Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a side effect of anabolic steroids?

Accepted Answer

A)  voice deepening and baldness in women 
B)  liver damage and stunted growth in young adolescents 
C)  increased testicle size in men 
D)  dangerous increases in hostility and aggression

Question 2

Clarence was in a car accident, and the doctor suspects that he may have suffered damage to his brain.He is put in a chamber with a strong magnetic field that will yield a three-dimensional picture of Clarence's brain.Which technique is being utilized?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

Messages flow from the brain to the spinal cord and then to other parts of the body through the __________ nervous system.

Accepted Answer

A)  central 
B)  peripheral 
C)  parietal 
D)  temporal

Question 4

Psychiatrist Daniel Langleben and his colleagues have used a new brain technique to tell if a person is lying, with the front of the brain being more active when a person is lying rather than telling the truth.This technology is the

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

Clear hand preferences can be determined

Accepted Answer

A)  in fetal ultrasound images. 
B)  by age six months. 
C)  by age 18 months. 
D)  by age 36 months.

Question 6

Visual agnosia may sometimes be helped by

Accepted Answer

A)  cues of touch. 
B)  additional visual cues, such as color, size, and shape. 
C)  waiting long enough to think through an answer. 
D)  hypnosis.

Question 7

Left-handed people, or "lefties," have often been characterized as

Accepted Answer

A)  clumsy and unlucky. 
B)  skillful and just. 
C)  caring and sincere. 
D)  emotionally stable and friendly.

Question 8

Which area of the cortex combines and processes information from the senses and contributes to higher mental abilities, such as language?

Accepted Answer

A)  motor cortex 
B)  somatosensory cortex 
C)  aphasic cortex 
D)  association cortex

Question 9

Computed tomographic (CT)scanning involves

Accepted Answer

A)  a specialized type of X-ray. 
B)  the detection, amplification, and recording of electrical activity in the brain. 
C)  the use of a magnetic field to develop an image of the brain. 
D)  a computer-generated image of brain activity based on glucose consumption in the brain.

Question 10

If too little growth hormone is released from the pituitary gland, a person may develop

Accepted Answer

A)  giantism. 
B)  dwarfism. 
C)  virilism. 
D)  acromegaly.

Question 11

A PET scan records the amount of which radioactive substance used by brain cells?

Accepted Answer

A)  potassium 
B)  iodine 
C)  glucose 
D)  sodium

Question 12

After having a stroke, Rich can speak and understand what has been said to him, but he now has great difficulty understanding the context in which something is said.Rich also misunderstands sarcasm and jokes.Rich has most likely suffered a stroke to

Accepted Answer

A)  the left hemisphere. 
B)  the right hemisphere. 
C)  Broca's area. 
D)  Wernicke's area.

Question 13

A researcher electrically stimulates a part of Raphael's brain, and Raphael "hears" a series of sounds.This researcher most likely stimulated Raphael's __________ lobes.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

A person with brain damage who mispronounces the word "cross" by saying "croth" and "tsar" for "car" would most likely have damage to

Accepted Answer

A)  the amygdala. 
B)  Broca's area. 
C)  Wernicke's area. 
D)  the corpus callosum.

Question 15

A deficiency in acetylcholine has been shown to play a major role in the development of

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

The brain center for hearing is in the __________ lobe.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

The most accurate conclusion that can be drawn from research on the brain is that

Accepted Answer

A)  normal people can be taught to use one hemisphere at a time. 
B)  most people use the right hemisphere more often than the left hemisphere. 
C)  only creative people can use both hemispheres simultaneously. 
D)  the activities of both hemispheres of the brain combine to produce most behaviors.

Question 18

The hypothalamus, the hippocampus, the amygdala, and parts of the thalamus make up the __________ system.

Accepted Answer

A)  somatosensory 
B)  endocrine 
C)  limbic 
D)  reticular activating

Question 19

Regarding the limbic system, which of the following statements is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many of the "pleasure pathways" in the limbic system are found within the pons. 
B)  When punishment areas in the limbic system are activated, animals actually show pleasure rather than discomfort and work actively to keep the stimulation turned on. 
C)  Commonly abused drugs, such as nicotine and alcohol, activate the same pleasure pathways as sex and food. 
D)  The limbic system is made up of the medulla, cerebellum, pons, and reticular formation.

Question 20

Your instructor has just decided not to give the pop test that was announced at the beginning of class.The class breathes a collective "sigh of relief." This relief is best explained by which nervous system?

Accepted Answer

A)  somatic 
B)  central 
C)  parasympathetic 
D)  sympathetic

Exam 2: Brain and Behavior.