Exam 1

A  pneumoencephalography

B  X-ray photography

C  cerebral angiography

D  PET scans

E  CT scans

A  implicit memories.

B  short-term memories.

C  episodic memories.

D  semantic memories.

E  explicit memories.

A  the dominant wavelength that it reflects.

B  all of these

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  functional MRI

B  angiography

C  EEG

D  PET

E  CT

A  produce effects that take longer to develop.

B  produce effects that are more diffuse.

C  are more prevalent.

D  produce longer lasting effects.

E  all of these

A  respond to contrast.

B  all of these

C  are unresponsive to diffuse light.

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

E  have rectangular receptive fields.

A  WAIS.

B  sodium amytal test.

C  ERP

D  dichotic listening test.

E  Psychiatric Test Inventory (PTI).

A  exocytosis.

B  synthesis.

C  expulsion.

D  excitation.

E  metabolism.

A  on-center or off-center cells.

B  complex cells or hypercomplex cells.

C  simple cells or complex cells.

D  hypercomplex cells.

E  type A or type B cells.

A  rods.

B  rhodopsin.

C  duplexity.

D  the scotopic system.

E  the photopic system.

A  the sodium-potassium pump.

B  the arrival of an AP at the axon hillock.

C  the release of calcium ions from the buttons.

D  an efflux of sodium ions.

E  an influx of calcium ions.

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

B  all of these

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  the cocktail sausage demonstration.

B  the Mach band demonstration.

C  the complementary color afterimage demonstration.

D  lateral inhibition.

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  there is an EPSP.

D  its buttons are stimulated.

E  its sodium-potassium pumps are stimulated.

A  none of the choices

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

C  all of these

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

A  TMS

B  2-DG

C  EEG

D  ERP

E  PET

A  from left to right.

B  ipsilaterally.

C  retinotopically.

D  from top to bottom.

E  on the basis of wavelength.

A  dopamine.

B  neuropeptides.

C  glutamate.

D  small-molecule neurotransmitters.

E  acetylcholine.

A  ionotropism.

B  covalence.

C  coexistence.

D  cohabitation.

E  metabotropism.

A  it produces lesions that can be reversed with drugs.

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  the damage that it produces lasts only a few weeks.

A  fMRI

B  MRI

C  PET

D  MEG

E  CT

A  dorsal stream.

B  all of these

C  hippocampus.

D  fusiform face area.

E  frontal lobes.

A  catecholamines

B  indolamines

C  amino acids

D  monoamines

E  all of these

A  CT

B  EEG

C  PET

D  angiography

E  MRI

A  PAG.

B  secondary somatosensory cortex.

C  posterior parietal cortex.

D  anterior cingulate cortex.

E  inferotemporal cortex.

A  contrast.

B  movement.

C  dots of light.

D  straight lines.

E  circles.

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  APs.

B  neurotransmitter.

C  EPSPs.

D  second messengers.

E  IPSPs.

A  EPSPs.

B  ligand-activated ion channels.

C  nodes of Ranvier.

D  myelin.

E  voltage-activated ion channels.

A  None of these

B  middle SES.

C  low SES.

D  high SES.

A  None of these

B  Resitance

C  Exhaustion

D  Alarm Response

A  SNS

B  HPA axis

C  Selye

D  PNS

A  axons.

B  oligodendroglia.

C  neurons.

D  sulci.

E  glial cells.

A  behaviorism is to ethology.

B  genetics is to experience and learning is to genetics.

C  learning is to genetics.

D  genetics is to experience.

E  learning is to genetics and behaviorism is to ethology.

A  serotonin

B  stress

C  dopamine

D  None of above.

A  static.

B  white.

C  immutable.

D  gray.

E  plastic.

A  higher, glucocorticoid

B  lower, glucocorticoid

C  zero, glucocorticoid

D  lower, blood

A  do not have opposable thumbs.

B  do not have tails.

C  cannot walk upright for short distances.

D  have tails.

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

A  myelin.

B  parts of the autonomic nervous system.

C  neuroglia.

D  neurons.

E  meninges.

A  guanine is to uracil.

B  uracil is to guanine.

C  thymine is to cytosine.

D  thymine is to uracil.

E  uracil is to thymine.

A  neuropsychology

B  psychopharmacology

C  psychophysiology

D  physiological psychology

E  clinical psychology

A  none of these

B  central canal.

C  lateral ventricles.

D  subarachnoid space.

E  all of these

A  diencephalon.

B  medulla.

C  brain stem.

D  mesencephalon.

E  pituitary.

A  biopsychology.

B  neurophysiology.

C  neuroscience.

D  neurochemistry.

E  psychology.

A  canon.

B  converging operations.

C  zeitgeist.

D  confounds.

E  guano.

A  None of above.

B  Increased

C  No

D  Reduced

A  great cerebral commissure.

B  cerebral hemispheres.

C  All of these

D  cerebellum.

E  brain.

A  mesencephalon

B  metencephalon

C  myelencephalon

D  telencephalon

E  medulla

A  phenotypes.

B  alleles.

C  dominants.

D  genotypes.

E  gametes.

A  human lifespan.

B  All of these

C  immune system.

D  hippocampus.

A  periaqueductal gray.

B  cerebral aqueduct.

C  superior colliculi.

D  red nucleus.

E  substantia nigra.

A  parasympathetic nervous system

B  autonomic nervous system

C  cranial nerves

D  somatic nervous system

E  sympathetic nervous system

A  All of these

B  ATP

C  human lifespan.

D  Sirt1

E  neurotrophins

A  Hippocampus Percentage Area

B  Hippocampus Pineal Anterior

C  High Profile Axis

D  Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal

A  case-study research.

B  biopsychological research.

C  correlational research.

D  pure research.

E  applied research.

A  primates.

B  old-world monkeys.

C  new-world monkeys.

D  langurs.

A  attention.

B  ability to tell time.

C  temperature regulation.

D  memory.

E  IQ.

F    

A  consequence of hypothalamic damage.

B  dualistic philosophy.

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

D  form of Korsakoff’s syndrome.

E  learned response.

A  Parasympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

B  Parasympathetic Nervous System

C  Sympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

D  Sympathetic Nervous System

E  Fight-Flight Response

A  cognitive behavior.

B  biopsychology.

C  neuroscience.

D  neurophysiology.

E  behavioral psychology.

A  SNS and the CNS.

B  brain and the spinal cord.

C  PNS and the CNS.

D  ANS and the CNS.

E  ANS and the PNS.

A  functional imaging.

B  converging operations.

C  critical thinking.

D    

E  comparative analysis.

F  scientific inference.

A  convergent.

B  convergent and homologous.

C  analogous and homologous.

D  analogous.

E  homologous.

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

B  many active areas of nongene (junk) DNA.

C  all of these

D  various kinds of small RNA molecules.

E  DNA methylation as an important epigenetic mechanism.