Question 1

The autonomic nervous system has two divisions: ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  central and peripheral 
B)  receptors and effectors 
C)  sympathetic and parasympathetic 
D)  limbic and endocrine

Question 2

What do we call the state of a neuron when it is NOT firing a neural impulse?

Accepted Answer

A)  action potential 
B)  resting potential 
C)  myelination signal 
D)  transmission impulse

Question 3

Incoming sensory messages are made sense of in ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Broca's area 
B)  the motor projection areas 
C)  the association areas 
D)  Wernicke's area

Question 4

The autonomic nervous system is responsible for:

Accepted Answer

A)  controlling the skeletal muscles. 
B)  sending sensory input to the brain. 
C)  making choices and decisions. 
D)  the activity of internal organs and glands.

Question 5

Corey was in an automobile accident that resulted in an injury to her brain. She now has difficulty maintaining her balance and normal body positions. Her sense of touch has also been injured. The part of her brain most likely injured was her ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  occipital lobe 
B)  temporal lobe 
C)  parietal lobe 
D)  frontal lobe

Question 6

The ________ lobes are located at the top and back of each cerebral hemisphere, containing the centers for touch, body position, and temperature.

Accepted Answer

A)  frontal 
B)  temporal 
C)  occipital 
D)  parietal

Question 7

The point at which the nerves from the left side of the body cross over into the right side of the brain and vice versa is called the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  reticular activating system 
B)  pons 
C)  medulla 
D)  cerebellum

Question 8

Which of the following statements would BEST describe a person who was experiencing a brain analysis technique called magnetoencephalography (MEG)?

Accepted Answer

A)  The patient wears a helmet-like device during the procedure. 
B)  The patient would be injected with a radioactive tracer that is relatively easily to obtain. 
C)  The patient would have several small electrodes attached to their scalp. 
D)  The patient would be slid into a tube where a large magnet would circle around them for an extended period of time.

Question 9

Agonist is to antagonist as:

Accepted Answer

A)  neuromodulator is to neurotransmitter. 
B)  reuptake is to receptor. 
C)  mimic is to block. 
D)  block is to mimic.

Question 10

Malcolm is studying alone in his room late at night when he hears a loud noise downstairs. His heartbeat increases significantly and his breathing becomes shallow. He wonders if a burglar has entered the house and decides to investigate. When he gets downstairs, he discovers his cat has knocked over a plant stand. His body begins to relax and return to normal. Which part of his nervous system was responsible for putting Malcolm's body on "high alert" when he did not know the source of the sound?

Accepted Answer

A)  spinal cord 
B)  somatic nervous system 
C)  sympathetic nervous system 
D)  parasympathetic nervous system

Question 11

Sara has been experiencing a serious memory problem. An interdisciplinary team has ruled out a range of causes and believes that a neurotransmitter is involved. Which neurotransmitter is most likely involved in this problem?

Accepted Answer

A)  GABA 
B)  dopamine 
C)  serotonin 
D)  acetylcholine

Question 12

The state during which a neuron contains more negatively charged ions inside the cell than outside the cell and is NOT firing is referred to as the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  action potential 
B)  quiet potential 
C)  synaptic potential 
D)  resting potential

Question 13

Al is trying to decide whether the shower is hot enough to step in. Hal is listening to his MP3 player. Sal is looking at a beautiful painting in an art museum. Which individual is using his parietal lobe?

Accepted Answer

A)  Al 
B)  Hal 
C)  Sal 
D)  Hal and Sal are, but Al is not.

Question 14

The structure that connects the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex is the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  corpus callosum 
B)  pineal gland 
C)  pons 
D)  reticular formation

Question 15

Researcher Roger Sperry won a Nobel Prize for his research on epilepsy. Sperry cut through the ________, which joins the two hemispheres of the brain.

Accepted Answer

A)  medulla 
B)  pons 
C)  pituitary gland 
D)  corpus callosum

Question 16

If Mindy's doctor has taken a series of images of her brain using X-rays, then she has likely had a(n) ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  EEG 
B)  MRI 
C)  CT 
D)  PET

Question 17

Physiological psychologists study ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  human mental and physical growth from the prenatal period through childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age 
B)  the biological basis for human behavior. 
C)  the differences among individuals in such traits as anxiety, sociability, self-esteem, the need for achievement, and aggressiveness 
D)  how people influence one another

Question 18

The peripheral nervous system consists of the ________ and ________ nervous systems.

Accepted Answer

A)  autonomic; somatic 
B)  autonomic; sympathetic 
C)  parasympathetic; somatic 
D)  parasympathetic; sympathetic

Question 19

The outer surface of the two cerebral hemispheres that regulate most complex behavior is called the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  cerebellum 
B)  corpus callosum 
C)  cerebral cortex 
D)  substantia nigra

Question 20

Roll is conducting a research study. She wants to measure the physical connectivity in the research participants' brains by imaging their white matter. Which of the following methods will she use?

Accepted Answer

A)  diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) 
B)  MRI spectroscopy 
C)  functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) 
D)  computed tomography (CT)

Exam 2: The Biological Perspective