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What is the apparent movement of objects that occur while you move your head side to side?
Perceptual constancy
Motion Parallax
Subliminal messaging
Illusion
2
What part of neurons are short fibers that stick out from the cell body & send signals from cell bodies to other cells
Myelin Sheath
Axon Terminals
Axon
Dendrites
3
In this stage of sleep, eyes start to roll side to side, body temperature drops. It's also known as light sleep
REM Sleep
Stage 3
Stage 1
Stage 2
4
Which gland produces thyroxine and stimulates chemicals reactions that are important to body tissue?
Pituitary Gland
Sex Glands
Adrenal Glands
Thyroid Gland
5
In this stage of sleep, brain waves have bigger amplitude, body repairs and regenerates, strengthens immune system
Stage 4
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
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What lobe of the brain process information of touch?
Occipital Lobe
Frontal Lobe
Temporal Lobe
Parietal Lobe
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What is the ability for our brain to fill in gaps of pictures by listening to what our senses tell us?
Monocular Depth Cues
Perceptual Constancy
Gestalt
Perceptual Inference
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Which hemisphere of your body controls the right side of your body, speech and writing, mathematics and calculations
Right Hemisphere
Left Hemisphere
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What is it called when a person falls asleep driving?
Sleep Apnea
Narcolepsy
Insomnia
Night Terrors
10
Which hemisphere of the brain controls the left side of your body and deals with visual and spatial, and patterns of art
Right Hemisphere
Left Hemisphere
11
What lobe of the brain is process vision and sight?
Frontal Lobe
Occipital Lobe
Parietal Lobe
Temporal Lobe
12
What is the ability to properly discriminate between a figure and its background?
Gestalt
Figure Ground Perception
Depth Perception
Subliminal Messages
13
What is the master gland that controls and secretes the largest number of hormones?
Sex Glands
Thyroid Gland
Adrenal Glands
Pituitary Gland
14
What lobe of the brain processes hearing, memory, emotions, and speaking?
Parietal Lobe
Temporal Lobe
Frontal Lobe
Occipital Lobe
15
In the Peripheral Nervous System, what controls voluntary movements?
Autonomic
Somatic
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What system sends chemicals and hormones through the bloodstream?
Senses
Endocrine System
Nervous System
Brain
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In the Peripheral Nervous System, what controls the involuntary?
Somatic
Autonomic
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This stage of sleep is also known as active sleeping. Pulse and breathing are irregular and adrenal hormones rise.
Stage 3
Stage 2
Stage 4
REM Sleep
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In this stage of sleep, a person can easily be woken up, pulse slows down, muscles relax, and breathing is uneven
Stage 3
Stage 2
Stage 1
REM Sleep
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Which part of the brain is located in the rear base of the skull & is involved in the basic processes of life
Forebrain
Hindbrain
Midbrain
21
You should wake a sleepwalker
True
False
22
What part of the brain is responsible for processing thinking and language and sensory and motor control
Midbrain
Forebrain
Hindbrain
23
What is absolute threshold?
Smallest amount of energy that is detectable by human senses
Getting used to a stimulus
Being able to detect a stimulus half the time
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In this stage of sleep, it's the deepest sleep. Talking and sleepwalking can happen and large brain waves happen
Stage 1
Stage 4
Stage 2
Stage 3
25
What is the ability to receive information and then interpret that information?
Perception
Sensation
26
Which lobe of the brain organizes, plans, and is responsible for creative thinking?
Frontal Lobe
Temporal Lobe
Occipital Lobe
Parietal Lobe
27
What is the ability to organize bits and pieces of information into a whole?
Depth Perception
Monocular Depth Cues
Perceptual inference
Gestalt
28
What part of the brain is above the pons and integrates sensory information and relays it upwards
Forebrain
Midbrain
Hindbrain
29
What classifies a Night Terror vs a Nightmare?
Can easily be woken out sleep
Cries but wakes up immediately afterwards
No remembrance of episode
One can remember the dream
30
What is the brief auditory or visual message presented below the absolute threshold?
Illusion
Perceptual constancy
Motion Parallax
Subliminal Messaging
31
Which nervous system contains the brain and spinal cord?
Peripheral Nervous System
Central Nervous System
32
What glands create reproductive hormones?
Adrenal Glands
Pituitary Gland
Thyroid Gland
Sex Glands
33
When a person has trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, this is called?
Insomnia
Sleep Apnea
Night Terrors
Narcolepsy
34
Which gland becomes active when a person is angry or frightened and helps produce more energy in a difficult situation?
Adrenal Glands
Sex Glands
Throid Gland
Pituitary Gland
35
What part of the neuron receives signals and stimulates other neurons?
Dendrites
Axon Terminals
Axon
Myelin Sheath
36
What is the ability to recognize distances in 3D?
Gestalt
Depth Perception
Illusion
Subliminal Messaging
37
When a person stops breathing during sleep, that is called?
Night Terrors
Insomnia
Sleep Walking
Sleep Apnea
38
What is sensory adaptation?
Being able to detect a stimulus half the time
Senses getting used to a stimulus
Smallest amount of energy that is detectable by human senses
39
What is NOT a part of the brain?
Midbrain
Hindbrain
Backbrain
Forebrain
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What does the Central Nervous System do?
Takes information from brain to the rest of the body
Takes messages to and from brain
