The term "action potential" refers to:

An electrical signal that moves down the axon

The cerebellum is mainly responsible for:

Balance, coordination, and motor skills

Which of the following are the lobes of the cerebral cortex?

Frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal

Action potentials travel across different structures of the neuron in which order?

dendrite, axon, terminal buttons

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Week 3 Quiz - Biopsychology

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1
The term "action potential" refers to:
Dangerous imbalances in electrolytes that can disrupt neural transmission
The propensity to react quickly based on stimuli in the environment
An electrical signal that moves down the axon
Overall changes in brain activity that take place during a task
2
Broca's area of the brain is most involved with processing ____ .
Sensory information
Emotions
Language
Motor skills
3
All of the following are major glands of the endocrine system EXCEPT:
amygdala
gonads
adrenal
pituitary
4
The ______ is a structure that connects the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex.
pons
substantia nigra
corpus callosum
somatosensory map
5
The cerebellum is mainly responsible for:
Language and speech perception
Memory, attention, and learning
Reasoning and judgment
Balance, coordination, and motor skills
6
Which of the following are the lobes of the cerebral cortex?
Interior, exterior, distal, and medial
Forebrain, underbrain, midbrain
Frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
Central, peripheral, spinal
7
Neurotransmitters float across the ___ before binding to receptors on an adjacent neuron
blood-brain barrier
synapse
cell body
node of Ranvier
8
Which of the following ways of studying the brain involve radiation?
MRI and functional MRI
EEG and ERP
Cat scans and PET scans
Archival research and case studies
9
Glutamate, serotonin, and dopamine are all examples of:
Neurotransmitters
Antagonists
Agonists
Psychoactive drugs
10
Action potentials travel across different structures of the neuron in which order?
dendrite, axon, terminal buttons
axon, terminal button, organelle
terminal buttons, axon, dendrite
dendrite, mitochondria, axon

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