Exam 1: Online Practice Questions

The desire to move away from the edge of a steep cliff has clear survival value. This tendency reflects the long process of psychological:

Using MRI, variations in tissue can be detected according to the way in which ____ absorb and return energy.

Continued neuroscience research has the potential for:

Brain function is not affected by viruses, only degenerative diseases such as dementia.

Social anxiety, major depression, and bipolar disorder are all examples of psychiatric ______.

While taking a walk, your eyes focus on a passing car. Your eyes take this information and convert it into:

The neurological disorder __________________ manifests in memory lapses, inability to recognize the faces of loved ones, and, eventually, the loss of faculties.

A lion fends off hyenas after killing an antelope. This behavior is determined by which survival function?

A laboratory animal subject is displaying signs of increased levels of serotonin, a neurotransmitter. A neuroscientist may use _____ to sample the concentration of neurotransmitters directly from brain tissue.

The puzzle of figuring out which sights, sounds, and smells belong to the same object in the external world is called the ____ problem.

Lesion studies are useful in determining which regions of the brain are critical for certain functions, such as vision, speech, and balance.

What kind of questions should cognitive neuroscientists try to answer? Which questions might be left, instead, to cognitive psychologists?

Most of our behavior is _____ of brain activity, rather than a basic function.

Emotions help us determine what is most _______ at any given time.

We can assume that a given neuron is associated with controlling eye movements if the neuron has outputs connected to:

What you are thinking has no bearing on physical changes in your body.

Language is composed of:

You sit on the couch to enjoy a relaxing afternoon of knitting. You pick up the needles and your hands start to move, seemingly without much effort. This is an example of:

The scientific method is a multistep process that allows for a systematic approach to science.

When healthy volunteers have their brain stimulated with ____, they can experience involuntary movement of the left hand.