The information loop in the hippocampus is...

Preforant path --> Dentate gyrus --> CA 3 --> CA 1

Scientific Creativity uses the...

Left Middle Frontal Gyrus and Left Middle Occipital Gyrus

Merzanich et al., 1984 found that amputating D3 on adult monkeys...

Caused the receptive fields of D3 to be diven by adjacent fingers

An example of good plasticity is...

Representation of fingers in the somatosensory cortex of stringed musicians

MEG (magnetoencephalography) is very good at demonstrating _______ but cannot show _______

The surface of the cortex, The deep parts of the brain

The fact that we can acquire new skills past the critical period shows that...

Brains and nervous systems must be flexible

Which of these is NOT a 'reason to study personality'

Explain how biological mechanisms cause the expression of physical traits

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1
In people with Psychopathy the relationship betwene the _____ and _______ lobe is weaker
Amygdala, Frontal
Amygdala, Parietal
Hippocampus, Temporal
Hippocampus, Frontal
2
The idea that the shape of your brain is important for determining psychological attributes is known as
Phrenology
Lookology
Craniometry
Physiognamy
3
Which test was used with HM to display his preserved procedural memory
The Stroop Test
The Mirror Tracing Task
Ray-Osterrith Task
The non-matching-to-sample task
4
The hippocampus and perihinal cortex are responsible for, respectively
Spatial knowledge, Recognition
Recognition, Episodic
Recognition, Spatial knowledge
Episodic, Spatial
5
The information loop in the hippocampus is...
CA 1 --> Preforant Path --> CA 3 --> Dentate gyrus
Preforant path --> Dentate gyrus --> CA 3 --> CA 1
Dentate gyrus --> CA 1 --> CA 3 --> Preforant Path
Preforant path --> CA 3 --> CA 1 --> Dentate gyrus
6
The three structures of personality proposed by Freud were...
Id, Ego, Supremego
Id, Ego, Shortego
Id, Ego, Superego
Id, Ego, Subparego
7
Neuroglia's role in the brain...
All of the above
Facilitates communication between neurons in the brain
Support neuron function in the brain
Provide nutrients in the brain
8
Which of these is NOT a negative of using X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT)
Cannot do longitudinal scanning
Static
Uses radiation
Very invasive
9
Huntington's Disease is an example of a
Progressive brain injury
Bacterial infection
Traumatic brain injury
Incidental brain injury
10
What animal does this map represent?
Mouse-eared bat
Blind mole rat
Orangutan
Tiger
11
Which of these was NOT an aspect of Eysenck's structure of personality
Introversion
Self-Control
Selfishness
Stability
12
Individual differencess within the brain are assocaited with
Neuroticism
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
13
Clark et al., 1988 found the emergence of new _______ at the border of the two digit representations
Cytoarchitectonic areas
Dual digit receptive fields
'Sixth digit' receptive fields
Silent zones
14
Who proposed that personality is dictated by bumps on the head
Von Bechterew
Karl Lashley
Broca & Wernick
Gall
15
Merzenich et al., 1984, tests on amputating the D3 on adult monkeys showed...
There is no plasticity outside of the critical period
The fine detail of maps in the cytoarchitectonic areas 3b and 1
Tests on monkeys are ineffective in exploring cortical maps
Adult plasticity
16
Neuron density is _____ larger in humans than elephants
3x
4.5
3.5x
2x
17
Scientific Creativity uses the...
Supplementary Motor Area and Left Middle Frontal Gyrus
Left Middle Frontal Gyrus and Left Middle Occipital Gyrus
Supplementary Motor Area and Anterior Cingulate
Left Middle Frontal Gyrus and Anterior Cingulate
18
Though Einsteins brain was smaller than average, his _____ lobe was ____% wider
Occipital, 20
Frontal, 20
Parietal, 15
Tempral, 15
19
Merzanich et al., 1984 found that amputating D3 on adult monkeys...
Caused the receptive fields of D3 to be diven by adjacent fingers
Caused the the receptive fields of D3 to disappear
Created a 'silent zone' in the cortical area that had represented the digit
Was cruel, painful, and made it impossible to run tests on the monkeys
20
Which of these regions does NOT have decreased activity in people with Psychopathy
Left Dorsomedial Prefrontal Cortex
Left Lateral Prefrontal Cortex
Right Lateral Prefrontal Cortex
Left Amygdala
21
In Down Syndrome, the surface area of the ____ and _____ lobes was _____
Parietal, Frontal, Reduced
Parietal, Frontal, Increased
Frontal, Temporal, Increased
Frontal, Temporal, Reduced
22
Which of these is the proposed 6th trait for the 'Big 5'
Honesty
Attentiveness
Kindness
Generosity
23
The lobe responsible for speech, taste, reading is
Temporal
Frontal
Occipital
Parietal
24
The lobe that is responsible for: planning, reasoning, inhibition, attention is
Occipital
Parietal
Frontal
Temporal
25
Which of these is NOT an antisocial feature of Psychopathy
Impulsivity
Antisocial deviancy
Aggression
Lack of emotional responses
26
An example of good plasticity is...
Phantom limb syndrome and phantom limb pain
Representation of fingers in the somatosensory cortex of stringed musicians
27
MEG (magnetoencephalography) is very good at demonstrating _______ but cannot show _______
How oxygenated the blood is, Blood flow in the cortex
The surface of the cortex, The deep parts of the brain
Blood flow in the cortex, How oxygenated the blood is
The deep parts of the brain, The surface of the cortex
28
Which of these is not an aspect of the Papez circuit
Anterior Thalamus
Mamillary Bodies
Nucleoglial Cells
Hippocampus
29
When there is cue navigation in the Morris Water Maze, Hippocampal lesioned rats time to find the platform _____
Stayed the same
Decreased
Fluctuated more
Increased
30
Having antisocial personality disorder AND psychopathy is correlated with ________ volume
Higher grey matter
Lower grey matter
Lower neuron density
Higher neuron density
31
The cortical areas that represent physical areas on the body reflect the _______ of receptors, not the _____
Physical size, Sensitivity
Sensitivity, Physical size
Physical size, Density
Density, Physical size
32
When hippocampus was lesioned in rats they never exhibited learning in terms of locating the platform in the water maze
True
False
33
Which of these is NOT maintained in Down Syndrome
Visual spatial abilities
Implicit memory
Motor memory
Visual spatial short term memory
34
Areas with reduced grey matter in Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder are associated with...
Empathetic processing
Moral reasoning
Guilt & Embarrassment
All of the above
35
The fact that we can acquire new skills past the critical period shows that...
Acquiring new skills does not require any brain plasticity
The critical period doesn't really exist
There is enough genetic material to code for any new skill
Brains and nervous systems must be flexible
36
Which of these is NOT something people with Down Syndrome struggle with
Syntax
Long term memory tasks
Articulation
Procedural memory
37
As people with Down Syndrome age, their cortex does not thin
True
False
38
When the kitten is in a tube with ______ stripes then the development of __________ tuned cells is _______
Verticle, Horizontal, Stunted
Verticle, Verticle, Stunted
Verticle, Horizontal, Improved
Verticle, Verticle, Improved
39
Benson's syndrome (causes alexia, depth perception issues and visual agnosia) is caused by damage to which lobe
Temporal
Frontal
Parietal
Occipital
40
What does this image display
Mante Water Maze
Modrick Water Maze
Morris Water Maze
Morrison Water Maze
41
What percentage of body weight does skin account for (around)
9
20
16
23
42
What is the largest organ
Brain
Lungs
Skin
Liver
43
Having an extra copy of choromosome 21 leads to
Turner Syndrome
Dementia
Aspergers
Down Syndrome
44
Sulchi and Gyri are respectively
Bumps, Dips
White matter, Grey matter
Dips, Bumps
Grey matter, White matter
45
Individual differences in the _____ lobe are associated with Neuroticism and Openness
Temporal
Parietal
Occipital
Frontal
46
The lobe responsible for: hearing, face recognition, memory is
Temporal
Occipital
Parietal
Frontal
47
In the case of HM, the Medial Temporal Lobe was unilaterally removed
False
True
48
HM had ____ anterograde amnesia and ____ retrograde amnesiia
Graded, Graded
Severe, Severe
Severe, Graded
Graded, Severe
49
The lobe responsible for vision is
Parietal
Occipital
Temporal
Frontal
50
Which of these is NOT a 'reason to study personality'
Investigate what causes development of certain personality characteristics
Provide descriptions of categorisations of how individuals behave
Explain motivational basis of behaviour
Explain how biological mechanisms cause the expression of physical traits
51
Compared to the average brain, Einstein had ___% more ______
60, neural organisation
75, grey matter
80, neuroglia
50, neurons
52
The idea that physical appearance is representative of inner character is known asa
Lookography
Physiognomy
Phrenology
Crainometry
53
fMRI uses BOLD contrast, but what does BOLD stand for
Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent
Blood Oxygenation Layer Detection
Blood Oxygenation Layer Dependent
Blood Oxygenation Level Detection
54
Frontal Lobotomy was used to...
All of the above
Treat schizophrenia
Treat depression
Reduce problem behaviours (e.g. aggression)
55
Stomach/sexual organs, Upper body, and Head all respectively represent what in Physiognomy
None of the above
Animalistic tendencies, morals, intellect
Intellect, animalistic tendencies, morals
Animalistic tendencies, intellect, morals
56
The representations of whiskers in the rat brain (somatosensory cortex) is known as the...
Sensory-Cortex
Box Cortex
Barrel Cortex
Somato-Cortex
57
You can have as many MRIs (magnetic resonance imaging) as you'd like without any side effects
False
True
58
'If one cell becomes activated, it will automatically set off other cells that have previosuly fired together'
Co-Morbidity
Co-Activation
Co-Occurence
Co-Realisation
59
Clark et al., 1988 induced experimental syndactyly by surgically joining which 2 digits
D3 & D4
D1 & D2
D2 & D3
D4 & D5
60
Which of these is NOT a kind of contrast in MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
T1
Nucleus Density
Proton Density
T2
61
Phineas Gage was famous because he...
Had a metal pole through the head
Had retrospective amnesia
Invented the frontal lobotomy
Had his hippocampus removed due to seizures
62
Which of these is NOT an aspect of neuron firing
Magnesium ions flow out of the cell
Glutamate binds to NDMA receptor
Magnesium ion displaced
Calcium ions flow into the cell
63
Taxi drivers performed worse on _____ compared to Bus drivers
The Stroop effect
The Ray-Osterrith Figure
The mirror trace task
A free-recall memort test
64
The more time spent as a Taxi driver, the larger the posterior hippocampus (brains specialisation)
True
False
65
People with psychopathy have ______ ________
Larger, Amygdala
Smaller, Cerebellum
Larger, Cerebellum
Smaller, Amygdala
66
Anatomy tends to be more connected to intelligence than neural functioning
False
True
67
The illusion of a creature running up your arm through the use of vibe tactile stimulators is known as the...
Createnous rat
Cutaneous rat
Cutaneous rabbit
Createnous rabbit
68
Which animal did Lorenz work with
Chickens
Swans
Geese
Ducks
69
Pavlov's Dogs was research towards which theory of personality?
Humanistic
Cognitive
Trait approach
Learning
70
Which of these is NOT an interpersonal affective feature of Psychopathy
Impulsivity
Lack of empathy
Superficial charm
Manipulative
71
Increased activity in people with psychopathy
Both
Right fronto-insular cortex
Neither
Left fronto-insular cortex
72
The: Front, Back, Top, Bottom, Central areas of the brain are called, respectively...
Dorsal, Ventral, Anterior, Posterior, Medial
Anterior, Posterior, Dorsal, Ventral, Medial
Medial, Posterior, Dorsal, Ventral, Anterior
Posterior, Anterior, Ventral, Dorsal, Medial
73
In the non-matching-to-sample task which of these produced the worst memory in the monkey
Hippocampus + Interhinal removed
Hippocampus removed
Hippocampus + Perihinal removed
Hippocampus, Perihinal, Interhinal removed
74
Which of these Medial Temporal Lobe removals caused the most significant memory loss
Hippocampus and Interhinal
Hippocampus, Interhinal, Perihinal
Hippocampus
Hippocampus and Perihinal
75
Which of these memory types were in tact in the case of HM
Procedural Memory
Neither
Both
Working Memory
76
Who first proposed that different parts of the cortex may have different functions
Von Bechterew
Gall
Karl Lashley
Broca & Wernick
77
Human brain size has ____ over evolution
Become more variable
Decreased
Increased
Stayed the same
78
Damage to the Anterior Cingulate Gyrus in the Fronal Lobe can cause poor performance in...
The Stroop effect
Cued Recall memory tests
The Mirror task
Free Recall memory tests
79
Craniometry assumed that brain sizes of white people were ______ that of black people
The same as
More varied
Greater than
Smaller than
80
Which of these is not one of the 'Big 5' in terms of personality
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
Openness
Attentiveness
81
Transition frequency between dynamic functional connectivity patterns is __________ with creativity
Positively correlated
Negatively correlated
Perfectly correlated
Not correlated
82
Who, through work with dementia and other memory impairment patients, proposed that memory is localised in the brain
Broca & Wernick
Gall
Karl Lashley
Von Bechterew
83
Artistic Creativity uses the...
Left Middle Frontal Gyrus and Anterior Cingulate
Left Middle Frontal Gyrus and Left Middle Occipital Gyrus
Supplementary Motor Area and Left Middle Frontal Gyrus
Supplementary Motor Area and Anterior Cingulate
84
Which area was the source of HM's seizures
Medial temporal lobe
Medial frontal lobe
Medial occipital lobe
Medial parietal lobe
85
As species adapt and evolve, unecessary maps are removed from the brain
True
False
86
Bigger animals are more intelligent because they have bigger brains
False
True
87
What is this diagram showing
The degree that an angle needs to be at before it is pecieved as verticle
Acoustic neurons firing at specific levels of sound
The degree an angle needs to be before it is percieved as horizontal
Visual neurons firing at specific orientations
88
CA neurons in the hippocampus are also known as...
Spot cells
Area cells
Place cells
Location cells
89
Brain change and map creation is most affected when...
The brain is exposed
The brain has more plasticity
The brain has less plasticity
The brain is fully developed
90
The encephalisation quotient is the...
Relationship between brain size and neuron density
All of the above
Relationship between grey matter depth and white matter volume
Relationship between brain size and body size
91
Those with high IQ have ___ neurite density and ____ neurite orientation dispersion
Low, High
Low, Low
High, High
High, Low
92
Prosopagnosia is caused by damage to...
The occipital lobe
Both
Neither
The temporal lobe
93
Which of these is NOT a reason that rats are useful for brain and memory research
Easy to teach
Quick to learn
Hippocampus is easy to see
Brain is 1-to-1 with a human brain
94
The network that indicates a highly creative individual is the...
Frontal executive network
Ventral temporal network
Frontal parietal network
Ventral parietal network
95
The idea that brain size affects personality & psychological traits is known as
Physiognomy
Phrenology
Lookology
Craniometry
96
The stages of Freud development: oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital - are known as...
Conscious-sexual stages
Psychosexual stages
Physiosexual stages
Unconscious-sexual stages
97
What are the somatosensory receptors called
Polymodalreceptors
Sensoreceptors
Somatoreceptors
Mechanoreceptors
98
Taxi drivers have ______ posterior hippocampus but _______ anterior hippocampus compared to Bus drivers
Larger, Smaller
Larger, Larger
Smaller, Larger
Smaller, Smaller
99
What does IQ stand for
Intelligence quotient
Intellect questionnaire
Intellect query
Intelligence query
100
Who, through work with rats, discovered that there is mass action and equipotentiality in the brain
Gall
Von Bechterew
Karl Lashley
Broca & Wernick

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