Psy 2
The autonomic nervous system is most directly involved in
digesting food
The brain's ability to adapt after it is damaged is known as
Plasticity
Which of the following provides information regarding brain function by monitoring the brain at work through metabolism of glucose ?
Positron emission tomography ( PET )
Significant damage to which of the following parts of the brain will most likely cause a person to fall into a deep which the person will be unable to awaken
Reticular formation
The drugs that block the reabsorption of neurotransmitters in the synapse during neural transmission are
SSRIs
Activation of the parasympathetic nervous system results in which of the following
A decrease in heart rate
Which scenario best exemplifies Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection ?
A mutation in a species of lizards that allows them to better blend into their surroundings leads to greater survival and more offspring possessing this mutation in a later generation .
The depletion of which of the following neurotransmitters is most closely associated with the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease ?
Acetylcholine
Electrically stimulating a rat's amygdala would most likely produce which of the following?
Aggression
Damage to which of the following brain structures may cause the inability to detect the emotional significance of facial expressions, especially those demonstrating fear
Amygdala
The area labeled X in the drawing above denotes which of the following structures
Axon terminals
Difficulty in typing smoothly on a keyboard would most likely to result from damage to the
Cerebellum
A person with damage to Broca's area would most likely demonstrate which of the following symptoms ?
Difficulty with speech production
Cocaine blocks the reuptake of which neurotransmitter?
Dopamine
The network of structures involved in emotion, motivation , and the memory is the
Limbic system
Brain damage that leaves a person capable of understanding speech but with an impaired ability to produce speech most likely indicates injury to which of the following ?
Wernicke's area
Reuptake of a neurotransmitter refers to
absorption of the neurotransmitter into the terminal buttons of the sending neuron
Information is related to the spinal cord or the brain by
afferent neurons
The biological clock that operates in human beings to adjust their functioning to night-and-day periodicity is referred to as
circadian rhythm
The part of the neuron that is responsible for receiving signals from other neurons
dendrite
A participant in a study of music perception listens to music with electrodes attached to her scalp while data are collected on the activity of her brain . This technique is called
electroencephalography ( EEG )
Stimulation of portions of the left temporal lobe of the brain during surgery will cause the patient to
hear sounds
Brain lateralization refers to the
inclination for certain cognitive processes to be specialized to one hemisphere of the brain or the other
People who have experienced severe damage to the frontal lobe of the brain seldom regain their ability to
make and carry out plans
A child's sex is genetically determined by the
mother
During neuronal firing, the part of the neuron that acts as an insulator and conductor to speed the electrical impulse as it travels down the axon is
myelin sheath
The result of the evolutionary process that preserves traits that enhance the adaptation of an organism and suppresses traits that do not is called
natural Selection
Dopamine , norepinephrine , and acetylcholine are all
neurotransmitters that excite or inhibit a neural signal across a synapse
The hypothesis that intelligence is in part inherited is best supported by the fact that the IQ correlation for
pairs of identical twins is greater than for pairs of fraternal twins
Rudy has chronic trouble staying awake in class. What part of the brain is most likely responsible for Rudy's drowsiness?
reticular formation
An image projected to the left visual field of a split-brained person will be processed in the
right visual cortex
Ben was enjoying a walk in the woods on a beautiful Saturday afternoon . As he went around a curve , he noticed a bear walking toward him . Immediately his pupils dilated , he began to perspire , and his heart accelerated . These changes are most closely related to the function of the
sympathetic nervous system
Damage to a small part of the occipital lobe would most likely result in a
visual deficit