Question 1

How many axons can a cell have?

Accepted Answer

A) Only one 
B) Half as many as its number of dendrites​ 
C) ​As many as the number of dendrites 
D) No limit​ 
A) Only one 
B) Half as many as its number of dendrites​ 
C) ​As many as the number of dendrites 
D) No limit​

Question 2

​What causes the flow of the action potential?

Accepted Answer

A) Electrical conduction on the myelin that surrounds the axon 
B) The flow of water down the center of the axon​ 
C) The movement of ions across the membrane​ 
D) The synthesis of neurotransmitters​ 
A) Electrical conduction on the myelin that surrounds the axon 
B) The flow of water down the center of the axon​ 
C) The movement of ions across the membrane​ 
D) The synthesis of neurotransmitters​

Question 3

We produce a unified perception of an object from separate representations of vision,touch,and so forth.The question of how we do so is described as which of these?​

Accepted Answer

A) The nature-nurture issue 
B) ​Transformational grammar 
C) ​Epigenetics 
D) ​The binding problem 
A) The nature-nurture issue 
B) ​Transformational grammar 
C) ​Epigenetics 
D) ​The binding problem

Question 4

A similarity between adopted children and their adopted mothers could indicate high heritability.What is another likely explanation in certain cases?​

Accepted Answer

A) Extrasensory perception 
B) ​Prenatal environment 
C) ​Survival of the fittest 
D) ​Gene mutations 
A) Extrasensory perception 
B) ​Prenatal environment 
C) ​Survival of the fittest 
D) ​Gene mutations

Question 5

​What is the meaning of the abbreviation "fMRI"?

Accepted Answer

A) full mental retardation impediment 
B) functional magnetic resonance imaging​ 
C) ​familiar mental recording instrument 
D) frontal medial recovery interval​ 
A) full mental retardation impediment 
B) functional magnetic resonance imaging​ 
C) ​familiar mental recording instrument 
D) frontal medial recovery interval​

Question 6

Suppose a father has red-green color deficiency and the mother has normal color vision.What color vision will their children have?​

Accepted Answer

A) Half of the sons will be color deficient, but the daughters will have normal color vision. 
B) ​All will have normal color vision, but the daughters could have color-deficient children. 
C) ​All of the sons will be color deficient, but the daughters will have normal color vision. 
D) ​All of the sons will have normal color vision, but the daughters will be color deficient. 
A) Half of the sons will be color deficient, but the daughters will have normal color vision. 
B) ​All will have normal color vision, but the daughters could have color-deficient children. 
C) ​All of the sons will be color deficient, but the daughters will have normal color vision. 
D) ​All of the sons will have normal color vision, but the daughters will be color deficient.

Question 7

The "binding problem" refers to which question?​

Accepted Answer

A) How does sensory activity in separate brain areas produce a unified experience? 
B) How do children learn the expectations that their culture imposes?​ 
C) How does oxytocin increase the social attachment between people?​ 
D) How can we get groups with a history of hostility and distrust to work together?​ 
A) How does sensory activity in separate brain areas produce a unified experience? 
B) How do children learn the expectations that their culture imposes?​ 
C) How does oxytocin increase the social attachment between people?​ 
D) How can we get groups with a history of hostility and distrust to work together?​

Question 8

​Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is most important for hearing,language comprehension,facial recognition,and emotion?

Accepted Answer

A) Temporal lobe 
B) Occipital lobe​ 
C) Parietal lobe​ 
D) Frontal lobe​ 
A) Temporal lobe 
B) Occipital lobe​ 
C) Parietal lobe​ 
D) Frontal lobe​

Question 9

The left hand of a split-brain person points to something the right hemisphere knows but the left hemisphere doesn't.How does the left hemisphere react?

Accepted Answer

A) It uses the right hand to pull the left hand back. 
B) ​It describes its surprise and dismay at the unexplained action. 
C) ​It makes up a story to explain the action. 
D) ​It says and does nothing, as if it didn't notice. 
A) It uses the right hand to pull the left hand back. 
B) ​It describes its surprise and dismay at the unexplained action. 
C) ​It makes up a story to explain the action. 
D) ​It says and does nothing, as if it didn't notice.

Question 10

An adult who became blind because of brain damage (with the eyes intact)continues to have which aspect of response to light?​

Accepted Answer

A) The person still has visual imagery and some visual dreams. 
B) ​The person can learn to identify colors by touching them. 
C) Light causes the person to feel wakeful in the day and sleepy at night.​ 
D) The person can still describe what an object is, without knowing where it is.​ 
A) The person still has visual imagery and some visual dreams. 
B) ​The person can learn to identify colors by touching them. 
C) Light causes the person to feel wakeful in the day and sleepy at night.​ 
D) The person can still describe what an object is, without knowing where it is.​

Question 11

​On average,northern Europeans drink much more milk than Japanese or Chinese people,because of a genetic difference.What does that gene control?

Accepted Answer

A) Maturation of odor receptors 
B) ​Maturation of taste receptors 
C) ​Connections between taste receptors and the brain 
D) ​Digestion of the sugars in milk 
A) Maturation of odor receptors 
B) ​Maturation of taste receptors 
C) ​Connections between taste receptors and the brain 
D) ​Digestion of the sugars in milk

Question 12

In spite of being a hallucinogen,LSD has sometimes been used for which purpose?​

Accepted Answer

A) To relieve severe anxiety 
B) ​To improve attention 
C) ​To combat Alzheimer's disease 
D) ​To help people lose weight 
A) To relieve severe anxiety 
B) ​To improve attention 
C) ​To combat Alzheimer's disease 
D) ​To help people lose weight

Question 13

Which of these would arouse the parasympathetic nervous system?​

Accepted Answer

A) The sudden end of a period of danger 
B) Stimulant drugs such as amphetamine​ 
C) A signal that has previously been associated with pain​ 
D) Sudden exposure to cold weather​ 
A) The sudden end of a period of danger 
B) Stimulant drugs such as amphetamine​ 
C) A signal that has previously been associated with pain​ 
D) Sudden exposure to cold weather​

Question 14

Why are people more likely to die from overdoses of opiates than from overdoses of marijuana?​

Accepted Answer

A) The brain areas that control heart rate and breathing have few marijuana receptors. 
B) ​If marijuana begins to slow heart rate, people become placid and stop using the drug. 
C) ​Opiates cause sodium to enter neurons, and marijuana causes potassium to enter. 
D) ​Opiates dissolve in the fats of the body, but marijuana does not. 
A) The brain areas that control heart rate and breathing have few marijuana receptors. 
B) ​If marijuana begins to slow heart rate, people become placid and stop using the drug. 
C) ​Opiates cause sodium to enter neurons, and marijuana causes potassium to enter. 
D) ​Opiates dissolve in the fats of the body, but marijuana does not.

Question 15

​What are the effects of MDMA ("ecstasy")?

Accepted Answer

A) Reduced pain at low doses and increased pain at high doses. 
B) ​Depressant effects at low doses and stimulant effects at high doses. 
C) ​Stimulant effects at low doses and hallucinogenic effects at high doses. 
D) ​Antisocial effects at low doses and prosocial effects at high doses. 
A) Reduced pain at low doses and increased pain at high doses. 
B) ​Depressant effects at low doses and stimulant effects at high doses. 
C) ​Stimulant effects at low doses and hallucinogenic effects at high doses. 
D) ​Antisocial effects at low doses and prosocial effects at high doses.

Question 16

​The parasympathetic nervous system does which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) It promotes digestion and other vegetative activities. 
B) ​It readies the body for vigorous emergency activity. 
C) ​It interprets other people's gestures and facial expressions. 
D) ​It controls the muscles of the arms and legs. 
A) It promotes digestion and other vegetative activities. 
B) ​It readies the body for vigorous emergency activity. 
C) ​It interprets other people's gestures and facial expressions. 
D) ​It controls the muscles of the arms and legs.

Question 17

​What is the function of a neuron's dendrites?

Accepted Answer

A) They insulate the neuron from other cells. 
B) ​They contain the chromosomes and they synthesize new proteins. 
C) ​They conduct information toward other cells. 
D) ​They receive information from other cells. 
A) They insulate the neuron from other cells. 
B) ​They contain the chromosomes and they synthesize new proteins. 
C) ​They conduct information toward other cells. 
D) ​They receive information from other cells.

Question 18

Flunitrazepam (Rohypnol),a "date rape" drug,is an example of what?​

Accepted Answer

A) An anxiolytic (tranquilizer) drug 
B) ​A stimulant drug 
C) ​A hallucinogenic drug 
D) ​A traditional ceremonial drug 
A) An anxiolytic (tranquilizer) drug 
B) ​A stimulant drug 
C) ​A hallucinogenic drug 
D) ​A traditional ceremonial drug

Question 19

Which of these contradicts the idea that a "genetically controlled" feature cannot be changed?​

Accepted Answer

A) The effect of a full moon on mental illness 
B) ​The effect of diet on PKU (phenylketonuria) 
C) The effect of sleep deprivation on alertness​ 
D) The effect of certain smells on hormone secretion​ 
A) The effect of a full moon on mental illness 
B) ​The effect of diet on PKU (phenylketonuria) 
C) The effect of sleep deprivation on alertness​ 
D) The effect of certain smells on hormone secretion​

Question 20

​The phenomenon called "blindsight" sometimes occurs under which circumstance?

Accepted Answer

A) Someone's visual cortex is intact, but the rest of the brain has been damaged. 
B) Someone's eyes and brain are intact, but the connection between them is lost.​ 
C) Someone suffered damage in the center of both retinas.​ 
D) Someone suffered damage in much of the visual cortex.​ 
A) Someone's visual cortex is intact, but the rest of the brain has been damaged. 
B) Someone's eyes and brain are intact, but the connection between them is lost.​ 
C) Someone suffered damage in the center of both retinas.​ 
D) Someone suffered damage in much of the visual cortex.​

Exam 3: Biological Psychology

How many axons can a cell have?

​What causes the flow of the action potential?

We produce a unified perception of an object from separate representations of vision,touch,and so forth.The question of how we do so is described as which of these?​

A similarity between adopted children and their adopted mothers could indicate high heritability.What is another likely explanation in certain cases?​

​What is the meaning of the abbreviation "fMRI"?

Suppose a father has red-green color deficiency and the mother has normal color vision.What color vision will their children have?​

The "binding problem" refers to which question?​

​Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is most important for hearing,language comprehension,facial recognition,and emotion?

The left hand of a split-brain person points to something the right hemisphere knows but the left hemisphere doesn't.How does the left hemisphere react?

An adult who became blind because of brain damage (with the eyes intact)continues to have which aspect of response to light?​

​On average,northern Europeans drink much more milk than Japanese or Chinese people,because of a genetic difference.What does that gene control?

In spite of being a hallucinogen,LSD has sometimes been used for which purpose?​

Which of these would arouse the parasympathetic nervous system?​

Why are people more likely to die from overdoses of opiates than from overdoses of marijuana?​

​What are the effects of MDMA ("ecstasy")?

​The parasympathetic nervous system does which of the following?

​What is the function of a neuron's dendrites?

Flunitrazepam (Rohypnol),a "date rape" drug,is an example of what?​

Which of these contradicts the idea that a "genetically controlled" feature cannot be changed?​

​The phenomenon called "blindsight" sometimes occurs under which circumstance?

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What causes the flow of the action potential?

We produce a unified perception of an object from separate representations of vision,touch,and so forth.The question of how we do so is described as which of these?

A similarity between adopted children and their adopted mothers could indicate high heritability.What is another likely explanation in certain cases?

What is the meaning of the abbreviation "fMRI"?

Suppose a father has red-green color deficiency and the mother has normal color vision.What color vision will their children have?

The "binding problem" refers to which question?

Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is most important for hearing,language comprehension,facial recognition,and emotion?

An adult who became blind because of brain damage (with the eyes intact)continues to have which aspect of response to light?

On average,northern Europeans drink much more milk than Japanese or Chinese people,because of a genetic difference.What does that gene control?

In spite of being a hallucinogen,LSD has sometimes been used for which purpose?

Which of these would arouse the parasympathetic nervous system?

Why are people more likely to die from overdoses of opiates than from overdoses of marijuana?

What are the effects of MDMA ("ecstasy")?

The parasympathetic nervous system does which of the following?

What is the function of a neuron's dendrites?

Flunitrazepam (Rohypnol),a "date rape" drug,is an example of what?

Which of these contradicts the idea that a "genetically controlled" feature cannot be changed?

The phenomenon called "blindsight" sometimes occurs under which circumstance?