Exam 1

A  cerebral angiography

B  pneumoencephalography

C  PET scans

D  CT scans

E  X-ray photography

A  implicit memories.

B  episodic memories.

C  explicit memories.

D  short-term memories.

E  semantic memories.

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

B  the dominant wavelength that it reflects.

C  all of these

D  the dominant wavelength that it reflects and its reflectance.

A  functional MRI

B  EEG

C  PET

D  CT

E  angiography

A  are more prevalent.

B  produce effects that take longer to develop.

C  produce longer lasting effects.

D  produce effects that are more diffuse.

E  all of these

A  respond to contrast.

B  have rectangular receptive fields.

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

D  all of these

E  are unresponsive to diffuse light.

A  dichotic listening test.

B  Psychiatric Test Inventory (PTI).

C  ERP

D  sodium amytal test.

E  WAIS.

A  exocytosis.

B  excitation.

C  expulsion.

D  synthesis.

E  metabolism.

A  on-center or off-center cells.

B  complex cells or hypercomplex cells.

C  type A or type B cells.

D  hypercomplex cells.

E  simple cells or complex cells.

A  the scotopic system.

B  rhodopsin.

C  rods.

D  the photopic system.

E  duplexity.

A  an efflux of sodium ions.

B  the arrival of an AP at the axon hillock.

C  the release of calcium ions from the buttons.

D  an influx of calcium ions.

E  the sodium-potassium pump.

A  all of these

B  none of the choices

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

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

A  lateral inhibition.

B  the complementary color afterimage demonstration.

C  color constancy.

D  the Mach band demonstration.

E  the cocktail sausage demonstration.

A  there is an EPSP.

B  its buttons are stimulated.

C  its sodium-potassium pumps are stimulated.

D  there is an IPSP.

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

A  all of these

B  none of the choices

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

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

A  PET

B  TMS

C  2-DG

D  EEG

E  ERP

A  ipsilaterally.

B  from top to bottom.

C  retinotopically.

D  from left to right.

E  on the basis of wavelength.

A  acetylcholine.

B  dopamine.

C  glutamate.

D  small-molecule neurotransmitters.

E  neuropeptides.

A  metabotropism.

B  ionotropism.

C  covalence.

D  coexistence.

E  cohabitation.

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

B  the subjects usually survive.

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

D  it produces lesions that can be reversed with drugs.

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

A  fMRI

B  MRI

C  PET

D  MEG

E  CT

A  all of these

B  fusiform face area.

C  frontal lobes.

D  dorsal stream.

E  hippocampus.

A  monoamines

B  indolamines

C  all of these

D  catecholamines

E  amino acids

A  PET

B  MRI

C  CT

D  EEG

E  angiography

A  secondary somatosensory cortex.

B  posterior parietal cortex.

C  inferotemporal cortex.

D  PAG.

E  anterior cingulate cortex.

A  straight lines.

B  circles.

C  contrast.

D  movement.

E  dots of light.

A  none of the choices

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

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

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

A  EPSPs.

B  IPSPs.

C  APs.

D  second messengers.

E  neurotransmitter.

A  nodes of Ranvier.

B  ligand-activated ion channels.

C  EPSPs.

D  myelin.

E  voltage-activated ion channels.

A  None of these

B  high SES.

C  low SES.

D  middle SES.

A  Resitance

B  Alarm Response

C  None of these

D  Exhaustion

A  Selye

B  HPA axis

C  SNS

D  PNS

A  neurons.

B  axons.

C  sulci.

D  glial cells.

E  oligodendroglia.

A  behaviorism is to ethology.

B  genetics is to experience and learning is to genetics.

C  learning is to genetics and behaviorism is to ethology.

D  learning is to genetics.

E  genetics is to experience.

A  stress

B  serotonin

C  dopamine

D  None of above.

A  immutable.

B  white.

C  gray.

D  static.

E  plastic.

A  lower, glucocorticoid

B  lower, blood

C  higher, glucocorticoid

D  zero, glucocorticoid

A  have tails.

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

C  do not have opposable thumbs.

D  do not have tails.

E  cannot walk upright for short distances.

A  neurons.

B  meninges.

C  myelin.

D  parts of the autonomic nervous system.

E  neuroglia.

A  thymine is to uracil.

B  thymine is to cytosine.

C  guanine is to uracil.

D  uracil is to guanine.

E  uracil is to thymine.

A  physiological psychology

B  neuropsychology

C  psychopharmacology

D  psychophysiology

E  clinical psychology

A  subarachnoid space.

B  all of these

C  lateral ventricles.

D  central canal.

E  none of these

A  mesencephalon.

B  medulla.

C  pituitary.

D  diencephalon.

E  brain stem.

A  psychology.

B  neurophysiology.

C  neuroscience.

D  neurochemistry.

E  biopsychology.

A  zeitgeist.

B  guano.

C  confounds.

D  canon.

E  converging operations.

A  None of above.

B  No

C  Reduced

D  Increased

A  cerebral hemispheres.

B  brain.

C  great cerebral commissure.

D  All of these

E  cerebellum.

A  mesencephalon

B  myelencephalon

C  telencephalon

D  medulla

E  metencephalon

A  dominants.

B  genotypes.

C  gametes.

D  phenotypes.

E  alleles.

A  immune system.

B  human lifespan.

C  hippocampus.

D  All of these

A  cerebral aqueduct.

B  substantia nigra.

C  red nucleus.

D  superior colliculi.

E  periaqueductal gray.

A  parasympathetic nervous system

B  autonomic nervous system

C  sympathetic nervous system

D  cranial nerves

E  somatic nervous system

A  Sirt1

B  neurotrophins

C  human lifespan.

D  ATP

E  All of these

A  Hippocampus Percentage Area

B  Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal

C  Hippocampus Pineal Anterior

D  High Profile Axis

A  applied research.

B  case-study research.

C  pure research.

D  biopsychological research.

E  correlational research.

A  old-world monkeys.

B  new-world monkeys.

C  langurs.

D  primates.

A    

B  ability to tell time.

C  IQ.

D  memory.

E  temperature regulation.

F  attention.

A  consequence of hypothalamic damage.

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

C  learned response.

D  form of Korsakoff’s syndrome.

E  dualistic philosophy.

A  Parasympathetic Nervous System

B  Parasympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

C  Sympathetic Nervous System

D  Fight-Flight Response

E  Sympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

A  cognitive behavior.

B  neuroscience.

C  behavioral psychology.

D  neurophysiology.

E  biopsychology.

A  SNS and the CNS.

B  ANS and the PNS.

C  ANS and the CNS.

D  brain and the spinal cord.

E  PNS and the CNS.

A  critical thinking.

B  scientific inference.

C  comparative analysis.

D    

E  functional imaging.

F  converging operations.

A  convergent and homologous.

B  analogous.

C  analogous and homologous.

D  convergent.

E  homologous.

A  various kinds of small RNA molecules.

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

C  many active areas of nongene (junk) DNA.

D  DNA methylation as an important epigenetic mechanism.

E  all of these