video activities ch. 2

Which statement is most accurate?

Our attention is easily vulnerable to distraction.

When a cell is at rest:

enough positively charged sodium ions are kept outside of the cell to maintain a slightly negative charge inside.

Research has indicated a genetic influence on:

every personality trait studied

Which structure is the conductor, or "master gland," of the hormone-producing system?

the pituitary gland

Drugs or chemicals can:

all these choices are correct

The part of the neuron that receives input from other neurons is the:

dendrite

The video describes research that is presently investigating the possible genetic basis of:

depression

Gazzaniga's study of split-brain patients suggests that the:

left hemisphere is more intelligent than the right

The left hemisphere is inferior to the right hemisphere in:

recognizing visual patterns

Our reflexes such as pulling your hand away from a flame, are governed by the ____, while basic functions of motor skills and respiration are governed by the _____.

spinal cord; hindbrain

By 20 months of age, differences between words an infant understands and ones she doesn't understand can be identified in:

temporoparietal regions of the left hemisphere.

Which part of the cerebral cortex deals with abstract thinking, planning, executive control, and judgment—the qualities that make us most human?

the frontal lobe

From an evolutionary perspective, attention is important because:

there is too much information in the world; some information is more important than other information; it facilitates survival.

Researchers have examined the possible genetic influence on criminality by studying:

twins raised apart

Changes in brain activation in response to language listening seem to be driven by:

vocabulary knowledge

Cell phone use while driving is dangerous because:

we think we are attending to everything that we need to, but we probably aren't; our attention and working memories, as well as our visual capacities, are limited; when we attend to two or more tasks at the same time, there are costs.