Exam 1

A  cerebral angiography

B  pneumoencephalography

C  X-ray photography

D  PET scans

E  CT scans

A  short-term memories.

B  explicit memories.

C  episodic memories.

D  implicit memories.

E  semantic 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  PET

C  CT

D  EEG

E  angiography

A  all of these

B  produce effects that take longer to develop.

C  are more prevalent.

D  produce longer lasting effects.

E  produce effects that are more diffuse.

A  have rectangular receptive fields.

B  all of these

C  respond to contrast.

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

E  are unresponsive to diffuse light.

A  sodium amytal test.

B  Psychiatric Test Inventory (PTI).

C  WAIS.

D  ERP

E  dichotic listening test.

A  excitation.

B  exocytosis.

C  expulsion.

D  synthesis.

E  metabolism.

A  hypercomplex cells.

B  on-center or off-center cells.

C  type A or type B cells.

D  simple cells or complex cells.

E  complex cells or hypercomplex cells.

A  the scotopic system.

B  rods.

C  rhodopsin.

D  the photopic system.

E  duplexity.

A  the release of calcium ions from the buttons.

B  the arrival of an AP at the axon hillock.

C  the sodium-potassium pump.

D  an efflux of sodium ions.

E  an influx of calcium ions.

A  none of the choices

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

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

D  all of these

A  color constancy.

B  the complementary color afterimage demonstration.

C  the Mach band demonstration.

D  the cocktail sausage demonstration.

E  lateral inhibition.

A  there is an IPSP.

B  its sodium-potassium pumps are stimulated.

C  there is an EPSP.

D  its buttons are stimulated.

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

A  Na+ ions into neurons. K+ ions into neurons.

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

C  all of these

D  none of the choices

A  PET

B  ERP

C  EEG

D  TMS

E  2-DG

A  from top to bottom.

B  from left to right.

C  retinotopically.

D  ipsilaterally.

E  on the basis of wavelength.

A  glutamate.

B  small-molecule neurotransmitters.

C  acetylcholine.

D  neuropeptides.

E  dopamine.

A  ionotropism.

B  cohabitation.

C  metabotropism.

D  covalence.

E  coexistence.

A  it produces lesions that can be reversed with drugs.

B  the subjects usually survive.

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

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

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

A  fMRI

B  MEG

C  PET

D  CT

E  MRI

A  fusiform face area.

B  frontal lobes.

C  hippocampus.

D  dorsal stream.

E  all of these

A  all of these

B  indolamines

C  amino acids

D  catecholamines

E  monoamines

A  EEG

B  CT

C  angiography

D  MRI

E  PET

A  inferotemporal cortex.

B  anterior cingulate cortex.

C  secondary somatosensory cortex.

D  posterior parietal cortex.

E  PAG.

A  contrast.

B  circles.

C  straight lines.

D  movement.

E  dots of light.

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

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

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

D  none of the choices

A  EPSPs.

B  APs.

C  neurotransmitter.

D  IPSPs.

E  second messengers.

A  EPSPs.

B  ligand-activated ion channels.

C  myelin.

D  nodes of Ranvier.

E  voltage-activated ion channels.

A  middle SES.

B  None of these

C  low SES.

D  high SES.

A  Alarm Response

B  Exhaustion

C  Resitance

D  None of these

A  SNS

B  PNS

C  Selye

D  HPA axis

A  sulci.

B  glial cells.

C  neurons.

D  oligodendroglia.

E  axons.

A  learning is to genetics.

B  behaviorism is to ethology.

C  learning is to genetics and behaviorism is to ethology.

D  genetics is to experience and learning is to genetics.

E  genetics is to experience.

A  serotonin

B  None of above.

C  stress

D  dopamine

A  plastic.

B  gray.

C  white.

D  static.

E  immutable.

A  higher, glucocorticoid

B  lower, blood

C  zero, glucocorticoid

D  lower, glucocorticoid

A  cannot walk upright for short distances.

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

C  do not have tails.

D  have tails.

E  do not have opposable thumbs.

A  myelin.

B  neuroglia.

C  neurons.

D  parts of the autonomic nervous system.

E  meninges.

A  thymine is to uracil.

B  thymine is to cytosine.

C  uracil is to thymine.

D  uracil is to guanine.

E  guanine is to uracil.

A  physiological psychology

B  neuropsychology

C  psychopharmacology

D  psychophysiology

E  clinical psychology

A  central canal.

B  lateral ventricles.

C  none of these

D  all of these

E  subarachnoid space.

A  brain stem.

B  pituitary.

C  diencephalon.

D  mesencephalon.

E  medulla.

A  biopsychology.

B  neuroscience.

C  psychology.

D  neurochemistry.

E  neurophysiology.

A  converging operations.

B  zeitgeist.

C  canon.

D  guano.

E  confounds.

A  None of above.

B  Reduced

C  No

D  Increased

A  cerebral hemispheres.

B  great cerebral commissure.

C  All of these

D  brain.

E  cerebellum.

A  medulla

B  metencephalon

C  myelencephalon

D  telencephalon

E  mesencephalon

A  phenotypes.

B  genotypes.

C  alleles.

D  gametes.

E  dominants.

A  human lifespan.

B  All of these

C  immune system.

D  hippocampus.

A  red nucleus.

B  cerebral aqueduct.

C  substantia nigra.

D  superior colliculi.

E  periaqueductal gray.

A  sympathetic nervous system

B  cranial nerves

C  somatic nervous system

D  parasympathetic nervous system

E  autonomic nervous system

A  ATP

B  Sirt1

C  neurotrophins

D  All of these

E  human lifespan.

A  Hippocampus Pineal Anterior

B  Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal

C  Hippocampus Percentage Area

D  High Profile Axis

A  biopsychological research.

B  case-study research.

C  correlational research.

D  applied research.

E  pure research.

A  primates.

B  langurs.

C  new-world monkeys.

D  old-world monkeys.

A  ability to tell time.

B  memory.

C  IQ.

D    

E  attention.

F  temperature regulation.

A  dualistic philosophy.

B  consequence of hypothalamic damage.

C  form of Korsakoff’s syndrome.

D  learned response.

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

A  Sympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

B  Fight-Flight Response

C  Parasympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

D  Sympathetic Nervous System

E  Parasympathetic Nervous System

A  cognitive behavior.

B  biopsychology.

C  neuroscience.

D  behavioral psychology.

E  neurophysiology.

A  SNS and the CNS.

B  ANS and the CNS.

C  ANS and the PNS.

D  brain and the spinal cord.

E  PNS and the CNS.

A  comparative analysis.

B  critical thinking.

C  functional imaging.

D  converging operations.

E    

F  scientific inference.

A  convergent and homologous.

B  analogous and homologous.

C  homologous.

D  convergent.

E  analogous.

A  DNA methylation as an important epigenetic mechanism.

B  various kinds of small RNA molecules.

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

D  all of these

E  many active areas of nongene (junk) DNA.