Psyc Chapter 2 Revel Practice Questions

In which of the following lobes of the cortex would you find the pri mary visual cortex ?

Occipital

The venom of a black widow spider acts as an)______ by mimicking the effects of acetylcholine.

Agonist

4. If you were suffering from neurological problems and your neurol ogist wanted to have a study done of your brain and its electrical functioning, which of the following techniques would be most appropriate?

EEG

Which of following techniques analyzes blood oxygen look at the functioning of the brain?

FMRI

You have a dream in which you wake up to find that people around you are using words that make no sense. What's more, your friends don't seem to understand you when you speak. At one point in your dream , your mom tells you that you almost forgot your tree limb today . When you give her a puzzled look , she holds up your lunchbox and repeats , "You know , your tree limb ." Your predica ment in your dream is most like which of the following disorders ?

Wernicke's Aphasia

If you were to develop a rare condition in which you were not able to remember to be afraid of certain situations, animals, or events, which part of the brain would most likely be damaged?

amygdala

Which part of the neuron carries messages to other cells?

axon

Which of the following is associated with pain relief?

endorphins

What part of the brain can sometimes be referred to as the "rind" outer covering ?

cortex

Dr. Roll is conducting a research study. She wants to measure the physical connectivity in the research participants' brains by imaging their white matter. Which of the following methods will she use?

diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)

Which of the following techniques involves passing a mild current through the brain to activate certain structures without damaging them?

electrical stimulation of the brain (ESB)

Which one of the following is NOT a function of glial cells?

generating action potentials

When a neuron's resting potential is occurring, the neuron is charged on the inside .

negatively

Neurotransmitters must pass from an axon terminal to the next dendrite by crossing a fluid-filled space called the

synapse

Which brain structure relays incoming sensory information?

thalamus