Exam 2: The Biological Perspective

The area at the back of the left temporal lobe that is crucial in the ability to listen, process, and understand what others are saying is ________ area.

An emergency room physician must treat a patient who has recently eaten a can of tainted mushrooms. Suspecting botulism, the physician must treat the woman in order to:

Which of the following is responsible for the ability to selectively attend to certain kinds of information in one's surroundings and become alert to changes?

During a resting potential, the neuron is positively charged inside and negatively charged outside.

Which of the following is a group of several brain structures located primarily under the cortex and is involved in learning, emotion, memory, and motivation?

Hank has been overweight since childhood. He diets frequently and can lose weight but always seems to gain it back, because he is unable to control his eating. Hank may have a problem with his:

The part of the neuron that carries outgoing messages either to another neuron or to a muscle or gland is the

Which of the following is a function of the right hemisphere?

The smallest unit in the nervous system is the ________.

Because they have similar chemical structures, morphine and heroin are able to lock into receptor sites for ________.

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

Ever since he suffered a brain injury by falling from a ladder, Zack's wife has continued to tell the doctor that his personality has changed. He used to be fun loving and carefree, but he is now more critical and yells at his children for seemingly little reason. Zack is likely to have suffered damage to the ________ of his cortex.

Neuroplasticity is most evident in which of the following circumstances?

The long bundle of neurons that carries messages to and from the body to the brain and is responsible for very fast, lifesaving reflexes is called the ________.

A brain-imaging method called ________ takes advantage of the magnetic properties of different atoms to take sharp, three-dimensional images of the brain.

Jeff is 13 years old and he has recently noticed some remarkable changes in himself. Over the past few months his voice has started to change, growing deeper. He has begun to grow pubic hair, as well as the beginnings of a facial beard. He is also filling out, with his muscles developing rapidly. These changes in Jeff are probably due to the action of ________.

The medulla is responsible for people's ability to selectively attend to certain kinds of information in their surroundings.

The subdivision of the peripheral nervous system that consists of nerves that control all of the involuntary muscles, organs, and glands is called the ________ nervous system.

Stan has been extremely afraid of cats since he was scratched as a 5-year-old. Whenever he sees a cat, he remembers the time he was scratched across his face, and he starts to feel afraid. If a cat comes towards him, he often runs away immediately, as he is afraid of being scratched again. Stan's behaviors and recollection of this trauma is a result of the ________ in the limbic system.

Glial cells provide structure for neurons.