. He is unable to identify the picture. Why?

Accepted Answer

A) Split-brain patients have no language ability. 
B) The picture ends up in the right hemisphere where there are no language centres. 
C) The picture ends up in the left hemisphere where there are no language centres. 
D) Split brain patients are blind in the left visual field. 
E) Split brain patients are blind in the right visual field. 
A) Split-brain patients have no language ability. 
B) The picture ends up in the right hemisphere where there are no language centres. 
C) The picture ends up in the left hemisphere where there are no language centres. 
D) Split brain patients are blind in the left visual field. 
E) Split brain patients are blind in the right visual field.

Question 17

Ron is asked to solve a puzzle as the physician scans his brain using positron emission tomography (PET). The physician is measuring the brain's ___________.

Accepted Answer

A) consumption of glucose 
B) consumption of oxygen 
C) consumption of fat 
D) electrical activity 
A) consumption of glucose 
B) consumption of oxygen 
C) consumption of fat 
D) electrical activity

Question 18

How do spinal reflexes occur?

Accepted Answer

Spinal reflexes, also known as spinal co

Question 19

The Chinese language uses complex pictorial images instead of words, and recent research suggests that there is less left hemisphere lateralization of language in Chinese people than in people who use languages based on alphabets. This is thought to be the case because

Accepted Answer

A) the Chinese tend to learn language later in life than other cultures do 
B) visual stimuli tend to be processed in the right hemisphere 
C) visual stimuli tend to be processed in the left hemisphere 
D) the Chinese tend to learn language earlier in life than other cultures do 
A) the Chinese tend to learn language later in life than other cultures do 
B) visual stimuli tend to be processed in the right hemisphere 
C) visual stimuli tend to be processed in the left hemisphere 
D) the Chinese tend to learn language earlier in life than other cultures do

Question 20

If you get frustrated with this question and decide to stand up and go for a walk to clear your head then it's your visceral nervous system working?

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

The function of the interneurons is to ___________.

The process in which neurotransmitters are deactivated when they are taken back into the presynaptic axon terminal is called ____________.

The ability of neurons to change their structure and function is called neural _____________.

A pharmacologist is designing a new drug to be used to treat depression. Part of the drug design involves ensuring that the drugs must pass through?

While recording from a neuron, Dr. Chin noted that the neuron fired more rapidly as stimulus intensity was increased. But suddenly, the neuron would not fire any faster no matter how much the intensity was increased. What happened?

A man injures his head in a construction accident. After the incident, he shows a great deal of apathy towards people and things, is emotionally flat, and doesn't seem to care about anything. This person mostly likely suffered damage to his __________ cortex.

Roger Sperry was the first to discover how the brain would operate if the corpus callosum was severed in these studies.

When a neuron is stimulated, tiny protein structures embedded in the cell membrane are activated and allow specific ions to cross the cell membrane, thus changing the overall potential of the neuron. These tiny protein structures are called _____________.

Some researchers think the most significant evolutionary advance in the human brain was the development of the association cortex, which is thought to be responsible for the ____________.

Tim and Cheryl are watching a scary movie. Just as the music gets really intense Tim grabs her arm. She jumps right away but it takes a second for her to call him a jerk. This is because her __________ is quicker than her brain gets the message about being scared.

According to the text, if you were trying to design a new drug treatment for depression, you would probably target the neurotransmitter

Describe the work conducted by Shamay-Tsoory and colleagues examining the functioning of the orbitfrontal lobe among incarcerated criminals with psychopathy. On what type of tasks did they find that their criminal group varied in performance compared to their control groups?

A male rat has a particular area of its brain destroyed and it subsequently loses its sex drive. It is most likely that the site of damage was the rat's _______________.

One of the functions of _____________ is to surround neurons and hold them in place.

A split-brain patient is shown a picture of a hammer in the left visual field. He is unable to identify the picture. Why?

Ron is asked to solve a puzzle as the physician scans his brain using positron emission tomography (PET). The physician is measuring the brain's ___________.

How do spinal reflexes occur?

The Chinese language uses complex pictorial images instead of words, and recent research suggests that there is less left hemisphere lateralization of language in Chinese people than in people who use languages based on alphabets. This is thought to be the case because

If you get frustrated with this question and decide to stand up and go for a walk to clear your head then it's your visceral nervous system working?

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Exam 3: Biological Foundations of Behaviour

The function of the interneurons is to ___________.

The process in which neurotransmitters are deactivated when they are taken back into the presynaptic axon terminal is called ____________.

The ability of neurons to change their structure and function is called neural _____________.

A pharmacologist is designing a new drug to be used to treat depression. Part of the drug design involves ensuring that the drugs must pass through?

While recording from a neuron, Dr. Chin noted that the neuron fired more rapidly as stimulus intensity was increased. But suddenly, the neuron would not fire any faster no matter how much the intensity was increased. What happened?

A man injures his head in a construction accident. After the incident, he shows a great deal of apathy towards people and things, is emotionally flat, and doesn't seem to care about anything. This person mostly likely suffered damage to his __________ cortex.

Roger Sperry was the first to discover how the brain would operate if the corpus callosum was severed in these studies.

When a neuron is stimulated, tiny protein structures embedded in the cell membrane are activated and allow specific ions to cross the cell membrane, thus changing the overall potential of the neuron. These tiny protein structures are called _____________.

Some researchers think the most significant evolutionary advance in the human brain was the development of the association cortex, which is thought to be responsible for the ____________.

Tim and Cheryl are watching a scary movie. Just as the music gets really intense Tim grabs her arm. She jumps right away but it takes a second for her to call him a jerk. This is because her __________ is quicker than her brain gets the message about being scared.

According to the text, if you were trying to design a new drug treatment for depression, you would probably target the neurotransmitter

Describe the work conducted by Shamay-Tsoory and colleagues examining the functioning of the orbitfrontal lobe among incarcerated criminals with psychopathy. On what type of tasks did they find that their criminal group varied in performance compared to their control groups?

A male rat has a particular area of its brain destroyed and it subsequently loses its sex drive. It is most likely that the site of damage was the rat's _______________.

One of the functions of _____________ is to surround neurons and hold them in place.

A split-brain patient is shown a picture of a hammer in the left visual field. He is unable to identify the picture. Why?

Ron is asked to solve a puzzle as the physician scans his brain using positron emission tomography (PET). The physician is measuring the brain's ___________.

How do spinal reflexes occur?

The Chinese language uses complex pictorial images instead of words, and recent research suggests that there is less left hemisphere lateralization of language in Chinese people than in people who use languages based on alphabets. This is thought to be the case because

If you get frustrated with this question and decide to stand up and go for a walk to clear your head then it's your visceral nervous system working?

Psychology: the Science of Behaviour

Studying Behaviour Scientifically

Genes, Evolution, and Behaviour

Sensation and Perception

States of Consciousness

Learning and Adaptation: the Role of Experience

Memory

Language and Thinking

Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Development Over the Lifespan

Behaviour in a Social Context

Personality

Stress, Coping, and Health

Psychological Disorders

Treatment of Psychological Disorders

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