Exam 1

A  CT scans

B  cerebral angiography

C  X-ray photography

D  pneumoencephalography

E  PET scans

A  semantic memories.

B  explicit memories.

C  short-term memories.

D  episodic memories.

E  implicit 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  angiography

C  EEG

D  functional MRI

E  PET

A  produce effects that are more diffuse.

B  are more prevalent.

C  all of these

D  produce longer lasting effects.

E  produce effects that take longer to develop.

A  have rectangular receptive fields.

B  are unresponsive to diffuse light.

C  all of these

D  respond to contrast.

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

A  sodium amytal test.

B  ERP

C  dichotic listening test.

D  Psychiatric Test Inventory (PTI).

E  WAIS.

A  metabolism.

B  synthesis.

C  expulsion.

D  excitation.

E  exocytosis.

A  complex cells or hypercomplex cells.

B  on-center or off-center cells.

C  hypercomplex cells.

D  type A or type B cells.

E  simple cells or complex cells.

A  rods.

B  the photopic system.

C  the scotopic system.

D  duplexity.

E  rhodopsin.

A  the arrival of an AP at the axon hillock.

B  the release of calcium ions from the buttons.

C  an influx of calcium ions.

D  an efflux of sodium ions.

E  the sodium-potassium pump.

A  all of these

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

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 complementary color afterimage demonstration.

B  the Mach band demonstration.

C  the cocktail sausage demonstration.

D  lateral inhibition.

E  color constancy.

A  its sodium-potassium pumps are stimulated.

B  there is an EPSP.

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

D  there is an IPSP.

E  its buttons are stimulated.

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

B  none of the choices

C  all of these

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

A  TMS

B  EEG

C  ERP

D  2-DG

E  PET

A  retinotopically.

B  ipsilaterally.

C  from left to right.

D  from top to bottom.

E  on the basis of wavelength.

A  small-molecule neurotransmitters.

B  glutamate.

C  acetylcholine.

D  dopamine.

E  neuropeptides.

A  covalence.

B  metabotropism.

C  ionotropism.

D  cohabitation.

E  coexistence.

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

B  the subjects usually survive.

C  it produces lesions that can be reversed with drugs.

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  fMRI

C  CT

D  MRI

E  MEG

A  all of these

B  fusiform face area.

C  frontal lobes.

D  dorsal stream.

E  hippocampus.

A  all of these

B  amino acids

C  monoamines

D  catecholamines

E  indolamines

A  CT

B  angiography

C  EEG

D  PET

E  MRI

A  secondary somatosensory cortex.

B  inferotemporal cortex.

C  anterior cingulate cortex.

D  posterior parietal cortex.

E  PAG.

A  circles.

B  movement.

C  straight lines.

D  contrast.

E  dots of light.

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

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

C  none of the choices

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

A  neurotransmitter.

B  IPSPs.

C  EPSPs.

D  APs.

E  second messengers.

A  voltage-activated ion channels.

B  EPSPs.

C  myelin.

D  ligand-activated ion channels.

E  nodes of Ranvier.

A  middle SES.

B  high SES.

C  None of these

D  low SES.

A  Exhaustion

B  Resitance

C  None of these

D  Alarm Response

A  SNS

B  HPA axis

C  Selye

D  PNS

A  axons.

B  oligodendroglia.

C  sulci.

D  glial cells.

E  neurons.

A  learning is to genetics and behaviorism is to ethology.

B  learning is to genetics.

C  genetics is to experience and learning is to genetics.

D  behaviorism is to ethology.

E  genetics is to experience.

A  serotonin

B  dopamine

C  None of above.

D  stress

A  gray.

B  plastic.

C  immutable.

D  white.

E  static.

A  lower, blood

B  zero, glucocorticoid

C  higher, glucocorticoid

D  lower, glucocorticoid

A  do not have opposable thumbs.

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

C  have tails.

D  do not have tails.

E  cannot walk upright for short distances.

A  parts of the autonomic nervous system.

B  myelin.

C  neuroglia.

D  meninges.

E  neurons.

A  guanine is to uracil.

B  thymine is to uracil.

C  thymine is to cytosine.

D  uracil is to guanine.

E  uracil is to thymine.

A  physiological psychology

B  clinical psychology

C  neuropsychology

D  psychophysiology

E  psychopharmacology

A  all of these

B  subarachnoid space.

C  lateral ventricles.

D  central canal.

E  none of these

A  brain stem.

B  diencephalon.

C  mesencephalon.

D  medulla.

E  pituitary.

A  biopsychology.

B  neurophysiology.

C  psychology.

D  neurochemistry.

E  neuroscience.

A  guano.

B  confounds.

C  canon.

D  zeitgeist.

E  converging operations.

A  Increased

B  Reduced

C  None of above.

D  No

A  cerebellum.

B  All of these

C  great cerebral commissure.

D  cerebral hemispheres.

E  brain.

A  myelencephalon

B  metencephalon

C  telencephalon

D  medulla

E  mesencephalon

A  dominants.

B  genotypes.

C  gametes.

D  alleles.

E  phenotypes.

A  All of these

B  immune system.

C  hippocampus.

D  human lifespan.

A  cerebral aqueduct.

B  periaqueductal gray.

C  substantia nigra.

D  red nucleus.

E  superior colliculi.

A  sympathetic nervous system

B  somatic nervous system

C  autonomic nervous system

D  cranial nerves

E  parasympathetic nervous system

A  human lifespan.

B  ATP

C  Sirt1

D  All of these

E  neurotrophins

A  Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal

B  Hippocampus Percentage Area

C  Hippocampus Pineal Anterior

D  High Profile Axis

A  pure research.

B  case-study research.

C  applied research.

D  biopsychological research.

E  correlational research.

A  primates.

B  new-world monkeys.

C  old-world monkeys.

D  langurs.

A  IQ.

B  ability to tell time.

C  memory.

D  temperature regulation.

E    

F  attention.

A  learned response.

B  consequence of hypothalamic damage.

C  dualistic philosophy.

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

E  form of Korsakoff’s syndrome.

A  Fight-Flight Response

B  Parasympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

C  Sympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

D  Sympathetic Nervous System

E  Parasympathetic Nervous System

A  biopsychology.

B  behavioral psychology.

C  neurophysiology.

D  cognitive behavior.

E  neuroscience.

A  PNS and the CNS.

B  ANS and the PNS.

C  SNS and the CNS.

D  ANS and the CNS.

E  brain and the spinal cord.

A  critical thinking.

B  comparative analysis.

C  converging operations.

D  functional imaging.

E  scientific inference.

F    

A  analogous and homologous.

B  convergent.

C  convergent and homologous.

D  homologous.

E  analogous.

A  many active areas of nongene (junk) DNA.

B  various kinds of small RNA molecules.

C  all of these

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

E  DNA methylation as an important epigenetic mechanism.