Question 1

Researchers who compared the sequences of 200 brain-related genes in different animals found a collection of genes that evolved most rapidly in:

Accepted Answer

A) birds. 
B) invertebrates. 
C) primates. 
D) worms. 
A) birds. 
B) invertebrates. 
C) primates. 
D) worms.

Question 2

An electrical signal that is conducted along the length of a neuron's axon to a synapse is called a(n) _____ potential.

Accepted Answer

A) electrostatic 
B) resting 
C) action 
D) equilibrium 
A) electrostatic 
B) resting 
C) action 
D) equilibrium

Question 3

The motor cortex is to the somatosensory cortex as:

Accepted Answer

A) sending is to receiving. 
B) perception is to sensation. 
C) left brain is to right brain. 
D) memory of facts is to memory of emotional events. 
A) sending is to receiving. 
B) perception is to sensation. 
C) left brain is to right brain. 
D) memory of facts is to memory of emotional events.

Question 4

Low levels of which neurotransmitter have been implicated in Parkinson's disease?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

Boyd was jumped from behind by a group of attackers and was struck in the head. As a result of the attack, Boyd suffered from partial blindness even though his eyes were not physically damaged. Boyd MOST likely suffered damage to which cortical lobe?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Drugs such as LSD produce their hallucinogenic effects by profoundly altering the activity of the _____ system.

Accepted Answer

A) serotonin 
B) acetylcholine 
C) opiate 
D) dopamine 
A) serotonin 
B) acetylcholine 
C) opiate 
D) dopamine

Question 7

A psychologist wishes to study the regions of the brain that are active when a person has told a lie. What brain imaging technique would she MOST likely employ?

Accepted Answer

A) MRI 
B) CT 
C) PET 
D) fMRI 
A) MRI 
B) CT 
C) PET 
D) fMRI

Question 8

Someone with damage to his or her hippocampus may:

Accepted Answer

A) move jerkily. 
B) not be able to form new memories. 
C) not exhibit emotion. 
D) not be able to regulate his or her body temperature. 
A) move jerkily. 
B) not be able to form new memories. 
C) not exhibit emotion. 
D) not be able to regulate his or her body temperature.

Question 9

People suffering from clinical depression typically have reduced levels of _____ in the brain.

Accepted Answer

A) dopamine 
B) serotonin 
C) acetlycholine 
D) the endorphins 
A) dopamine 
B) serotonin 
C) acetlycholine 
D) the endorphins

Question 10

Mirror neurons have been identified in the _____ lobes.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

Ions carry a _____ charge.

Accepted Answer

A) neutral 
B) positive only 
C) negative only 
D) positive or negative 
A) neutral 
B) positive only 
C) negative only 
D) positive or negative

Question 12

Which of these is considered a functional imaging technique?

Accepted Answer

A) electroencephalography 
B) computerized axial tomography 
C) MRI 
D) positron emission tomography 
A) electroencephalography 
B) computerized axial tomography 
C) MRI 
D) positron emission tomography

Question 13

General anesthetics induce unconsciousness by reducing neural activity in the:

Accepted Answer

A) reticular formation 
B) olfactory bulb 
C) limbic system 
D) corpus callosum 
A) reticular formation 
B) olfactory bulb 
C) limbic system 
D) corpus callosum

Question 14

Which is the correct order of the firing of a neuron?

Accepted Answer

A) threshold, resting potential, refractory period, action potential 
B) resting potential, threshold, action potential, refractory period 
C) action potential, resting potential, refractory period, threshold 
D) resting potential, threshold, refractory period, action potential 
A) threshold, resting potential, refractory period, action potential 
B) resting potential, threshold, action potential, refractory period 
C) action potential, resting potential, refractory period, threshold 
D) resting potential, threshold, refractory period, action potential

Question 15

A copper wire is to wire insulation as a(n) _____ is to a _____.

Accepted Answer

A) axon; myelin sheath 
B) cell body; myelin sheath 
C) nucleus; glial cell 
D) myelin sheath; glial cell 
A) axon; myelin sheath 
B) cell body; myelin sheath 
C) nucleus; glial cell 
D) myelin sheath; glial cell

Question 16

When the fusiform gyrus is damaged, people experience difficulties:

Accepted Answer

A) remembering the past. 
B) planning the future. 
C) recognizing faces. 
D) producing speech. 
A) remembering the past. 
B) planning the future. 
C) recognizing faces. 
D) producing speech.

Question 17

When Michael was a toddler, he lost his ring finger on his left hand in an accident. Now, as an adult, the somatosensory area originally associated with that finger:

Accepted Answer

A) is associated with the ring finger on his right hand. 
B) responds to stimulation from his left middle and pinkie fingers. 
C) is withered due to nonuse. 
D) causes Michael to relive the painful accident when it is stimulated. 
A) is associated with the ring finger on his right hand. 
B) responds to stimulation from his left middle and pinkie fingers. 
C) is withered due to nonuse. 
D) causes Michael to relive the painful accident when it is stimulated.

Question 18

Ben has a series of x-ray photographs taken from around his head at different angles. A computer program then combines these images into one picture of the brain. Ben has just received a(n) _____ scan.

Accepted Answer

A) CT 
B) PET 
C) MRI 
D) fMRI 
A) CT 
B) PET 
C) MRI 
D) fMRI

Question 19

_____ cells are support cells found in the nervous system.

Accepted Answer

A) Teratogenic 
B) Mitochondrial 
C) Glial 
D) Neural 
A) Teratogenic 
B) Mitochondrial 
C) Glial 
D) Neural

Question 20

Why do the wrinkles and folds of the cortex represent a triumph of evolution?

Accepted Answer

A) Wrinkles and folds allow for faster communication between neurons. 
B) Because the outward appearance of the brain does not confer a competitive advantage in reproduction, no energy was spent correcting for the wrinkles and folds. 
C) Wrinkles and folds decrease the amount of cortex material needed to process the same amount of information. 
D) Wrinkles and folds increase brain surface area while still allowing it to fit inside the skull. 
A) Wrinkles and folds allow for faster communication between neurons. 
B) Because the outward appearance of the brain does not confer a competitive advantage in reproduction, no energy was spent correcting for the wrinkles and folds. 
C) Wrinkles and folds decrease the amount of cortex material needed to process the same amount of information. 
D) Wrinkles and folds increase brain surface area while still allowing it to fit inside the skull.

Exam 3: Section 2: Neuroscience and Behavior

Researchers who compared the sequences of 200 brain-related genes in different animals found a collection of genes that evolved most rapidly in:

An electrical signal that is conducted along the length of a neuron's axon to a synapse is called a(n) _____ potential.

The motor cortex is to the somatosensory cortex as:

Low levels of which neurotransmitter have been implicated in Parkinson's disease?

Boyd was jumped from behind by a group of attackers and was struck in the head. As a result of the attack, Boyd suffered from partial blindness even though his eyes were not physically damaged. Boyd MOST likely suffered damage to which cortical lobe?

Drugs such as LSD produce their hallucinogenic effects by profoundly altering the activity of the _____ system.

A psychologist wishes to study the regions of the brain that are active when a person has told a lie. What brain imaging technique would she MOST likely employ?

Someone with damage to his or her hippocampus may:

People suffering from clinical depression typically have reduced levels of _____ in the brain.

Mirror neurons have been identified in the _____ lobes.

Ions carry a _____ charge.

Which of these is considered a functional imaging technique?

General anesthetics induce unconsciousness by reducing neural activity in the:

Which is the correct order of the firing of a neuron?

A copper wire is to wire insulation as a(n) _____ is to a _____.

When the fusiform gyrus is damaged, people experience difficulties:

When Michael was a toddler, he lost his ring finger on his left hand in an accident. Now, as an adult, the somatosensory area originally associated with that finger:

Ben has a series of x-ray photographs taken from around his head at different angles. A computer program then combines these images into one picture of the brain. Ben has just received a(n) _____ scan.

_____ cells are support cells found in the nervous system.

Why do the wrinkles and folds of the cortex represent a triumph of evolution?

Section 1: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 2: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 3: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 4 : Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 5: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 6 : Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 1: Methods in Psychology

Section 2: Methods in Psychology

Section 3: Methods in Psychology

Section 4: Methods in Psychology

Section 5: Methods in Psychology

Section 6: Methods in Psychology

Section 1: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 3: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 4: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 5: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 6: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 1 : Sensation and Perception

Section 2: Sensation and Perception

Section 3: Sensation and Perception

Section 4: Sensation and Perception

Section 5: Sensation and Perception

Section 6: Sensation and Perception

Section 1: Consciousness

Section 2: Consciousness

Section 3: Consciousness

Section 4: Consciousness

Section 5: Consciousness

Section 6: Consciousness

Section 1: Memory

Section 2: Memory

Section 3: Memory

Section 4: Memory

Section 5: Memory

Section 6: Memory

Section 1: Learning

Section 2: Learning

Section 3: Learning

Section 4: Learning

Section 5 : Learning

Section 6: Learning

Section 1: Emotion and Motivation

Section 2: Emotion and Motivation

Section 3: Emotion and Motivation

Section 4: Emotion and Motivation

Section 5: Emotion and Motivation

Section 6: Emotion and Motivation

Section 1: Language and Thought

Section 2: Language and Thought

Section 3: Language and Thought

Section 4: Language and Thought

Section 5: Language and Thought

Section 6: Language and Thought

Section 1: Intelligence

Section 2: Intelligence

Section 3: Intelligence

Section 4 : Intelligence

Section 5: Intelligence

Section 6 : Intelligence

A copper wire is to wire insulation as a(n) _ is to a _.