Exam 1

A  pneumoencephalography

B  PET scans

C  X-ray photography

D  CT scans

E  cerebral angiography

A  explicit memories.

B  episodic memories.

C  short-term memories.

D  semantic memories.

E  implicit memories.

A  all of these

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  the dominant wavelength that it reflects.

A  PET

B  functional MRI

C  angiography

D  CT

E  EEG

A  are more prevalent.

B  produce longer lasting effects.

C  produce effects that take longer to develop.

D  produce effects that are more diffuse.

E  all of these

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

B  all of these

C  are unresponsive to diffuse light.

D  respond to contrast.

E  have rectangular receptive fields.

A  WAIS.

B  dichotic listening test.

C  Psychiatric Test Inventory (PTI).

D  ERP

E  sodium amytal test.

A  exocytosis.

B  metabolism.

C  expulsion.

D  excitation.

E  synthesis.

A  complex cells or hypercomplex cells.

B  on-center or off-center cells.

C  simple cells or complex cells.

D  hypercomplex cells.

E  type A or type B cells.

A  duplexity.

B  the scotopic system.

C  the photopic system.

D  rhodopsin.

E  rods.

A  an influx of calcium ions.

B  the arrival of an AP at the axon hillock.

C  the sodium-potassium pump.

D  an efflux of sodium ions.

E  the release of calcium ions from the buttons.

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  none of the choices

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

A  color constancy.

B  the cocktail sausage demonstration.

C  the complementary color afterimage demonstration.

D  the Mach band demonstration.

E  lateral inhibition.

A  there is an EPSP.

B  its buttons are stimulated.

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

D  there is an IPSP.

E  its sodium-potassium pumps are stimulated.

A  none of the choices

B  Na+ ions into neurons. K+ ions into neurons.

C  all of these

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

A  ERP

B  TMS

C  PET

D  EEG

E  2-DG

A  from top to bottom.

B  on the basis of wavelength.

C  ipsilaterally.

D  retinotopically.

E  from left to right.

A  neuropeptides.

B  glutamate.

C  dopamine.

D  acetylcholine.

E  small-molecule neurotransmitters.

A  cohabitation.

B  ionotropism.

C  coexistence.

D  metabotropism.

E  covalence.

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

B  the subjects usually survive.

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

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

E  it produces lesions that can be reversed with drugs.

A  CT

B  PET

C  MRI

D  fMRI

E  MEG

A  dorsal stream.

B  frontal lobes.

C  fusiform face area.

D  hippocampus.

E  all of these

A  all of these

B  monoamines

C  indolamines

D  catecholamines

E  amino acids

A  MRI

B  angiography

C  PET

D  CT

E  EEG

A  anterior cingulate cortex.

B  posterior parietal cortex.

C  inferotemporal cortex.

D  secondary somatosensory cortex.

E  PAG.

A  movement.

B  straight lines.

C  contrast.

D  dots of light.

E  circles.

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

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

C  none of the choices

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

A  neurotransmitter.

B  IPSPs.

C  EPSPs.

D  second messengers.

E  APs.

A  voltage-activated ion channels.

B  nodes of Ranvier.

C  ligand-activated ion channels.

D  myelin.

E  EPSPs.

A  middle SES.

B  low SES.

C  high SES.

D  None of these

A  None of these

B  Alarm Response

C  Exhaustion

D  Resitance

A  Selye

B  HPA axis

C  SNS

D  PNS

A  sulci.

B  axons.

C  oligodendroglia.

D  glial cells.

E  neurons.

A  genetics is to experience and learning is to genetics.

B  behaviorism is to ethology.

C  learning is to genetics and behaviorism is to ethology.

D  genetics is to experience.

E  learning is to genetics.

A  None of above.

B  stress

C  dopamine

D  serotonin

A  static.

B  white.

C  plastic.

D  gray.

E  immutable.

A  lower, blood

B  lower, glucocorticoid

C  higher, glucocorticoid

D  zero, glucocorticoid

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

B  do not have tails.

C  cannot walk upright for short distances.

D  have tails.

E  do not have opposable thumbs.

A  myelin.

B  parts of the autonomic nervous system.

C  meninges.

D  neurons.

E  neuroglia.

A  uracil is to thymine.

B  thymine is to cytosine.

C  guanine is to uracil.

D  uracil is to guanine.

E  thymine is to uracil.

A  psychophysiology

B  neuropsychology

C  psychopharmacology

D  clinical psychology

E  physiological psychology

A  none of these

B  lateral ventricles.

C  subarachnoid space.

D  central canal.

E  all of these

A  medulla.

B  brain stem.

C  pituitary.

D  mesencephalon.

E  diencephalon.

A  biopsychology.

B  neuroscience.

C  neurochemistry.

D  psychology.

E  neurophysiology.

A  confounds.

B  converging operations.

C  canon.

D  zeitgeist.

E  guano.

A  None of above.

B  Reduced

C  No

D  Increased

A  All of these

B  cerebral hemispheres.

C  brain.

D  great cerebral commissure.

E  cerebellum.

A  medulla

B  metencephalon

C  telencephalon

D  myelencephalon

E  mesencephalon

A  gametes.

B  dominants.

C  alleles.

D  genotypes.

E  phenotypes.

A  human lifespan.

B  immune system.

C  All of these

D  hippocampus.

A  periaqueductal gray.

B  superior colliculi.

C  cerebral aqueduct.

D  red nucleus.

E  substantia nigra.

A  somatic nervous system

B  autonomic nervous system

C  cranial nerves

D  parasympathetic nervous system

E  sympathetic nervous system

A  human lifespan.

B  All of these

C  ATP

D  Sirt1

E  neurotrophins

A  High Profile Axis

B  Hippocampus Percentage Area

C  Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal

D  Hippocampus Pineal Anterior

A  applied research.

B  biopsychological research.

C  case-study research.

D  correlational research.

E  pure research.

A  old-world monkeys.

B  new-world monkeys.

C  primates.

D  langurs.

A  attention.

B  temperature regulation.

C  ability to tell time.

D    

E  IQ.

F  memory.

A  learned response.

B  consequence of hypothalamic damage.

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

D  dualistic philosophy.

E  form of Korsakoff’s syndrome.

A  Parasympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

B  Parasympathetic Nervous System

C  Fight-Flight Response

D  Sympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

E  Sympathetic Nervous System

A  biopsychology.

B  neurophysiology.

C  neuroscience.

D  cognitive behavior.

E  behavioral psychology.

A  ANS and the CNS.

B  PNS and the CNS.

C  SNS and the CNS.

D  brain and the spinal cord.

E  ANS and the PNS.

A  scientific inference.

B  comparative analysis.

C  converging operations.

D  functional imaging.

E  critical thinking.

F    

A  convergent.

B  homologous.

C  analogous.

D  convergent and homologous.

E  analogous and homologous.

A  DNA methylation as an important epigenetic mechanism.

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  various kinds of small RNA molecules.