Exam 1

A  pneumoencephalography

B  X-ray photography

C  cerebral angiography

D  CT scans

E  PET scans

A  explicit memories.

B  implicit memories.

C  semantic memories.

D  short-term memories.

E  episodic memories.

A  all of these

B  the dominant wavelength that it reflects.

C  the dominant wavelength that it reflects and its reflectance.

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

A  PET

B  angiography

C  EEG

D  functional MRI

E  CT

A  produce effects that take longer to develop.

B  all of these

C  produce effects that are more diffuse.

D  are more prevalent.

E  produce longer lasting effects.

A  all of these

B  have rectangular receptive fields.

C  are unresponsive to diffuse light.

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

E  respond to contrast.

A  dichotic listening test.

B  WAIS.

C  Psychiatric Test Inventory (PTI).

D  sodium amytal test.

E  ERP

A  exocytosis.

B  excitation.

C  metabolism.

D  synthesis.

E  expulsion.

A  complex cells or hypercomplex cells.

B  hypercomplex cells.

C  on-center or off-center cells.

D  type A or type B cells.

E  simple cells or complex cells.

A  the scotopic system.

B  rhodopsin.

C  duplexity.

D  the photopic system.

E  rods.

A  an influx of calcium ions.

B  the sodium-potassium pump.

C  the arrival of an AP at the axon hillock.

D  the release of calcium ions from the buttons.

E  an efflux of sodium ions.

A  none of the choices

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

A  lateral inhibition.

B  the Mach band demonstration.

C  color constancy.

D  the cocktail sausage demonstration.

E  the complementary color afterimage demonstration.

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

B  its buttons are stimulated.

C  there is an EPSP.

D  there is an IPSP.

E  its sodium-potassium pumps are stimulated.

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

B  all of these

C  Na+ ions into neurons. K+ ions into neurons.

D  none of the choices

A  EEG

B  PET

C  2-DG

D  ERP

E  TMS

A  ipsilaterally.

B  from left to right.

C  from top to bottom.

D  on the basis of wavelength.

E  retinotopically.

A  dopamine.

B  glutamate.

C  neuropeptides.

D  small-molecule neurotransmitters.

E  acetylcholine.

A  metabotropism.

B  coexistence.

C  covalence.

D  cohabitation.

E  ionotropism.

A  it produces lesions that can be reversed with drugs.

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

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

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

E  the subjects usually survive.

A  CT

B  PET

C  MEG

D  fMRI

E  MRI

A  frontal lobes.

B  all of these

C  dorsal stream.

D  hippocampus.

E  fusiform face area.

A  indolamines

B  amino acids

C  all of these

D  monoamines

E  catecholamines

A  angiography

B  CT

C  PET

D  EEG

E  MRI

A  inferotemporal cortex.

B  secondary somatosensory cortex.

C  anterior cingulate cortex.

D  PAG.

E  posterior parietal cortex.

A  circles.

B  dots of light.

C  straight lines.

D  contrast.

E  movement.

A  none of the choices

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

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

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

A  APs.

B  second messengers.

C  EPSPs.

D  neurotransmitter.

E  IPSPs.

A  ligand-activated ion channels.

B  voltage-activated ion channels.

C  myelin.

D  EPSPs.

E  nodes of Ranvier.

A  high SES.

B  middle SES.

C  None of these

D  low SES.

A  Exhaustion

B  Resitance

C  Alarm Response

D  None of these

A  HPA axis

B  SNS

C  PNS

D  Selye

A  sulci.

B  oligodendroglia.

C  glial cells.

D  axons.

E  neurons.

A  genetics is to experience.

B  behaviorism is to ethology.

C  genetics is to experience and learning is to genetics.

D  learning is to genetics.

E  learning is to genetics and behaviorism is to ethology.

A  None of above.

B  dopamine

C  serotonin

D  stress

A  white.

B  immutable.

C  gray.

D  static.

E  plastic.

A  lower, blood

B  lower, glucocorticoid

C  higher, glucocorticoid

D  zero, glucocorticoid

A  cannot walk upright for short distances.

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

C  do not have opposable thumbs.

D  do not have tails.

E  have tails.

A  myelin.

B  neurons.

C  neuroglia.

D  parts of the autonomic nervous system.

E  meninges.

A  thymine is to uracil.

B  uracil is to thymine.

C  uracil is to guanine.

D  guanine is to uracil.

E  thymine is to cytosine.

A  psychopharmacology

B  psychophysiology

C  physiological psychology

D  clinical psychology

E  neuropsychology

A  none of these

B  lateral ventricles.

C  all of these

D  central canal.

E  subarachnoid space.

A  medulla.

B  pituitary.

C  brain stem.

D  mesencephalon.

E  diencephalon.

A  neuroscience.

B  psychology.

C  neurophysiology.

D  neurochemistry.

E  biopsychology.

A  canon.

B  zeitgeist.

C  confounds.

D  guano.

E  converging operations.

A  No

B  Reduced

C  Increased

D  None of above.

A  All of these

B  brain.

C  great cerebral commissure.

D  cerebellum.

E  cerebral hemispheres.

A  myelencephalon

B  mesencephalon

C  medulla

D  telencephalon

E  metencephalon

A  alleles.

B  gametes.

C  phenotypes.

D  dominants.

E  genotypes.

A  immune system.

B  hippocampus.

C  human lifespan.

D  All of these

A  substantia nigra.

B  red nucleus.

C  periaqueductal gray.

D  cerebral aqueduct.

E  superior colliculi.

A  somatic nervous system

B  autonomic nervous system

C  sympathetic nervous system

D  cranial nerves

E  parasympathetic nervous system

A  Sirt1

B  neurotrophins

C  ATP

D  human lifespan.

E  All of these

A  Hippocampus Percentage Area

B  Hippocampus Pineal Anterior

C  High Profile Axis

D  Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal

A  biopsychological research.

B  pure research.

C  case-study research.

D  correlational research.

E  applied research.

A  langurs.

B  new-world monkeys.

C  old-world monkeys.

D  primates.

A  ability to tell time.

B  memory.

C    

D  temperature regulation.

E  attention.

F  IQ.

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

B  form of Korsakoff’s syndrome.

C  dualistic philosophy.

D  learned response.

E  consequence of hypothalamic damage.

A  Sympathetic Nervous System

B  Fight-Flight Response

C  Parasympathetic Nervous System

D  Sympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

E  Parasympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

A  neurophysiology.

B  neuroscience.

C  cognitive behavior.

D  biopsychology.

E  behavioral psychology.

A  PNS and the CNS.

B  brain and the spinal cord.

C  ANS and the PNS.

D  SNS and the CNS.

E  ANS and the CNS.

A  critical thinking.

B  comparative analysis.

C  functional imaging.

D  converging operations.

E    

F  scientific inference.

A  homologous.

B  convergent.

C  analogous and homologous.

D  analogous.

E  convergent and homologous.

A  various kinds of small RNA molecules.

B  many active areas of nongene (junk) DNA.

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

D  all of these

E  DNA methylation as an important epigenetic mechanism.