PSY 330 Chapter 2 Quiz

During an action potential, the charge inside the axon reaches a maximum value of __________ millivolts relative to outside of the axon. a. +40 b. -70 c. +70 d.-40

a. +40

After a stroke, Sarah is extremely impaired in navigating from one place to another. Which area of her brain has most likely incurred damage from the stroke? a. PPA b. FFA c. EBA d. Wernicke's area

a. PPA

Studying the underlying physiology of cognition is known as a. cognitive neuroscience. b. neuropsychology. c. neuroscience. d. cognitive psychology.

a. cognitive neuroscience.

Stimulus intensity is represented in a single neuron by the a. firing rate of the action potentials. b. size of the action potentials. c. firing rate of the neurotransmitters. d. size of the synapse.

a. firing rate of the action potentials.

Paul Broca's and Carl Wernicke's research provided early evidence for a. localization of function. b. distributed processing. c. neural net theory. d. prosopagnosia.

a. localization of function

Which of the following is consistent with the idea of localization of function? a. Specific areas of the brain serve different functions. b. All of these c. Neurons in different areas of the brain respond best to different stimuli. d. Damage to one area of the brain often leads to a predictable kind of impairment.

b. All of these

Your professor showed video of a man who could no longer recognize faces, even his own. To which of the following areas would this man MOST likely have damage? a. EBA b. FFA c. occipital lobes d. frontal lobes

b. FFA

The anatomical details shown in a connectome support the idea of a. population coding. b. distributed processing. c. representation. d. localization of function.

b. distributed processing

Neurons that respond to specific aspects of the physical world (e.g., line orientation) are called a. receptors. b. feature detectors. c. dendrites. d. retinal cells

b. feature detectors.

Michael is trying to speak to his wife, but his speech is very slow and difficult, often not making sense when he does produce the words. Michael may have damage to his a. EBA b. PPA c. Wernicke's area. d. Broca's area.

d. Broca's area.

How is a specific person's face represented by the nervous system? a. receptors in the retina that respond when the face is present b. feature detectors that fire specifically to that face c. a group of neurons that all respond only to that face d. a group of neurons each responding differentially to a number of different faces

d. a group of neurons each responding differentially to a number of different faces

Brain imaging has made it possible to a. show how environmental energy is transformed into neural energy. b. view propagation of action potentials. c. view individual neurons in the brain. d. determine which areas of the brain are involved in different cognitive processes.

d. determine which areas of the brain are involved in different cognitive processes.

The idea that specific cognitive functions activate many areas of the brain is known as a. aphasia. b. localization of function. c. modularity. d. distributed processing.

d. distributed processing

The __________ lobe receives information from all of the senses and is responsible for coordination of the senses. a. parietal b. occipital c. subcortical d. frontal

d. frontal

Recordings from single neurons are conducted using a. neuroconductors. b. functional magnetic resonance imaging scanners. c. positron emission tomography scanners. d. microelectrodes.

d. microelectrodes.