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Barron's Book Chapter 3 AP Psychology
Barron's Book Chapter 3 AP Psychology
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Biological Basis of Behavior. The questions are directly from the chapter in the Barron's book.
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1
What is one drawback of being a split-brain patient?
The two hemispheres cannot communicate
Having a life long fear of fluffy items
Suffering from an anxiety disorder
Cannot tell the difference between a baby and watermelon
2
Part of brain send messages impulses DOWN the spinal cord to an area that has been affected?
Hypothalamus
Occipital Lobe
Sensory Cortex
Motor Cortex
3
Blindness could result from damage to which cortex and lobe of the brain?
Visual Cortex in the Frontal Lobe
Visual Cortex in the Occipital Lobe
Sensory Cortex in the Parietal Lobe
Visual Cortex in the Temporal Lobe
4
Babies born with Klinefelter's Syndrome have an extra _____ chromosome
X
Y
XX
Z
5
What is another name for the cell body?
Soma
Neurotransmitter
Dendrite
Axon
6
Which of these is considered a lesion?
Frontal Lobotomy
Removal of parts of the brain
None of these are lesions
Destroying parts of the brain
7
The Nervous System is divided into two main divisions. What are they?
Left and Right
Sympathetic and Parasympathetic
Central and Peripheral
Autonomic and Somatic
8
What type of scan measures how much of a certain chemical parts of the brain is using?
MRI
PET
CAT
fMRI
9
Which type of scan is widely used in sleep research?
CAT
MRI
PET
EEG
10
What is the study of the parts and function of neurons?
Neuroanatomy
Neuropathology
Neurophysiology
Neuroscience
11
Paralysis of the left arm might be explained by a problem in the______?
Motor cortex in the frontal lobe in the right hemisphere.
Sensory cortex in the parietal lobe in the left hemisphere.
Sensory cortex in the parietal lobe in the right hemisphere.
Motor cortex in the frontal lobe in the left hemisphere.
12
What kind of syndrome does a baby have if they only have one X chromosome in the 23rd pair?
Down Syndrome
Turner's Syndrome
Klinefelter's Syndrome
Chromosomal Syndrome
13
Afferent neurons take information from the senses to the brain
False
True
14
What are the major areas of the brain?
Midbrain, Hindbrain, Forebrain
Medulla, Pons, Cerebellum
Forebrain, Corpus Callosum, Frontal Lobe
Hypothalamus, Thalamus, Hippocampus
15
What chromosomal pair determines the sex of the child?
20th
1st
23rd
21st
16
What chromosome is affected when an individual has Down Syndrome?
20th
18th
21st
12th
17
What are Terminal Buttons?
The branched end of the axon that contain neurotransmitters
You push the button and you’re dead
These are buttons that control your movement
part of the dendrite
18
What lobe processes sound that is sensed by our ears?
Temporal
Occipital
Frontal
Parietal
19
What is the function of dopamine?
Motor Movement and Alertness
Mood Control
Pain Control
Motor Movement
20
Which is NOT something the medulla controls?
Releasing Hormones
Breathing
Heart Rate
Blood Pressure
21
Myelin Sheath is a fatty covering around the soma of some neurons that speeds neural impulses
True
False
22
What are wirelike structures ending in the terminal buttons that extends from the cell body
Neurotransmitters
Pons
Dendrites
Receptor Sites
23
What is the corpus callosum?
Grey wrinkled surface of the brain
Wrinkles in the surface of the brain
Bundle of nerves connecting the two hemispheres of the brain
Area of the brain that controls our blood pressure
24
Which nervous system carries messages to the control system of the organs, glands, and muscles?
Sympathetic
Parasympathetic
Autonomic
Somatic
25
What part of the brain is responsible for controlling the muscles involved in producing speech?
Broca's Area
Cerebellum
Frontal Lobe
Hypothalamus
