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