Biopsychology

a) antagonist; dopamine

Psychotropic medications used to treat schizophrenia act as _________ for the neurotransmitter ___________ by blocking its spread to other neurons.

a) antagonist; dopamine

b) agonist; acetylcholine

c) antagonist; serotonin

d) agonist; glutamate

c) an electroencephalograph (EEG)

Dylan, 8-years old, has appeared to have had an epileptic seizure. He is rushed to the ER for treatment, and the admitting physician first orders some tests to be conducted on Dylan's brain to determine a diagnosis. They want to measure overall electrical activity in the brain. Dylan will most likely receive a (an) __________.

a) a positron emission tomography (PET)

b) a functional MRI (fMRI)

c) an electroencephalograph (EEG)

d) computerized tomography (CT) scan

a) the frontal lobe is involved in things related to personality traits, emotion, and goal-setting abilities.

The damage done to Phineas Gage after his accident with the tamping iron revealed that

a) the frontal lobe is involved in things related to personality traits, emotion, and goal-setting abilities.

b) the frontal lobe is involved in controlling hearing.

c) the parietal lobe is essential in controlling personality traits, emotion, and moral reasoning abilities.

d) the parietal lobe is involved in controlling vision and name recognition.

a) the fight-or-flight response.

Justin is listening to the radio when he hears the sound of sirens, which he mistakes for the police turning on their sirens behind him. He immediately presses on the brakes, has an accelerated heartbeat and higher blood pressure, as well as sweaty palms. His reaction is known as

a) the fight-or-flight response.

b) homeostasis.

c) parasympathetic responses.

d) somatic response.

c) peripheral nervous system

The terms autonomic and somatic refer to the two main subdivisions of the ____________.

a) sympathetic nervous system

b) central nervous system

c) peripheral nervous system

d) parasympathetic nervous systems

a) neuron's cell body.

The soma is a

a) neuron's cell body.

b) branch-like fiber extending in clusters from a neuron's cell body.

c) long, tubelike structure extending from a neuron's cell body.

d) neurotransmitter.

a) biology

Psychological researchers study genetics in order to better understand the ________ that contributes to certain behaviors.

a) biology

b) neurology

c) psychology

d) chemistry

b) genotype; bb

Wendy's mother has blue eyes and her father has brown eyes. The allele for brown eye color is dominant (B) to the allele for blue eye color (b), but Wendy has blue eyes. Therefore, Wendy's ________ must be ________ and her father's must be Bb.

a) genotype; Bb

b) genotype; bb

c) phenotype; Bb

d) phenotype; bb

a) amygdala

The ________ is involved in our experience of emotion and tying emotional meaning to our memories.

a) amygdala

b) corpus callosum

c) hypothalamus

d) thalamus

a) Broca's area

Which of the following areas is located in the frontal lobe of the brain?

a) Broca's area

b) hippocampus

c) somatosensory cortex

d) Wernicke's area

a) a train relay station for both incoming and outgoing trains.

The spinal cord can best be compared to ?

a) a train relay station for both incoming and outgoing trains.

b) a pot with ingredients (messages) where messages are sent to simmer.

c) a one-way route on an airplane that sends messages down from the brain.

d) a row of dominoes that can send motor and sensory messages, but that needs time to be set up again.

If the threshold of excitation is reached, action potential begins, which causes the inside of the cell to temporarily have a ____________ charge.

positive

negative

neutral

positive or negative

a) positive

If the threshold of excitation is reached, action potential begins, which causes the inside of the cell to temporarily have a ____________ charge.

a) positive

b) negative

c) neutral

d) positive or negative

d) Range of reaction

________ asserts that our genes set the boundaries within which we can operate, and our environment interacts with our genes to determine where within those boundaries we will fall.

a) Behavioral genetics

b) Environmental psychology

c) Evolutionary psychology

d) Range of reaction

c) hypothalamus

The ______________ functions as the main link between the nervous system and the endocrine system.

a) adrenal gland

b) thyroid gland

c) hypothalamus

d) pancreas

a) Fine-tuning motor movements and coordinating muscle activity

Which function is primarily associated with the cerebellum in the hindbrain?

a) Fine-tuning motor movements and coordinating muscle activity

b) Regulating emotional responses and mood

c) Processing visual information and perception

d) Facilitating communication between the left and right hemispheres of the brain

Broca's area

Which of the following areas is located in the frontal lobe of the brain?

• Broca's area

• hippocampus

• somatosensory cortex

• Wernicke's area

a train relay station for both incoming and outgoing trains

The spinal cord can best be compared to ?

• a train relay station for both incoming and outgoing trains.

• a pot with ingredients (messages) where messages are sent to simmer.

• a one-way route on an airplane that sends messages down from the brain.

• a row of dominoes that can send motor and sensory messages, but that needs time to be set up again.

neuron's cell body.

The soma is a

• neuron's cell body.

• branch-like fiber extending in clusters from a neuron's cell body.

• long, tubelike structure extending from a neuron's cell body.

• neurotransmitter.

positive

If the threshold of excitation is reached, action potential begins, which causes the inside of the cell to temporarily have a ____________ charge.

• positive

• negative

• neutral

• positive or negative

antagonist; dopamine

Psychotropic medications used to treat schizophrenia act as _________ for the neurotransmitter ___________ by blocking its spread to other neurons.

• antagonist; dopamine

• agonist; acetylcholine

• antagonist; serotonin

• agonist; glutamate

Fine-tuning motor movements and coordinating muscle activity

Which function is primarily associated with the cerebellum in the hindbrain?

• Fine-tuning motor movements and coordinating muscle activity

• Regulating emotional responses and mood

• Processing visual information and perception

• Facilitating communication between the left and right hemispheres of the brain

amygdala

The ________ is involved in our experience of emotion and tying emotional meaning to our memories.

• amygdala

• corpus callosum

• hypothalamus

• thalamus

the frontal lobe is involved in things related to personality traits, emotion, and goal-setting abilities

The damage done to Phineas Gage after his accident with the tamping iron revealed that

• the frontal lobe is involved in things related to personality traits, emotion, and goal-setting abilities.

• the frontal lobe is involved in controlling hearing.

• the parietal lobe is essential in controlling personality traits, emotion, and moral reasoning abilities.

• the parietal lobe is involved in controlling vision and name recognition.

an electroencephalograph (EEG)

Dylan, 8-years old, has appeared to have had an epileptic seizure. He is rushed to the ER for treatment, and the admitting physician first orders some tests to be conducted on Dylan's brain to determine a diagnosis. They want to measure overall electrical activity in the brain. Dylan will most likely receive a (an) __________.

• a positron emission tomography (PET)

• a functional MRI (fMRI)

• an electroencephalograph (EEG)

• computerized tomography (CT) scan

peripheral nervous system

The terms autonomic and somatic refer to the two main subdivisions of the ____________.

• sympathetic nervous system

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

• parasympathetic nervous systems

the fight-or-flight response.

Justin is listening to the radio when he hears the sound of sirens, which he mistakes for the police turning on their sirens behind him. He immediately presses on the brakes, has an accelerated heartbeat and higher blood pressure, as well as sweaty palms. His reaction is known as

• the fight-or-flight response.

• homeostasis.

• parasympathetic responses.

• somatic response.

hypothalamus

The ______________ functions as the main link between the nervous system and the endocrine system.

• adrenal gland

• thyroid gland

• hypothalamus

• pancreas

biology

Psychological researchers study genetics in order to better understand the ________ that contributes to certain behaviors.

• biology

• neurology

• psychology

• chemistry

genotype; bb

Wendy's mother has blue eyes and her father has brown eyes. The allele for brown eye color is dominant (B) to the allele for blue eye color (b), but Wendy has blue eyes. Therefore, Wendy's ________ must be ________ and her father's must be Bb.

• genotype; Bb

• genotype; bb

• phenotype; Bb

• phenotype; bb

Range of reaction

________ asserts that our genes set the boundaries within which we can operate, and our environment interacts with our genes to determine where within those boundaries we will fall.

• Behavioral genetics

• Environmental psychology

• Evolutionary psychology

• Range of reaction