Question 1

When an action potential moves down a neuron,the action potential is said to be __________.

Accepted Answer

A) transmitted 
B) propagated 
C) activated 
D) motivated

Question 2

Which memory formation process is for the temporary retention of information?

Accepted Answer

A) consolidation 
B) long-term potentiation 
C) reconsolidation 
D) short-term potentiation

Question 3

What does a CT scan use x-rays to measure?

Accepted Answer

A) brain structure 
B) blood flow 
C) electrical activity 
D) personality characteristics

Question 4

Which neuroimaging technique provides good "when" information but not very good "where" information?

Accepted Answer

A) ERP 
B) CT scan 
C) fMRI 
D) the Penfield technique

Question 5

What is transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)used for?

Accepted Answer

A) altering brain structure 
B) changing blood flow levels 
C) altering electrical activity 
D) reducing neurogenesis

Question 6

Which of the following does NOT go with the others?

Accepted Answer

A) connectionist models 
B) neural net models 
C) parallel distributed processing models 
D) mental models

Question 7

Which neuroimaging technique uses radioactive isotopes to measure blood flow in the brain?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

A __________ is NOT a type of cell.

Accepted Answer

A) synapse 
B) receptor 
C) effector 
D) interneuron

Question 9

The __________ is the part of the brain responsible for processing touch information from throughout the body.

Accepted Answer

A) occipital lobe 
B) cerebellum 
C) sensory cortex 
D) motor cortex

Question 10

The synapsing of a give neuron with many other neurons is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A) multiplicity 
B) magnification 
C) divergence 
D) diffusion

Question 11

Memory consolidation in the nervous system is aided by __________.

Accepted Answer

A) activity 
B) sleep 
C) inhibition 
D) stem cells

Question 12

Which part of an ERP recording indicates surprise,incongruence,or unexpectedness?

Accepted Answer

A) P600 
B) N400 
C) all of it 
D) none of it: ERPs record baseline activity only.

Question 13

The __________ is the part of the brain responsible for processing voluntary movement information for throughout the body.

Accepted Answer

A) occipital lobe 
B) cerebellum 
C) sensory cortex 
D) motor cortex

Question 14

If one mental process is disrupted by brain damage and others are not,this is called a dissociation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which lobe of the cortex is most important for vision?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

Identify a problem in cognitive psychology and describe how you might use two different neuroimaging techniques to test address this problem.

Accepted Answer

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Question 17

Mirror neurons are active when __________.

Accepted Answer

A) a person performs an action 
B) a person watches another person doing an action 
C) a person plans a movement 
D) all of the above

Question 18

The top layer of the brain,responsible for higher-level mental processes,is __________.

Accepted Answer

A) neocortex 
B) brainstem 
C) corpus callosum 
D) parietal lobe

Question 19

Hemispheric specialization refers to the fact that the receptive and control centers for one side of the body are in the opposite hemisphere of the brain.

Accepted Answer