Exam 1

A  CT scans

B  X-ray photography

C  cerebral angiography

D  pneumoencephalography

E  PET scans

A  semantic memories.

B  short-term memories.

C  implicit memories.

D  explicit memories.

E  episodic 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  CT

C  EEG

D  angiography

E  functional MRI

A  are more prevalent.

B  produce effects that are more diffuse.

C  all of these

D  produce effects that take longer to develop.

E  produce longer lasting effects.

A  have rectangular receptive fields.

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

C  all of these

D  are unresponsive to diffuse light.

E  respond to contrast.

A  ERP

B  sodium amytal test.

C  Psychiatric Test Inventory (PTI).

D  WAIS.

E  dichotic listening test.

A  metabolism.

B  exocytosis.

C  expulsion.

D  excitation.

E  synthesis.

A  hypercomplex cells.

B  complex cells or 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  duplexity.

C  the photopic system.

D  rods.

E  rhodopsin.

A  the sodium-potassium pump.

B  the arrival of an AP at the axon hillock.

C  an efflux of sodium ions.

D  the release of calcium ions from the buttons.

E  an influx of calcium ions.

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

B  none of the choices

C  all of these

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

A  the Mach band demonstration.

B  color constancy.

C  the complementary color afterimage demonstration.

D  lateral inhibition.

E  the cocktail sausage demonstration.

A  its buttons are stimulated.

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

C  its sodium-potassium pumps are stimulated.

D  there is an EPSP.

E  there is an IPSP.

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  2-DG

B  ERP

C  PET

D  EEG

E  TMS

A  ipsilaterally.

B  on the basis of wavelength.

C  retinotopically.

D  from left to right.

E  from top to bottom.

A  small-molecule neurotransmitters.

B  acetylcholine.

C  neuropeptides.

D  glutamate.

E  dopamine.

A  coexistence.

B  covalence.

C  metabotropism.

D  ionotropism.

E  cohabitation.

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

B  it produces lesions that can be reversed with drugs.

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  MRI

B  CT

C  PET

D  fMRI

E  MEG

A  all of these

B  fusiform face area.

C  hippocampus.

D  dorsal stream.

E  frontal lobes.

A  catecholamines

B  all of these

C  indolamines

D  amino acids

E  monoamines

A  EEG

B  PET

C  CT

D  MRI

E  angiography

A  posterior parietal cortex.

B  inferotemporal cortex.

C  PAG.

D  secondary somatosensory cortex.

E  anterior cingulate cortex.

A  movement.

B  straight lines.

C  contrast.

D  dots of light.

E  circles.

A  none of the choices

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

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

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

A  EPSPs.

B  APs.

C  IPSPs.

D  neurotransmitter.

E  second messengers.

A  nodes of Ranvier.

B  myelin.

C  voltage-activated ion channels.

D  ligand-activated ion channels.

E  EPSPs.

A  high SES.

B  low SES.

C  middle SES.

D  None of these

A  Exhaustion

B  Resitance

C  None of these

D  Alarm Response

A  SNS

B  PNS

C  Selye

D  HPA axis

A  axons.

B  neurons.

C  oligodendroglia.

D  glial cells.

E  sulci.

A  learning is to genetics and behaviorism is to ethology.

B  genetics is to experience and learning is to genetics.

C  behaviorism is to ethology.

D  genetics is to experience.

E  learning is to genetics.

A  stress

B  None of above.

C  dopamine

D  serotonin

A  static.

B  plastic.

C  immutable.

D  white.

E  gray.

A  lower, glucocorticoid

B  zero, glucocorticoid

C  lower, blood

D  higher, glucocorticoid

A  do not have tails.

B  do not have opposable thumbs.

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

D  cannot walk upright for short distances.

E  have tails.

A  parts of the autonomic nervous system.

B  neuroglia.

C  myelin.

D  neurons.

E  meninges.

A  thymine is to uracil.

B  uracil is to guanine.

C  guanine is to uracil.

D  thymine is to cytosine.

E  uracil is to thymine.

A  clinical psychology

B  psychophysiology

C  psychopharmacology

D  neuropsychology

E  physiological psychology

A  none of these

B  lateral ventricles.

C  subarachnoid space.

D  all of these

E  central canal.

A  medulla.

B  diencephalon.

C  brain stem.

D  mesencephalon.

E  pituitary.

A  neuroscience.

B  psychology.

C  biopsychology.

D  neurophysiology.

E  neurochemistry.

A  converging operations.

B  guano.

C  confounds.

D  canon.

E  zeitgeist.

A  No

B  Increased

C  Reduced

D  None of above.

A  cerebellum.

B  brain.

C  cerebral hemispheres.

D  All of these

E  great cerebral commissure.

A  telencephalon

B  myelencephalon

C  mesencephalon

D  medulla

E  metencephalon

A  alleles.

B  phenotypes.

C  gametes.

D  dominants.

E  genotypes.

A  human lifespan.

B  immune system.

C  All of these

D  hippocampus.

A  red nucleus.

B  periaqueductal gray.

C  substantia nigra.

D  cerebral aqueduct.

E  superior colliculi.

A  sympathetic nervous system

B  autonomic nervous system

C  somatic nervous system

D  parasympathetic nervous system

E  cranial nerves

A  neurotrophins

B  All of these

C  human lifespan.

D  ATP

E  Sirt1

A  Hippocampus Percentage Area

B  High Profile Axis

C  Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal

D  Hippocampus Pineal Anterior

A  biopsychological research.

B  correlational research.

C  applied research.

D  case-study research.

E  pure research.

A  new-world monkeys.

B  old-world monkeys.

C  langurs.

D  primates.

A  temperature regulation.

B  IQ.

C    

D  ability to tell time.

E  memory.

F  attention.

A  learned response.

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

C  dualistic philosophy.

D  form of Korsakoff’s syndrome.

E  consequence of hypothalamic damage.

A  Fight-Flight Response

B  Parasympathetic Nervous System

C  Parasympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

D  Sympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

E  Sympathetic Nervous System

A  neurophysiology.

B  biopsychology.

C  neuroscience.

D  behavioral psychology.

E  cognitive behavior.

A  brain and the spinal cord.

B  SNS and the CNS.

C  PNS and the CNS.

D  ANS and the PNS.

E  ANS and the CNS.

A  functional imaging.

B  converging operations.

C  critical thinking.

D    

E  comparative analysis.

F  scientific inference.

A  convergent.

B  homologous.

C  analogous and homologous.

D  convergent and homologous.

E  analogous.

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

B  various kinds of small RNA molecules.

C  DNA methylation as an important epigenetic mechanism.

D  many active areas of nongene (junk) DNA.

E  all of these