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AP Psychology Unit 3 Brain and Biology Review Questions
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Severing a cat's reticular formation causes it to
cower in fear
lapse into a coma
experience seizures
become aggressive
2
Personalities of adopted children are very similar to personalities of their adoptive parents
false
true
3
Brain structure that provides a major link between the nervous system and endocrine system
amygdala
medulla
hypothalamus
cerebellum
4
Who would most likely asses effects of nature & nurture on differences in personality
evolutionary psychologists
psychometricians
humanistic psychologists
behavior geneticists
5
The best way to detect enlarged fluid-filled brain regions in patients is to use a(n)
brain lesion
CT
PET scan
MRI
6
The localization of a function such as speech production to the right or left side of the brain
neural networking
plasticity
hemispherectomy
lateralization
7
Which lobe receives the input that enables you to feel someone scratching your back?
frontal
parietal
temporal
occipital
8
The speed at which a neural impulse travels is increased by...
sympathetic nerve
synaptic vesicle
endocrine glands
myelin sheath
9
Which endocrine gland regulates body growth?
thyroid
parathyroid
adrenal
pituitary
10
Multiple sclerosis involves a degeneration of the .....
synapse
dendrites
myelin sheath
nodes of ranvier
11
The knee jerk reflex is controlled by interneurons in the
spinal cord
neurotransmitters
endocrine system
resting potential
12
Which brain area is primarily involved with controlling speech?
Wernicke's area
motor cortex
Broca's area
sensory cortex
13
The medulla is to the control of ______ as the cerebellum is to the control of ______.
breathing, walking
memory, attention
eating, sleeping
emotion, motivation
14
Bumps on a skull reveal a person's abilities and personality characteristics.
ablation
psychology
phrenology
introspection
15
Opiate drugs occupy the same receptor sites as
ACh
serotonin
dopamine
endorphins
16
The concentration of glucose in active regions of the brain underlies the usefulness of a(n)
fMRI
MRI
PET scan
hemispherectomy
17
Nerve cells in the brain receive life supporting nutrients from
glial cells
sensory neurons
motor neurons
hormones
18
An axon is
a cell that's the basic building block of the nervous system
a layer of fatty tissue around neurons
a junction btwn a sending and receiving neuron
part of the neuron that carries the message from the soma
19
The tremors of Parkinson's result from the death of nerve cells that produce
ACh
GABA
dopamine
serotonin
20
Which would be used to identify which specific area is most active during a mental task?
CT
MRI
PET
fMRI
21
The reticular formation is located in the
motor cortex
brainstem
limbic system
cerebellum
22
This plays a role in the processing of new memories
amygdala
medulla
hippocampus
cerebellium
23
When the release of ACh is blocked, the result is
depression
schizophrenia
aggression
muscular paralysis
24
Which of the following are located exclusively within the brain and spinal cord?
interneurons
axons
sensory neurons
motor neurons
25
The sequence of brain regions from the evolutionarily oldest to newest...
limbic system, brainstem, cerebral cortex
brainstem, cerebral cortex, limbic system
limbic system, cerebral cortex, brainstem
brainstem, limbic system, cerebral cortex
26
Nature refers to _____ and nurture refers to ______
biology, environment
genes, heredity
chromosomes, genetics
DNA, hormones
27
Your ability to experience physical sensations is most likely to be disrupted by damage to your
hippocampus
amygdala
corpus callosum
thalamus
28
Showing split brain patients HE in left visual field, ART in right what will they say they saw?
ART
nothing
HEART
HE
29
An undersupply of serotonin is most closely linked to
Parkinson's disease
schizophrenia
Alzheimer's disease
depression
30
Neurosurgeons have severed the corpus callosum in human patients in order to reduce
depression
epileptic seizures
aphasia
schizophrenia
31
If you stimulate the ____ in a rat, it will become violently aggressive.
thalamus
medulla
amygdala
reticular formation
32
Neural networks refer to
neural cables containing many axons
interconnected clusters of neurons in the CNS
junctions between sending and receiving neruons
the branching extensions of a neuron
33
Molecules that bind to receptor sites on a dendrite and mimic that neurotransmitter's effects
agonists
antagonists
action potentials
endorphins
34
Messages are transmitted from your spinal cord to the digestive system's stomach muscles by the
somatic nervous system
endocrine system
sympathetic nervous system
CNS
35
Surgical destruction of brain tissue
lobotomy
phrenology
MRI
lesion
36
Addictive drug cravings are likely to be associated with reward centers in the
reticular formation
hypothalamus
cerebellum
thalamus
37
Pic of dog is shown in left visual field & boy in right visual field of a split brain.
use her left hand to point to a pic of a boy
verbally report that she saw a dog
verbally report that she saw a boy
use left hand to point to a picture of a dog
38
The thin surface layer of interconnected neural cells that covers the cerebrum is called the
cerebellum
cerebral cortex
corpus callosum
sensory cortex
39
When a person damages a part of their brain & other parts compensate for the loss
plasticity
neurotomy
aphasia
lateralization
40
When new neurons are formed
plasticity
lateralization
reuptake
neurogenesis
41
Migraine headaches are most closely linked with an
oversupply of GABA
oversupply of glutamate
undersupply of ACh
undersupply of serotonin
42
Identical twins separated at birth would most likely have similar
personality
food preferences
religious beliefs
political ideas
43
Epinephrine and norepinephrine are released by the
parathyroids
pancreas
thyroid gland
adrenal glands
44
The association areas are located in the
brainstem
cerebral cortex
limbic system
thalamus
45
Sleep researchers interested in brain wave activity would most likely use a(n)
EEG
CT
fMRI
EKG
46
The depolarization of a neural membrane can create a(n)
lesion
hemorrhage
neural network
action potential
47
Endocrine glands secrete hormones directly into
the synapse
the terminal knobs
the synaptic gaps
the bloodstream
48
The function of dendrites is to
hold neurotransmitters until needed
release neurotransmitters into the synapse
send messages to the axon
receive messages from other neurons
49
The somatic nervous system is a component of the _____ nervous system.
sympathetic
central
peripheral
autonomic
50
Damage to left cerebral hemisphere is most likely to reduce people's ability to
recognize faces
copy drawings
recognize familiar melodies
speak fluently
51
Botulin blocks the effects of ACh in synapses, this makes it a(n)
endorphin
agonist
antagonist
endocrine
52
This area controls voluntary movements
motor cortex
reticular formation
frontal association area
hypothalamus
53
Which term reflects the idea that much of our thinking and acting is outside our awareness
dual processing
cognitive neuroscience
serial processing
selective attention
54
For you to be able to run, ____ must relay messages fro your CNS to your leg muscles.
the ANS
motor neurons
interneurons
agonists
55
Neurotransmitters are released from vessicles located on knoblike terminals at the end of the
dendrites
cell body
axon
synapse
56
The occipital lobes are to ______ as the temporal lobes are to ______.
seeing, sensing touch
seeing, hearing
hearing, sensing movement
speaking, hearing
57
Phineas Gage's accident showed that this brain region plays a role in personality & behavior
sensory cortex
frontal lobes
temporal lobes
parietal lobes
58
This system slows your heart rate down and speeds up digestion
somatic nervous system
sympathetic nervous system
limbic system
parasympathetic nervous system
