Updated Unit 3 + Unit 11 - Intelligence

Tim is an amnesic and cannot produce any new memories. What part of the brain is damaged?

Cells in nervous system that support, nourish & protect neurons:

These make up most of the cerebral cortex, enable learning, memory and integrating information.

The __ is located at the back of the brain and is responsible for muscle coordination.

Part of autonomic nervous system responsible for calming:

The ___ receives information from all of the senses except smell.

Brain's ability to change & reorganize by building new pathways based on experience:

Terman made changes to an early test, published the 1st US intelligence test

Mostly males with autism having very limited abilities; yet having abilities far beyond ours.

Interconnected neural fabric covering brain; control & information processing center:

Boys are inherently better than girls at which of the following:

The body's electrochemical communication network:

The brief electrical impulse transmitted along the axon is called the?

Laurie was unable to make sense of other people's speech. It is likely that she damaged:

Identical twins develop from:

Stimulation of the hypothalamus of the the brain during surgery will cause the patient to:

Word games requiring you to create words out of a series of letters, test what intelligence?

Stimulate this area in a cat, and it will either fear a mouse or become extremely aggressive.

The basic building block of the nervous system:

The formation of new neurons.

Which hemisphere of the brain is more skilled at perceiving emotions & recognizing faces?

Because the WAIS and WISC are standardized, 68% of the IQ scores achieved on them are between:

The brain has how many lobes?

Resting potential is to action potential as _____ is to _____.

An impairment of language, usually caused by damage to the left hemisphere:

When a measurement yields the same results each time is used, it has a high

The ______ is made up of sensory & motor neurons that connect the CNS to the rest of the body:

Part of peripheral nervous system; controls glands & muscles of internal organs (ex. heart):

Connects right and left hemispheres of brain:

Brain size and speed of perceiving information are __ correlated with intelligence.

Which brain imaging technology uses magnetic fields & radio waves to produced computer images?

The widespread improvement in intelligence test performance during the past century is called

The pain of being stuck by a pin, ___ must first relay message from your ankle to CNS.

The Stanford-Binet, WAIS and WISC tests are all types of

Nerve cells that carry outgoing information from brain & spinal cord to muscles & glands:

This device is used to diagnose seizure activity by recording electrical activity of the brain?

Damage to the ____ will most likely cause a person to fall into a deep coma?

Which hemisphere of the brain is most associated with rational thought?

Robert Sternberg describes three intelligences, including all of the following, except:

Which of the following are located exclusively within the brain and spinal cord?

After neurotransmitters are released into the synapse, many are reabsorbed back by _______.

Sam had difficulty speaking, but could understand what was said to him. He likely had damage to

Intellectual disability is defined by difficulty living independently, and an IQ of

If dendrites ____________, axons _____________ .

A functional MRI tracks brain activity by considering:

According to Myers, everything psychological is simultaneously _______________ .

As adopted children grow up, their intelligence

Portion of cortex under ears; receives auditory information, primarily from opposite ear:

Binet's mental age scoring was replaced with standardization because it was not suitable for

A subject will be administered the WAIS or the WISC, depending on

A noninvasive functional scan that provides moment by moment of brain activity.

The brain & spinal cord together make up the:

Areas of cortex not involved in motor or sensory functions; involved in higher order thinking:

____ wraps aroundmany axons, insulating them and speeding their impulses.

Today's intelligent test is different from the original in that:

Tissue destruction is known as a(n):

Donut shaped neural system; includes hippocampus, amygdala, hypothalamus; emotions & drives:

A test that fails to predict what it is designed to predict lacks

Base of brainstem; controls heartbeat & breathing.

The ACT & SAT are ____ tests have a predictive criterion that shows future college performance.

The Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale is comprised of

Portion of cerebral cortex at back of head; receives information from visual fields.

Justin damaged his right cerebral hemisphere, his ability to __ is most likely reduced.

An impaired use of language due to a brain lesion is known as?

Originally, IQ was determined calculating:

The brain's oldest, innermost region:

Being able to respond appropriately when interacting with other suggests

Information gathered from the left visual field travels to the _________ side of brain.

Damage to the left cerebral hemisphere is most likely to reduce people's ability to:

When you take your unit 11 test, you are taking a type of test called:

Phineas Gage had extensive damage to his ___ of the brain, effecting his ___.

Division of PNS; controls body's skeletal muscles.

General term for chemical messengers in the brain:

Howard Gardener believed that intelligence must be defined

The finding that woman scored higher on math tests when no males were present gives evidence of

Standardized tests such as the WAIS follow a bell shaped pattern of scores called the

The extension of a neuron, ending in branching terminal fibers, through which messages pass:

A CT/CAT scan uses __________ to construct an image of the brain.

Charles Spearman believed...

The statistical procedure which identifies clusters of related items is called

The __ system is made up of glands which secretes __ into the bloodstream.

If the Unit 11 Intelligence mini-test has few questions that pertain to the topic; it had poor ____.

When you're stressed and your heart races, you perspire and digestion slows, ____ is activated.

A drug that blocks transmission of a neurotransmitter at the receptor site of the dendrite is called

Gardner described an individuals' ability to be aware of their talents and limitation as _____.

Gap between two neurons:

Auditory information is received and processed in the?

Which of the following is most likely to be used as evidence against the concept of "g"

Which would be Sternberg's practical intelligence?

10 year old Norman has an IQ of 80. His mental age is

The "master" gland; endocrine system's most influential gland:

Binet's intelligence test was designed to assess

The ability of one part of the brain to take the function of another due to injury is called?

Two plants grown in the same environment, one grows to 2 ft. & the other 1ft. Heritability %?

If the pituitary is the master gland, the master of the pituitary is the:

"Little brain;" at rear of brainstem; processes sensory input & coordinates movement/balance: