Exam 1

A  pneumoencephalography

B  cerebral angiography

C  PET scans

D  X-ray photography

E  CT scans

A  explicit memories.

B  episodic memories.

C  implicit memories.

D  semantic memories.

E  short-term memories.

A  the dominant wavelength that it reflects and its reflectance.

B  the dominant wavelength that it reflects.

C  all of these

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

A  CT

B  EEG

C  angiography

D  PET

E  functional MRI

A  produce longer lasting effects.

B  are more prevalent.

C  produce effects that take longer to develop.

D  all of these

E  produce effects that are more diffuse.

A  have rectangular receptive fields.

B  are unresponsive to diffuse light.

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

D  all of these

E  respond to contrast.

A  dichotic listening test.

B  WAIS.

C  sodium amytal test.

D  Psychiatric Test Inventory (PTI).

E  ERP

A  synthesis.

B  excitation.

C  exocytosis.

D  expulsion.

E  metabolism.

A  hypercomplex cells.

B  complex cells or hypercomplex cells.

C  simple cells or complex cells.

D  type A or type B cells.

E  on-center or off-center cells.

A  the photopic system.

B  the scotopic system.

C  rhodopsin.

D  duplexity.

E  rods.

A  an efflux of sodium ions.

B  an influx of calcium ions.

C  the arrival of an AP at the axon hillock.

D  the sodium-potassium pump.

E  the release of calcium ions from the buttons.

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

B  none of the choices

C  all of these

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

A  the complementary color afterimage demonstration.

B  the Mach band demonstration.

C  lateral inhibition.

D  the cocktail sausage demonstration.

E  color constancy.

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

B  there is an IPSP.

C  its buttons are stimulated.

D  there is an EPSP.

E  its sodium-potassium pumps are stimulated.

A  none of the choices

B  all of these

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

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

A  ERP

B  EEG

C  PET

D  TMS

E  2-DG

A  ipsilaterally.

B  on the basis of wavelength.

C  from left to right.

D  retinotopically.

E  from top to bottom.

A  small-molecule neurotransmitters.

B  glutamate.

C  acetylcholine.

D  neuropeptides.

E  dopamine.

A  ionotropism.

B  coexistence.

C  cohabitation.

D  metabotropism.

E  covalence.

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

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

C  the subjects usually survive.

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

E  it produces lesions that can be reversed with drugs.

A  MRI

B  MEG

C  CT

D  PET

E  fMRI

A  fusiform face area.

B  all of these

C  dorsal stream.

D  hippocampus.

E  frontal lobes.

A  all of these

B  amino acids

C  indolamines

D  monoamines

E  catecholamines

A  MRI

B  CT

C  angiography

D  PET

E  EEG

A  anterior cingulate cortex.

B  inferotemporal cortex.

C  posterior parietal cortex.

D  secondary somatosensory cortex.

E  PAG.

A  circles.

B  dots of light.

C  straight lines.

D  contrast.

E  movement.

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

B  none of the choices

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

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

A  neurotransmitter.

B  IPSPs.

C  APs.

D  second messengers.

E  EPSPs.

A  ligand-activated ion channels.

B  nodes of Ranvier.

C  EPSPs.

D  myelin.

E  voltage-activated ion channels.

A  None of these

B  middle SES.

C  high SES.

D  low SES.

A  Resitance

B  None of these

C  Alarm Response

D  Exhaustion

A  PNS

B  HPA axis

C  SNS

D  Selye

A  sulci.

B  neurons.

C  oligodendroglia.

D  glial cells.

E  axons.

A  learning is to genetics.

B  learning is to genetics and behaviorism is to ethology.

C  genetics is to experience and learning is to genetics.

D  genetics is to experience.

E  behaviorism is to ethology.

A  serotonin

B  dopamine

C  None of above.

D  stress

A  gray.

B  immutable.

C  static.

D  white.

E  plastic.

A  lower, glucocorticoid

B  higher, glucocorticoid

C  lower, blood

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  have tails.

E  do not have tails.

A  parts of the autonomic nervous system.

B  myelin.

C  neuroglia.

D  neurons.

E  meninges.

A  uracil is to thymine.

B  uracil is to guanine.

C  thymine is to uracil.

D  thymine is to cytosine.

E  guanine is to uracil.

A  psychopharmacology

B  physiological psychology

C  neuropsychology

D  psychophysiology

E  clinical psychology

A  central canal.

B  all of these

C  lateral ventricles.

D  none of these

E  subarachnoid space.

A  medulla.

B  diencephalon.

C  mesencephalon.

D  pituitary.

E  brain stem.

A  neuroscience.

B  psychology.

C  biopsychology.

D  neurochemistry.

E  neurophysiology.

A  converging operations.

B  guano.

C  zeitgeist.

D  confounds.

E  canon.

A  Reduced

B  No

C  Increased

D  None of above.

A  cerebral hemispheres.

B  cerebellum.

C  great cerebral commissure.

D  brain.

E  All of these

A  mesencephalon

B  myelencephalon

C  telencephalon

D  medulla

E  metencephalon

A  phenotypes.

B  dominants.

C  gametes.

D  alleles.

E  genotypes.

A  immune system.

B  human lifespan.

C  hippocampus.

D  All of these

A  red nucleus.

B  substantia nigra.

C  superior colliculi.

D  periaqueductal gray.

E  cerebral aqueduct.

A  sympathetic nervous system

B  somatic nervous system

C  autonomic nervous system

D  parasympathetic nervous system

E  cranial nerves

A  ATP

B  human lifespan.

C  Sirt1

D  All of these

E  neurotrophins

A  Hippocampus Percentage Area

B  Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal

C  Hippocampus Pineal Anterior

D  High Profile Axis

A  biopsychological research.

B  applied research.

C  case-study research.

D  correlational research.

E  pure research.

A  primates.

B  langurs.

C  new-world monkeys.

D  old-world monkeys.

A  ability to tell time.

B  temperature regulation.

C  attention.

D  memory.

E    

F  IQ.

A  dualistic philosophy.

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

C  form of Korsakoff’s syndrome.

D  learned response.

E  consequence of hypothalamic damage.

A  Parasympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

B  Parasympathetic Nervous System

C  Sympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

D  Fight-Flight Response

E  Sympathetic Nervous System

A  neuroscience.

B  cognitive behavior.

C  behavioral psychology.

D  biopsychology.

E  neurophysiology.

A  ANS and the PNS.

B  brain and the spinal cord.

C  PNS and the CNS.

D  ANS and the CNS.

E  SNS and the CNS.

A    

B  comparative analysis.

C  functional imaging.

D  scientific inference.

E  critical thinking.

F  converging operations.

A  analogous.

B  convergent and homologous.

C  convergent.

D  analogous and homologous.

E  homologous.

A  many active areas of nongene (junk) DNA.

B  all of these

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

D  various kinds of small RNA molecules.

E  DNA methylation as an important epigenetic mechanism.