AP Review - Neuro & Development

An undersupply of serotonin is most closely linked to

The successful functioning of children who have experienced a hemispherectomy best illustrate:

Which of the following would be most useful for detecting the exact location of a brain lesion?

Knowing what you are touching or how hot water is involves which part of the brain?

The pons is located between the medulla and other brain areas. It's responsible for what?

Who studied attachment styles using the Strange Situation?

Underlying Alzheimer's disease is a deterioration in neurons that produce

What is the correct order of genetic makeup from largest to smallest?

What is another term for a sensory neuron?

If a baby has a diminished responsiveness to a repeated stimulus, they have experienced

A parent that states, "You will wash the dishes because I said so" represents _______ parenting

Adjusting one's current schema in order to make sense of new information is

A person's ability to think speedily and abstractly is called

For the unborn children of mothers who smoke heavily, nicotine is a(n):

The limbic system is responsible for

Harlow's research demonstrated the importance of _____ in social development.

The peripheral nervous system most directly controls:

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During Piaget's sensorimotor stage, children acquire a:

According to Piaget, what type of learning do humans gain during the formal operational stage?

The importance of schemas was most clearly highlighted by

Wernicke's area is located on which lobe of the brain?

Light hits the retina signaling the suprachiasmatic nucleus to alter ___from the pineal gland.

Which part of the brain is affected during a split-brain operation?

What is the term for society's expectations for how males and females should behave?

An awareness that objects continue to exist when out of sight is called:

Consciousness is

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Which of the following is not part of the limbic system?

Which neurotransmitter is primarily inhibitory?

Which of the following is associated with fight-or-flight?

Piaget held that egocentrism is the characteristic of the _________ stage.

The gland that regulates body growth is the 

The human sleep cycle repeats itself about every

Julie is more alert in the AM and her brother Jack is more alert in the PM. This difference stems from a difference in

Dylan damaged his left cerebral hemisphere. Which job could he still do well?

Identical twins originate from the fertilization of ____ egg cells(s) by ____ sperm cell(s).

Freud called the remembered storyline of a dream its _____content.

Deep sleep appears to play an important role in

Neurotransmitters are released from the vesicles located in the knoblike terminals of the

The regions of the parietal lobes that involved in mathematical/spatial reasoning are known as:

Mr. Frank triggered a rooting reflex in his infant son by touching him on the

Which is the correct order of prenatal development?

Which of the following is not controlled by the hypothalamus?

Bodily sensations (touch, pressure, and temperature) are processed in which area of the brain?

Russian psychologist Vygotsky suggested children need _____ from parents to develop cognitively

Who created the sex role inventory and studied androgyny?

When people leave home, get married, have children, and retire is set by a culture's

Antonio can empathize with his friend's feelings and can take their perspective. He has a(n)

Which part of the cerebral cortex is most directly involved in making plans & moral judgments?

THC, the active ingredient in ________is classified as a _____.

The rhythmic bursts of brain activity that occur during stage 2 sleep are called

Kohlberg studied ______ development and Haidt studied the _______ theory. 

The circadian rhythm is influenced by light-sensitive retinal protiens triggering signals to

A drug that blocks the reuptake of a particular neurotransmitter is called a(n):

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Ed watches liquid poured from a short glass to a tall & knows it's the same amount. He has

Individuals with autism often lack 

Damage to the cerebellum would most likely result in:

What is Erikson's first stage of psychosocial development?

Which of the following is an example of a secondary sex characteristics?

The process of imprinting occurs during a brief developmental phase known as

The ovaries in females and the testes in males are part of the

Drugs such as alcohol and opiates that calm neural activity and slow body functions are called

Which part of the brain is responsible for speech production?

When humans suffer damage to this part of the brain, they can fall into a vegetative state.

The depolarization of a neural membrane creates a(n)

What is a slow-acting, long-lasting chemical messenger that travels through the bloodstream?

What part of the brain receives sensory information and relays it to the appropriate area?