Question 1

Damage to the 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.

Question 2

Sleep deprivation is an effective method of torture because it will not affect memory retention or retrieval.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

All of the psychogenic drugs that induce drug dependence act on the same neuronal system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The mood disorders are primarily disturbances of thought processes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Selective attention is facilitated,enhanced,and improved by way of the ________ of the brainstem,which acts as the origin point of neurons,which project to the cerebral cortex and release ________ neurotransmitter(s).

Accepted Answer

A) pons,acetylcholine 
B) basal nuclei,dopamine 
C) hypothalamus,serotonin 
D) locus ceruleus,norepinephrine 
E) thalamus,melatonin 
A) pons,acetylcholine 
B) basal nuclei,dopamine 
C) hypothalamus,serotonin 
D) locus ceruleus,norepinephrine 
E) thalamus,melatonin

Question 6

Primary motivated behavior is behavior that is based on changes or anticipated changes in the internal environment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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) Sleep involves a lack of neurological activity. 
E) All muscles are relaxed during all phases of sleep. 
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) Sleep involves a lack of neurological activity. 
E) All muscles are relaxed during all phases of sleep.

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of declarative memory?

Accepted Answer

A) Recognition of a person's face and matching a name to it 
B) Remembering how to ride a bicycle 
C) Being able to recall a phone number for only a short period of time 
D) Being given a specific address and being able to recall it several days or weeks later 
E) Responding to the sight,smell,taste,or thought of one's favorite food with salivation and hunger pangs 
A) Recognition of a person's face and matching a name to it 
B) Remembering how to ride a bicycle 
C) Being able to recall a phone number for only a short period of time 
D) Being given a specific address and being able to recall it several days or weeks later 
E) Responding to the sight,smell,taste,or thought of one's favorite food with salivation and hunger pangs

Question 9

Bipolar disorders

Accepted Answer

A) involve both mania and depression. 
B) are most effectively treated with drugs that increase availability of dopamine. 
C) are an exaggeration of normal changes in mood. 
D) involve hearing voices and other delusions. 
E) are caused by excessive production of dopamine. 
A) involve both mania and depression. 
B) are most effectively treated with drugs that increase availability of dopamine. 
C) are an exaggeration of normal changes in mood. 
D) involve hearing voices and other delusions. 
E) are caused by excessive production of dopamine.

Question 10

Of the following substances,which has the greatest potential to cause dependence if used regularly?

Accepted Answer

A) Nicotine 
B) Marijuana 
C) Alcohol 
D) Cocaine 
E) Heroin 
A) Nicotine 
B) Marijuana 
C) Alcohol 
D) Cocaine 
E) Heroin

Question 11

Memory consolidation probably occurs via an increase in the effectiveness of existing synapses and also via formation of new ones.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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 13

You are counseling a pair of tired parents.All three of their children have been waking in the night frequently for the past few months.You ask them several questions about their parenting habits,which of the following might be the problem?

Accepted Answer

A) Their kids are growing. 
B) Their kids are talking too much before bed and becoming excited. 
C) Their kids are going to bed hungry. 
D) Their nighttime baths are too hot,elevating their body temperatures. 
E) Their kids are genetically predisposed to nightwaking. 
A) Their kids are growing. 
B) Their kids are talking too much before bed and becoming excited. 
C) Their kids are going to bed hungry. 
D) Their nighttime baths are too hot,elevating their body temperatures. 
E) Their kids are genetically predisposed to nightwaking.

Question 14

Which of the descriptions is not descriptive of REM (rapid eye movement)sleep?

Accepted Answer

A) Visible movements of the eyes resembling those of one tracking the movements of objects in space,watching TV,and so on 
B) Difficulty arousing the sleeper 
C) Oxygen consumption decreases by comparison to NREM sleep and in an alert wakeful state. 
D) It represents 20-25% of a person's "sleeptime." 
E) Skeletal muscle activity is markedly reduced,except for the extraocular and respiratory muscles. 
A) Visible movements of the eyes resembling those of one tracking the movements of objects in space,watching TV,and so on 
B) Difficulty arousing the sleeper 
C) Oxygen consumption decreases by comparison to NREM sleep and in an alert wakeful state. 
D) It represents 20-25% of a person's "sleeptime." 
E) Skeletal muscle activity is markedly reduced,except for the extraocular and respiratory muscles.

Question 15

Conceptual aphasia is a result of damage to

Accepted Answer

A) the mouth and vocal cords. 
B) the cerebellum. 
C) Broca's area. 
D) Wernicke's area. 
E) the primary visual cortex. 
A) the mouth and vocal cords. 
B) the cerebellum. 
C) Broca's area. 
D) Wernicke's area. 
E) the primary visual cortex.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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 17

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 18

Dreaming 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 19

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

A laboratory rat has an electrode implanted in its brain.By pressing a metal bar in its cage,the animal can activate the electrode.You are analyzing the data from the most recent experiment day and find that the rat pressed the bar over and over again.The rat did not even eat during the experimental period because it was too busy pressing the bar.  In which location is the electrode likely to be implanted?

Accepted Answer

A) Frontal lobe 
B) Mesolimbic system 
C) Hypothalamus 
D) Occipital lobe 
E) All of the choices are possible locations of the electrode. 
A) Frontal lobe 
B) Mesolimbic system 
C) Hypothalamus 
D) Occipital lobe 
E) All of the choices are possible locations of the electrode.

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

Sleep deprivation is an effective method of torture because it will not affect memory retention or retrieval.

All of the psychogenic drugs that induce drug dependence act on the same neuronal system.

The mood disorders are primarily disturbances of thought processes.

Selective attention is facilitated,enhanced,and improved by way of the of the brainstem,which acts as the origin point of neurons,which project to the cerebral cortex and release neurotransmitter(s).

Primary motivated behavior is behavior that is based on changes or anticipated changes in the internal environment.

Which of the following statements about sleep is correct?

Which of the following is an example of declarative memory?

Bipolar disorders

Of the following substances,which has the greatest potential to cause dependence if used regularly?

Memory consolidation probably occurs via an increase in the effectiveness of existing synapses and also via formation of new ones.

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.

You are counseling a pair of tired parents.All three of their children have been waking in the night frequently for the past few months.You ask them several questions about their parenting habits,which of the following might be the problem?

Which of the descriptions is not descriptive of REM (rapid eye movement)sleep?

Conceptual aphasia is a result of damage to

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

A person with bilateral damage to the hippocampus will probably

Dreaming is descriptive of or occurs during

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

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

Sleep deprivation is an effective method of torture because it will not affect memory retention or retrieval.

All of the psychogenic drugs that induce drug dependence act on the same neuronal system.

The mood disorders are primarily disturbances of thought processes.

Selective attention is facilitated,enhanced,and improved by way of the ________ of the brainstem,which acts as the origin point of neurons,which project to the cerebral cortex and release ________ neurotransmitter(s).

Primary motivated behavior is behavior that is based on changes or anticipated changes in the internal environment.

Which of the following statements about sleep is correct?

Which of the following is an example of declarative memory?

Bipolar disorders

Of the following substances,which has the greatest potential to cause dependence if used regularly?

Memory consolidation probably occurs via an increase in the effectiveness of existing synapses and also via formation of new ones.

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.

You are counseling a pair of tired parents.All three of their children have been waking in the night frequently for the past few months.You ask them several questions about their parenting habits,which of the following might be the problem?

Which of the descriptions is not descriptive of REM (rapid eye movement)sleep?

Conceptual aphasia is a result of damage to

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

A person with bilateral damage to the hippocampus will probably

Dreaming is descriptive of or occurs during

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

Homeostasis: A Framework for Human Physiology

Chemical Composition of the Body and Its Relation to Physiology

Cellular Structure, Proteins, and Metabolic Pathways

Movement of Solutes and Water Across Cell Membranes

Cell Signalling in Physiology

Neuronal Signaling and the Structure of the Nervous System

Sensory Physiology

Muscle

Control 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

The Immune System

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Selective attention is facilitated,enhanced,and improved by way of the of the brainstem,which acts as the origin point of neurons,which project to the cerebral cortex and release neurotransmitter(s).