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Biopsychology 2025 Sem 1 Exam Review
Biopsychology 2025 Sem 1 Exam Review
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Q6: What is the mechanism of action for benzodiazepines?
NMDA antagonist
Serotonin reuptake inhibitor
GABAa receptor agonist
Dopamine receptor blocker
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How is dopamine primarily cleared from the synapse?
Reuptake via DAT proteins
Passive diffusion
GABA inhibition
MAO only
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Q28: Which is NOT a symptom of neglect syndrome?
Perfect awareness
Personal neglect
Spatial neglect
Anosognosia
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Ischaemic strokes are more localized and easier to study
True
False
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Q7: Which neurotransmitter is increased by amphetamines?
Serotonin
GABA
Acetylcholine
Dopamine
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Q30: What evidence suggests awareness in UWS patients?
Involuntary eye blinking
Increased heart rate
Reflexive movement
Brain activation during mental imagery tasks
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Q10: Which of the following contributes to grey matter increase?
Neurogenesis
Synaptogenesis
Apoptosis
Gliogenesis
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Q29: Wernicke’s aphasia affects...
comprehension, speech meaning, repetition
Fluency
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Q4: What best describes tonic dopamine activity?
Steady, baseline dopamine release
Burst response to reward
Only occurs in the VTA
Dopamine inhibition
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Q3: What is a key difference between ionotropic and metabotropic receptors?
Ionotropic are slower
Metabotropic open directly-gated ion channels
Metabotropic use G-proteins
Ionotropic affect gene expression
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Q23: The DRM paradigm shows that...
B. People always remember accurately
C. Memory can be based on semantic gist
A. Memory is exact
D. Visual memory is perfect
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Q18: Coarse coding means...
A. One neuron codes for one stimulus
C. A stimulus activates only one cell
D. It applies only to taste
B. Multiple neurons encode overlapping ranges
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Q21: Retinotopic organization means...
Adjacent retinal points are mapped onto adjacent V1 neurons
The retina processes peripheral vision more accurate with more light
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Q13: What does heritability measure?
C. The proportion of variation due to genes
A. The percent chance a person will get a trait
D. The effect of the environment on a trait
B. The genetic cause of a disease
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Q32: East Asian participants are more likely to...
Focus on central objects
Attend to object-background relationships
Use analytic reasoning only
Ignore peripheral details
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Q26: Meditation enhances working memory by...
Increasing mind-wandering
Improving attentional control
Reducing cognitive flexibility
Increasing present awareness
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Q16: Which pathway detects motion and broad outlines?
B. Magnocellular
C. Retinotopic
A. Parvocellular
D. Cortical
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Q8: Long-term amphetamine use can lead to... (Select All That Apply)
Addiction
Mood instability
Improved heart health
Reduced natural dopamine production
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Q14: In the COMT gene and cannabis example, schizophrenia is caused by..
A. Genetics only
C. The interaction between genes and environment
B. Cannabis use only
D. Poor parenting
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Q24: What theory describes the hippocampus binding pieces of an episode together?
Relational Binding Theory
Signal detection
Temporal processing
Binding-by-synchrony
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Q19: What does the principle of univariance mean?
C. Rods see color
A. One photoreceptor can detect all colors
B. A photoreceptor can’t distinguish wavelength based on output alone
D. Color is detected through pupil dilation
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Q20: In synaesthesia, V4 is activated during...
B. Tasting sour food
D. Memory recall
C. Viewing black and white letters
A. Hearing music
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Q17: Midget ganglion cells help detect...
A. Blue and yellow
D. Motion
B. Red and green
C. Shadows only
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Q22: Implicit memory...
C. Occurs without awareness
D. Is always verbal
A. Requires conscious recall
B. Is flexible
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Q25: Which brain region shrinks with stress and is supported by meditation?
Motor cortex
Cerebellum
Hippocampus
Occipital lobe
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Q2: Which ion has the strongest diffusion force at rest?
Na⁺
K⁺
Cl⁻
Ca²⁺
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Q1: What is the resting membrane potential of a neuron? (Multiple Choice)
0mV
+70mV
-30mV
-70mV
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Q12: Hemorrhagic strokes are harder to study because...
They are small
They cause widespread damage and swelling
They only happen in elderly people
They affect only white matter
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Q31: People with ASD interpret the Heider-Simmel illusion...
With rich social narratives
More literally and less socially
Just like neurotypical participants
Using emotional language
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Q15: What do twin studies help distinguish?
C. Genetic vs. environmental influences
D. Nature vs. nurture in plants
A. Brain size differences
B. Intelligence across age groups
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Q9: Which brain region stores emotional memories of rewards?
Hippocampus
Amygdala
Brainstem
Cerebellum
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Q27: Positive symptoms of schizophrenia are linked to...
Prefrontal dopamine deficiency
Mesolimbic dopamine excess
Hypothalamus damage
GABA overactivation
