Quiz 7 AP Psychology

Which brain area is primarily involved with controlling speech?

Broca's area

Which brain area is primarily involved with understanding and producing meaningful speech?

Wernicke's area

Alzheimer's disease is most closely linked to the deterioration of neurons that produce

acetylcholine.

What are the molecules that are similar enough to a neurotransmitter to bind to its receptor sites on a dendrite and mimic that neurotransmitter's effects called?

agonists

Which neural center in the limbic system plays a central role in emotions such as aggression and fear?

amygdala

A person with schizophrenia may have an overactive dopamine system. Drugs used to treat this disorder prevent the action of dopamine by keeping it from binding to its receptors. These drugs are

antagonists.

Someone who has difficulty speaking after a stroke is suffering from which of the following?

aphasia

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

breathing; walking

Ellen volunteers during her AP psychology class to try to balance a yardstick on her two fingers. While her eyes are open, she finds the task quite easy. However, when she closes her eyes, she finds the same task almost impossible. Which brain region relies on visual information in coordinating our voluntary movements?

cerebellum

An undersupply of serotonin is most closely linked to

depression.

Schizophrenia is most closely linked with excess receptor activity for the neurotransmitter

dopamine

José has just played a long, bruising football game but feels little fatigue or discomfort. His lack of pain is most likely caused by the release of

endorphins.

In 1848, Phineas Gage, a railroad construction foreman, survived when an explosion drove an iron rod through his head. The once friendly, soft-spoken Gage became irritable and dishonest. Gage's case provided evidence that which region of the brain plays a role in personality and behavior?

frontal lobes

Which of the following is the component of the limbic system that plays an essential role in the processing of new memories?

hippocampus

Severing a cat's reticular formation from higher brain regions causes the cat to

lapse into a coma.

Which region of the brain will a fMRI show as active when a person is looking at a photo?

occipital lobes

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

sensing touch; seeing

Which brain structure receives information from all the senses except smell?

thalamus