Question 1

Regarding handedness, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Left-handed locomotive engineers have higher accident rates with a possible cause being that locomotive controls are designed for right-handed persons. 
B)  People who owe their left-handedness to a birth trauma have a higher incidence of allergies and learning disorders. 
C)  Consistent left-handers are more at risk for immune-related diseases than those people with mixed handedness. 
D)  The shortage of very old lefties may reflect that more left-handed children were forced to become right-handed, so the lefties are masquerading as righties.

Question 2

Successfully negotiating a maze, sculpting pottery, or painting a watercolor is a function of the

Accepted Answer

A)  corpus callosum. 
B)  left hemisphere. 
C)  right hemisphere. 
D)  temporal lobe.

Question 3

Regarding the workings of your nervous systems, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  The autonomic nervous system and the somatic nervous system work together to coordinate the body's internal reactions to events in the outside world. 
B)  The two branches of the autonomic nervous system are always active. 
C)  The somatic nervous system is made up of the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches. 
D)  The combined action of the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches determines if your body is more or less relaxed or aroused.

Question 4

During practice, a football player experiences symptoms commonly associated with having a stroke.The coaches rush him to the hospital so that the doctors can view the structure of this player's brain using a specialized X-ray technique known as a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  ESB. 
B)  CT scan. 
C)  PET scan. 
D)  ablation.

Question 5

Juan's physician has told him that he wants him to take a test that will give a three-dimensional representation of Juan's brain.This procedure will require Juan to be placed in a strong magnetic field.The test being discussed is the

Accepted Answer

A)  EEG. 
B)  CT scan. 
C)  MRI scan. 
D)  PET scan.

Question 6

Christina enviously watches her tennis rival practice.She admires Sarina's control of the racket and finely coordinated movement.Having just covered the section on the brain in her psychology class, Christina states that Sarina must have a highly developed

Accepted Answer

A)  cerebellum. 
B)  medulla. 
C)  hippocampus. 
D)  pons.

Question 7

A preference for using the right or left hand for most activities is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  brain lateralization. 
B)  hand lateralization. 
C)  handedness. 
D)  preferential dominance.

Question 8

Which of the following are not direct tests of the brain, but are subtle outward behavioral signs of nervous system dysfunction that have been used to diagnose problems ranging from childhood learning disorders to psychosis?

Accepted Answer

A)  confabulations 
B)  neurological soft signs 
C)  neural inductions 
D)  brain embolisms

Question 9

Doctors confirmed that Mrs.Armand had suffered a stroke by placing her in a chamber in which sound waves were utilized to obtain a three-dimensional picture of her brain, a technique referred to as a(n)__________.

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Question 10

The electrically charged molecules that are involved in a nerve impulse are called

Accepted Answer

A)  axons. 
B)  dendrites. 
C)  ampules. 
D)  ions.

Question 11

Anabolic steroids that are used by athletes to increase muscle growth are synthetic versions of the hormone __________.

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Question 12

Miriam has been suffering from numbness, weakness, and partial paralysis.Miriam's doctor told her that her immune system has attacked and destroyed the myelin in her body, causing her to have

Accepted Answer

A)  rheumatoid arthritis. 
B)  multiple sclerosis. 
C)  Huntington's disease. 
D)  muscular dystrophy.

Question 13

A deficiency in dopamine has been linked with the development of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  multiple sclerosis 
B)  schizophrenia 
C)  Alzheimer's disease 
D)  Parkinson's disease

Question 14

The "split-brain" operation involves cutting the connections within the midbrain in order to control severe spatial neglect.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which part of the brain is located directly above the pituitary gland and is able to affect all of the other glands in the body by influencing the pituitary gland?

Accepted Answer

A)  pons 
B)  reticular formation 
C)  hypothalamus 
D)  midbrain

Question 16

Melatonin is released by the __________ gland.

Accepted Answer

A)  pituitary 
B)  pineal 
C)  thyroid 
D)  adrenal

Question 17

An elderly acquaintance of yours has suffered from partial blindness in one eye since she had a stroke.Apparently the stroke damaged her

Accepted Answer

A)  occipital lobe. 
B)  parietal lobe. 
C)  temporal lobe. 
D)  reticular formation.

Question 18

Discuss five advantages of being left-handed or ambidextrous, including the effects of left-handed persons being less strongly lateralized.

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Question 19

The corpus callosum is a thick band of fibers that connect

Accepted Answer

A)  the hindbrain to the midbrain. 
B)  the motor cortex to the frontal lobe. 
C)  hindbrain to the spinal cord. 
D)  the two cerebral hemispheres.

Question 20

When you give directions and point down the street, the part of the peripheral nervous system that controls this voluntary movement of your finger is the __________ nervous system.

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Exam 2: Brain and Behavior.