Biological Psychology Google Form Quiz

The best way to detect enlarged fluid-filled brain regions in some patients who have schizophrenia is to use a(n):

MRI

Which of the following drugs is classified as a hallucinogen that distorts perception of reality and sensory input?

Marijuana

A picture of a cat is briefly flashed in the left visual field and a picture of a mouse is briefly flashed in the right visual field of a split-brain patient. The individual will be able to use her:

right hand to indicate she saw a mouse

The occipital lobes are to ________ as the temporal lobes are to ________.

seeing; hearing

The parietal lobes are to ________ as the frontal lobes are to ________.

sensing touch, decision making

Which of the following classification of drugs arouses the nervous system?

Stimulants

Which of the following is true of a neuron in the resting state?

The inside of the cell membrane is negative compared to the outside

A brief electrical charge that travels down the axon of a neuron is called the

action potential

Morphine is similar to the body's endorphins in that both elevate mood and ease pain. In this instance, morphine is considered to be a(n)

agonist

If a professor accused you of cheating on a test, your adrenal glands would probably release ________ into your bloodstream.

epinephrine

Professor Assad suggested that a cautious attitude toward sexual encounters has proven to be more reproductively advantageous to women than to men because the birth process is time-consuming. This suggestion best illustrates the logic of a(n) ________ theory of sexual behavior.

evolutionary

The dual-processing model refers to which of the following ideas?

incoming information is processed by both conscious and unconscious tracks

When Stoyka was a child, a brain disease required the surgical removal of her left cerebral hemisphere. Stoyka is now a successful college student who lives a normal life. Her success best illustrates the importance of:

plasticity

Adoptive parents are most likely to influence the ________ of their adopted children.

political attitudes

In order for you to experience the pain of a sprained ankle, ________ must first relay messages from your ankle to your central nervous system.

sensory neurons

Evolutionary psychologists emphasize that environmentally adaptive behaviors are those that have promoted:

reproductive success

In a recent car accident, Tamiko sustained damage to his left cerebral hemisphere. This injury is most likely to reduce Tamiko's ability to:

solve arithmetic problems

Robert Sperry

split-brain research; understanding of functional lateralization in the brain; how the cerebral hemispheres communicate

When male and female student research assistants at Florida State University sexually propositioned an attractive person of the opposite sex, their invitations were accepted by

A sizeable minority of men but virtually no women

A basic assumption underlying the evolutionary approach to sexual attraction is that men seek potential mates who ...

Appear fertile

The part of the cerebral cortex that directs the muscle movements involved in speech is known as:

Broca's area

Which of the following drugs floods the brain with serotonin by blocking reuptake and ultimately decreases natural production of the necessary neurotransmitter?

Ecstasy

In order for a neuron to generate an action potential, which of the following must be true?

Excitatory impulses must outnumber inhibitory impulses.

Which of the following is true of alcohol?

In large doses, it is a depressant; in small doses, it is a depressant.

Which is NOT a valid theory on why we sleep?

Inhibits creative thinking

Which of the following drugs is classified as a depressant that suppresses the nervous system?

Morphine

The concentration of glucose in active regions of the brain underlies the usefulness of a(n):

PET scan

Michael Gazzaniga

Plasticity

What is an evolutionary perspective on why we sleep?

Protects from predators

After Carlos had been asleep for about an hour and a half, his heart began to beat faster, his breathing became fast and irregular, and his closed eyes began to dart back and forth. Carlos was most likely experiencing:

REM sleep

At 3 o'clock in the morning, John has already slept for 4 hours. As long as his sleep continues, we can expect an increasing occurrence of:

REM sleep

Nightmares are to ________ as night terrors are to ________.

REM sleep; Stage 4 sleep

Which of the following is the best advice for a person concerned about occasional insomnia?

Relax and drink a glass of milk before bedtime.

Which neurotransmitters are most likely in undersuppply in someone who is depressed?

Serotonin & norepinephrine

Mr. Dayron occasionally stops breathing while sleeping. He wakes up to snort air for a few seconds before falling back to sleep. Mrs. Dayron complains that her husband snores. Clearly, Mr. Dayron suffers from:

Sleep apnea

Neurosurgeons have severed the corpus callosum in human patients in order to reduce:

epileptic seizures

Paul is having difficulty understanding what his wife is saying. Which of the following areas is most likely damaged?

Wernicke's area

Which endocrine gland regulates body growth?

pituitary

Alpha waves are associated with:

a relaxed but awake state

Although identical twins have been shown to have some amazing psychological similarities, one should be cautious about attributing these similarities to genetic factors because:

any two strangers are likely to share a string of coincidental similarities

An evolutionary psychologist would be likely to suggest that human preferences for sweet-tasting foods:

are genetically predisposed

The most extensive regions of the brain, which enable learning and memory are called the_____ and are located in the______:

association areas; cerebral cortex.

You are aware of a dog barking at you, but you are not aware of the type of dog. Later, you are able to describe the color and size. This ability to process information without conscious awareness best exemplifies which of the following?

blindsight

Endocrine glands secrete hormones directly into:

bloodstream

The sequence of brain regions from the evolutionarily oldest to newest is:

brainstem, limbic system, cerebral cortex

Which of the following are stimulants?

caffeine, nicotine, ecstasy, lsd, methamphetamine, cocaine

Your conscious awareness of your own name and self-identity depends primarily on the normal functioning of your:

cerebral cortex

The benefits of brain plasticity are most clearly demonstrated in:

children who have had a cerebral hemisphere surgically removed

Our inability to quickly adjust to daylight savings time is most likely a reflection of:

circadian rhythm

Split-brain patients have had their ________ surgically cut.

corpus callosum

The large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep are called:

delta waves

In transmitting sensory information to the brain, an electrical signal travels from the ________ of a single neuron.

dendrites to the cell body to the axon

One theory suggests that the brain activity associated with ________ is helpful for developing and preserving neural pathways in the brain.

dreaming

The hypothalamus is to the control of ________ as the cerebellum is to the control of ________.

eating, walking

Hormones are the chemical messengers of the

endocrine system

The study of how gene expression is influenced by changes within environmental factors is called

epigenetics

Chromosomes are important because they contain of:

genes

Twin studies suggest that a strong influence on emotional instability comes from:

genetic predispositions

LSD is most likely to produce:

hallucinations

Twin studies suggest that Alzheimer's disease is influenced by:

heredity

Olds and Milner located reward centers in the brain structure known as the:

hypothalamus

The brain structure that provides a major link between the nervous system and the endocrine system is the:

hypothalamus

Information travels from the spinal cord to the brain via:

interneurons

Freud called the underlying meaning of a dream that the psychoanalyst must explore is called the ________ content.

latent

Surgical destruction of brain tissue is called a(n):

lesion

Compared to identical twins, fraternal twins are:

less likely to be the same sex and less likely to be similar in extraversion

Addictive drug cravings are likely to be associated with reward centers in the:

limbic system

Shane, a straight-A student, remembers dreaming that he failed an important chemistry test. According to Freud, Shane's account represents the ________ content of his dream.

manifest

Your life would be most immediately threatened if you suffered destruction of the:

medulla

When light strikes the retina, it signals the suprachiasmatic nucleus to alter ________ production by the pineal gland.

melatonin

In order for you to be able to run, ________ must relay messages from your central nervous system to your leg muscles.

motor neurons

Direct stimulation of the motor cortex would be most likely to result in

movement of the mouth and lips

When the release of ACh is blocked, the result is:

muscular paralysis

Which of the following sleep disorders would be the most incapacitating for a commercial bus driver?

narcolepsy

Evolutionary psychology studies the evolution of behavior and the mind using principles of:

natural selection

Dendrites are the receiving branching extensions of:

neurons

The chemical messengers released into the spatial junctions between neurons are called:

neurotransmitters

About three hours after he falls asleep, Bobby often sits up in bed screaming incoherently. His mother tries to awaken him, but with no success. His pulse races and he gasps for breath. The next morning, he remembers nothing. It appears that Bobby suffers from:

night terrors

Neurogenesis is the process by which

our brain creates new neurons

The activation-synthesis theory best helps to explain why:

people often experience sudden visual images during REM sleep

The somatic nervous system is a component of the ________ nervous system.

peripheral

Which of the following provides the clearest indication of a drug addiction?

physical dependence

Evolutionary psychologists are most likely to be criticized for:

providing hindsight explanations for human behaviors

Of the following, an evolutionary psychologist will most likely investigate the

reason why many people have an innate fear of the dark

Drug tolerance refers to the:

reduced effect of a drug resulting from its regular usage.

According to evolutionary psychologists, our predisposition to overconsume fatty junk foods illustrates that we are biologically prepared to behave in ways that promoted the ________ of our ancestors.

reproductive success

An accelerated heartbeat is to a slowed heartbeat as the ________ nervous system is to the ________ nervous system.

sympathetic and parasympathetic

Messages are transmitted from your spinal cord to your digestive system's stomach muscles by the:

sympathetic nervous system

The spatial junctions where impulses are chemically transmitted from one neuron to another are called:

synapses

Identical twins separated at birth and raised in completely different cultures would be most likely to have similar:

temperaments

Which brain structure relays information from the eyes to the visual cortex?

thalamus

Withdrawal refers to the:

the discomfort and distress that follow the discontinued use of a drug.

When people are experiencing vivid dreams:

their eyes are likely to move under their closed eyelids

The sensory cortex is most critical for our sense of:

touch

Terry has not had a decent night of sleep in over a week. If this sleep deprivation continues, he will become increasingly susceptible to:

viral infections

Forty-year-old Lance insists that he never dreams. Research suggests that he probably:

would report a vivid dream if he were awakened during REM sleep