Exam 1

A  pneumoencephalography

B  PET scans

C  X-ray photography

D  CT scans

E  cerebral angiography

A  implicit memories.

B  episodic memories.

C  semantic memories.

D  explicit memories.

E  short-term memories.

A  the dominant wavelength that it reflects.

B  its reflectance and the proportion of light of different wavelengths that it reflects.

C  the dominant wavelength that it reflects and its reflectance.

D  all of these

A  CT

B  EEG

C  angiography

D  PET

E  functional MRI

A  are more prevalent.

B  produce longer lasting effects.

C  all of these

D  produce effects that are more diffuse.

E  produce effects that take longer to develop.

A  have rectangular receptive fields.

B  all of these

C  respond to contrast.

D  are unresponsive to diffuse light.

E  respond best to straight-line stimuli in a particular orientation.

A  sodium amytal test.

B  WAIS.

C  Psychiatric Test Inventory (PTI).

D  ERP

E  dichotic listening test.

A  excitation.

B  expulsion.

C  synthesis.

D  exocytosis.

E  metabolism.

A  on-center or off-center cells.

B  hypercomplex cells.

C  type A or type B cells.

D  complex cells or hypercomplex cells.

E  simple cells or complex cells.

A  the scotopic system.

B  the photopic system.

C  duplexity.

D  rods.

E  rhodopsin.

A  an efflux of sodium ions.

B  an influx of calcium ions.

C  the arrival of an AP at the axon hillock.

D  the sodium-potassium pump.

E  the release of calcium ions from the buttons.

A  receptor layer, bipolar cell layer, retinal ganglion cell layer and retinal ganglion cell layer, horizontal cell layer, receptor layer

B  all of these

C  retinal ganglion cell layer, horizontal cell layer, receptor layer and retinal ganglion cell layer, amacrine cell layer, receptor layer

D  none of the choices

A  the cocktail sausage demonstration.

B  color constancy.

C  the Mach band demonstration.

D  lateral inhibition.

E  the complementary color afterimage demonstration.

A  there is an EPSP.

B  the degree of depolarization on the axon adjacent to the hillock exceeds the threshold of excitation.

C  its buttons are stimulated.

D  there is an IPSP.

E  its sodium-potassium pumps are stimulated.

A  Na+ ions into neurons. K+ ions into neurons.

B  all of these

C  none of the choices

D  K+ ions into neurons. Na+ ions out of neurons.

A  EEG

B  TMS

C  PET

D  ERP

E  2-DG

A  on the basis of wavelength.

B  from top to bottom.

C  from left to right.

D  retinotopically.

E  ipsilaterally.

A  glutamate.

B  dopamine.

C  acetylcholine.

D  neuropeptides.

E  small-molecule neurotransmitters.

A  ionotropism.

B  metabotropism.

C  cohabitation.

D  covalence.

E  coexistence.

A  it produces lesions that can be reversed with drugs.

B  the damage that it produces lasts only a few weeks.

C  the subjects usually survive.

D  it can temporarily suppress neural activity in a particular area of the brain without damaging the brain.

E  the damage that it produces lasts only a day or two.

A  PET

B  MRI

C  CT

D  fMRI

E  MEG

A  hippocampus.

B  fusiform face area.

C  frontal lobes.

D  dorsal stream.

E  all of these

A  amino acids

B  all of these

C  indolamines

D  catecholamines

E  monoamines

A  PET

B  MRI

C  angiography

D  EEG

E  CT

A  inferotemporal cortex.

B  posterior parietal cortex.

C  anterior cingulate cortex.

D  secondary somatosensory cortex.

E  PAG.

A  contrast.

B  circles.

C  straight lines.

D  movement.

E  dots of light.

A  sodium-potassium pumps, which distribute Na+ and K+ ions equally and random motion, which tends to move ions down their concentration gradients

B  none of the choices

C  random motion, which tends to move ions down their concentration gradients, and electrostatic pressure, which forces ions down their electrostatic gradients

D  electrostatic pressure, which forces ions down their electrostatic gradients and sodium-potassium pumps, which distribute Na+ and K+ ions equally

A  EPSPs.

B  second messengers.

C  APs.

D  neurotransmitter.

E  IPSPs.

A  nodes of Ranvier.

B  ligand-activated ion channels.

C  EPSPs.

D  myelin.

E  voltage-activated ion channels.

A  low SES.

B  high SES.

C  middle SES.

D  None of these

A  Exhaustion

B  Alarm Response

C  Resitance

D  None of these

A  PNS

B  SNS

C  Selye

D  HPA axis

A  sulci.

B  neurons.

C  oligodendroglia.

D  axons.

E  glial cells.

A  genetics is to experience.

B  learning is to genetics and behaviorism is to ethology.

C  behaviorism is to ethology.

D  learning is to genetics.

E  genetics is to experience and learning is to genetics.

A  serotonin

B  stress

C  dopamine

D  None of above.

A  immutable.

B  static.

C  gray.

D  plastic.

E  white.

A  lower, glucocorticoid

B  higher, glucocorticoid

C  lower, blood

D  zero, glucocorticoid

A  do not have tails.

B  cannot walk upright for short distances.

C  have tails.

D  have opposable thumbs that are not useful for precise manipulation.

E  do not have opposable thumbs.

A  myelin.

B  neurons.

C  parts of the autonomic nervous system.

D  neuroglia.

E  meninges.

A  uracil is to thymine.

B  uracil is to guanine.

C  thymine is to uracil.

D  thymine is to cytosine.

E  guanine is to uracil.

A  neuropsychology

B  psychopharmacology

C  psychophysiology

D  clinical psychology

E  physiological psychology

A  all of these

B  none of these

C  lateral ventricles.

D  central canal.

E  subarachnoid space.

A  diencephalon.

B  mesencephalon.

C  pituitary.

D  medulla.

E  brain stem.

A  psychology.

B  neuroscience.

C  biopsychology.

D  neurophysiology.

E  neurochemistry.

A  confounds.

B  converging operations.

C  guano.

D  zeitgeist.

E  canon.

A  Increased

B  No

C  Reduced

D  None of above.

A  brain.

B  cerebellum.

C  All of these

D  cerebral hemispheres.

E  great cerebral commissure.

A  metencephalon

B  myelencephalon

C  medulla

D  mesencephalon

E  telencephalon

A  genotypes.

B  phenotypes.

C  alleles.

D  dominants.

E  gametes.

A  human lifespan.

B  All of these

C  immune system.

D  hippocampus.

A  substantia nigra.

B  red nucleus.

C  cerebral aqueduct.

D  periaqueductal gray.

E  superior colliculi.

A  somatic nervous system

B  cranial nerves

C  sympathetic nervous system

D  autonomic nervous system

E  parasympathetic nervous system

A  ATP

B  Sirt1

C  neurotrophins

D  All of these

E  human lifespan.

A  Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal

B  High Profile Axis

C  Hippocampus Pineal Anterior

D  Hippocampus Percentage Area

A  applied research.

B  biopsychological research.

C  correlational research.

D  pure research.

E  case-study research.

A  langurs.

B  new-world monkeys.

C  old-world monkeys.

D  primates.

A  memory.

B  IQ.

C  temperature regulation.

D  ability to tell time.

E    

F  attention.

A  deficiency in the awareness of parts of one’s own body.

B  form of Korsakoff’s syndrome.

C  dualistic philosophy.

D  consequence of hypothalamic damage.

E  learned response.

A  Parasympathetic Nervous System

B  Sympathetic Nervous System

C  Parasympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

D  Fight-Flight Response

E  Sympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

A  cognitive behavior.

B  neuroscience.

C  biopsychology.

D  neurophysiology.

E  behavioral psychology.

A  SNS and the CNS.

B  brain and the spinal cord.

C  PNS and the CNS.

D  ANS and the PNS.

E  ANS and the CNS.

A  converging operations.

B    

C  critical thinking.

D  comparative analysis.

E  scientific inference.

F  functional imaging.

A  convergent.

B  analogous.

C  convergent and homologous.

D  homologous.

E  analogous and homologous.

A  DNA methylation as an important epigenetic mechanism.

B  histone remodeling as an important mechanism by which experience can influence gene expression.

C  all of these

D  many active areas of nongene (junk) DNA.

E  various kinds of small RNA molecules.