Question 1

Which of these is true for action potentials?​

Accepted Answer

A) Action potentials carry a message across synapses. 
B) Action potentials are important for humans, but not for other animal species.​ 
C) ​An action potential travels as fast as electrical conduction. 
D) An action potential keeps its strength as it travels.​ 
A) Action potentials carry a message across synapses. 
B) Action potentials are important for humans, but not for other animal species.​ 
C) ​An action potential travels as fast as electrical conduction. 
D) An action potential keeps its strength as it travels.​

Question 2

​Surgeons have sometimes cut the corpus callosum to relieve which disorder?

Accepted Answer

A) Epilepsy 
B) ​Schizophrenia 
C) Parkinson's disease​ 
D) Phenylketonuria​ 
A) Epilepsy 
B) ​Schizophrenia 
C) Parkinson's disease​ 
D) Phenylketonuria​

Question 3

Three people get toe pinches at the same time.Who feels it soonest,if anyone?​

Accepted Answer

A) The tallest person feels it soonest. 
B) ​The medium-sized person feels it soonest. 
C) ​The shortest person feels it soonest. 
D) ​All three feel it at the same time. 
A) The tallest person feels it soonest. 
B) ​The medium-sized person feels it soonest. 
C) ​The shortest person feels it soonest. 
D) ​All three feel it at the same time.

Question 4

What is the similarity between the infant grasp reflex and our "goose bumps" when we feel cold?​

Accepted Answer

A) Both depend on connections between the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex. 
B) ​Both are adaptations to increase blood flow to parts of the skin. 
C) ​Both show major variations between one human culture and another. 
D) ​Both were valuable to our evolutionary ancestors, but of little use to humans. 
A) Both depend on connections between the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex. 
B) ​Both are adaptations to increase blood flow to parts of the skin. 
C) ​Both show major variations between one human culture and another. 
D) ​Both were valuable to our evolutionary ancestors, but of little use to humans.

Question 5

​New experiences produce what effect on adult neurons?

Accepted Answer

A) Neurons migrate from one brain area to another, depending on where they are needed. 
B) ​Axons and dendrites form new branches. 
C) ​Axons change the speed and magnitude of their action potentials. 
D) ​Certain neurons can grow a second or third axon. 
A) Neurons migrate from one brain area to another, depending on where they are needed. 
B) ​Axons and dendrites form new branches. 
C) ​Axons change the speed and magnitude of their action potentials. 
D) ​Certain neurons can grow a second or third axon.

Question 6

Why can't you see your eyes move when you watch in a mirror?​

Accepted Answer

A) The movement is too quick and too small to see. 
B) ​During the eye movement, you inactivate part of your brain. 
C) It is difficult to see anything move from that short a distance.​ 
D) A mirror distorts the pattern of light when anything is moving.​ 
A) The movement is too quick and too small to see. 
B) ​During the eye movement, you inactivate part of your brain. 
C) It is difficult to see anything move from that short a distance.​ 
D) A mirror distorts the pattern of light when anything is moving.​

Question 7

What kind of drug increases transmission at inhibitory synapses?​

Accepted Answer

A) Dopamine precursors (such as L-dopa) 
B) ​Hallucinogens (such as LS
D)  
C) ​Stimulant drugs (such as cocaine) 
D) ​Anxiolytic drugs (tranquilizers) 
A) Dopamine precursors (such as L-dopa) 
B) ​Hallucinogens (such as LS
D)  
C) ​Stimulant drugs (such as cocaine) 
D) ​Anxiolytic drugs (tranquilizers)

Question 8

​"Binding" sensations to perceive an object depends on perceiving which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) The object's location 
B) ​The object's size 
C) ​The object's momentum 
D) ​The object's vibration 
A) The object's location 
B) ​The object's size 
C) ​The object's momentum 
D) ​The object's vibration

Question 9

What does the peripheral nervous system do?​

Accepted Answer

A) It communicates between the spinal cord and the rest of the body. 
B) ​It controls the less important functions of the brain. 
C) ​It controls speech, gestures, and other means of communication. 
D) ​It controls cognitions, motivations, and emotions. 
A) It communicates between the spinal cord and the rest of the body. 
B) ​It controls the less important functions of the brain. 
C) ​It controls speech, gestures, and other means of communication. 
D) ​It controls cognitions, motivations, and emotions.

Question 10

What is meant by the term blindsight?​

Accepted Answer

A) Someone who has total damage to the eyes has learned to identify colors by touch. 
B) ​Someone can in fact see the shape of objects, even in total darkness. 
C) ​Someone claims to see normally, despite being totally blind. 
D) ​Someone can indicate the location of a visual stimulus without consciously seeing it. 
A) Someone who has total damage to the eyes has learned to identify colors by touch. 
B) ​Someone can in fact see the shape of objects, even in total darkness. 
C) ​Someone claims to see normally, despite being totally blind. 
D) ​Someone can indicate the location of a visual stimulus without consciously seeing it.

Question 11

A man with damage to his corpus callosum stares at a point straight ahead while someone flashes GREEN for a split second on the left half of the screen and BEANS on the right.He is asked what he saw.What will he probably reply?​

Accepted Answer

A) "Green" 
B) "Beans"​ 
C) "Green beans"​ 
D) ​"Nothing" 
A) "Green" 
B) "Beans"​ 
C) "Green beans"​ 
D) ​"Nothing"

Question 12

At low to moderate doses,what is the usual effect of alcohol?​

Accepted Answer

A) Aggressive behavior 
B) ​Improved memory 
C) Relaxation​ 
D) ​Increased inhibitions 
A) Aggressive behavior 
B) ​Improved memory 
C) Relaxation​ 
D) ​Increased inhibitions

Question 13

​The cerebral cortex controls muscle movements by what means?

Accepted Answer

A) Axons from the cortex go to receptors in the skin, which send messages to muscles. 
B) ​Axons from the cortex go to the hypothalamus and amygdala, which control muscles. 
C) Axons from the cortex go directly to the muscles.​ 
D) Axons from the cortex go to the medulla and spinal cord, which control muscles.​ 
A) Axons from the cortex go to receptors in the skin, which send messages to muscles. 
B) ​Axons from the cortex go to the hypothalamus and amygdala, which control muscles. 
C) Axons from the cortex go directly to the muscles.​ 
D) Axons from the cortex go to the medulla and spinal cord, which control muscles.​

Exam 3: Biological Psychology

Which of these is true for action potentials?​

​Surgeons have sometimes cut the corpus callosum to relieve which disorder?

Three people get toe pinches at the same time.Who feels it soonest,if anyone?​

What is the similarity between the infant grasp reflex and our "goose bumps" when we feel cold?​

​New experiences produce what effect on adult neurons?

Why can't you see your eyes move when you watch in a mirror?​

What kind of drug increases transmission at inhibitory synapses?​

​"Binding" sensations to perceive an object depends on perceiving which of the following?

What does the peripheral nervous system do?​

What is meant by the term blindsight?​

A man with damage to his corpus callosum stares at a point straight ahead while someone flashes GREEN for a split second on the left half of the screen and BEANS on the right.He is asked what he saw.What will he probably reply?​

At low to moderate doses,what is the usual effect of alcohol?​

​The cerebral cortex controls muscle movements by what means?

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Which of these is true for action potentials?

Surgeons have sometimes cut the corpus callosum to relieve which disorder?

Three people get toe pinches at the same time.Who feels it soonest,if anyone?

What is the similarity between the infant grasp reflex and our "goose bumps" when we feel cold?

New experiences produce what effect on adult neurons?

Why can't you see your eyes move when you watch in a mirror?

What kind of drug increases transmission at inhibitory synapses?

"Binding" sensations to perceive an object depends on perceiving which of the following?

What does the peripheral nervous system do?

What is meant by the term blindsight?

A man with damage to his corpus callosum stares at a point straight ahead while someone flashes GREEN for a split second on the left half of the screen and BEANS on the right.He is asked what he saw.What will he probably reply?

At low to moderate doses,what is the usual effect of alcohol?

The cerebral cortex controls muscle movements by what means?