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Chapter Three

Biological Aspects of Psychology

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Question

___________ play(s) an important role in speeding up the action potential as it moves through a neuron.

a) Glia

b) Myelin

c) Mitochondria

d) The soma


Question

Communication between neurons in your central nervous system could NOT occur without which of the following chemical messengers?

a) Schwann cells

b) Neurotransmitters

c) Synapses

d) Oligodendrites


Question

Which of the following answer choices correctly summarizes the sequence of structures through which a message travels within a single neuron?

a) Dendrite, axon, cell body, synapse

b) Cell body, dendrite, axon, synapse

c) Axon, synapse, cell body, dendrite

d) Dendrite, cell body, axon, synapse


Question

If the fire alarm were to go off in the classroom right now, your jumpy reaction to this stimulus would be mediated by the activity of the __________.

a) parasympathetic nervous system

b) sympathetic nervous system

c) corpus callosum

d) hippocampus


Question

Your cousin fell off his bike and injured his head. At the hospital, the doctors decide to use a brain imaging technique that involves the injection of a tiny, harmless amount of radioactively tagged glucose. Your aunt asks you what this technique is called. You tell her that it’s called a(n) __________.

a) MRIb) fMRIc) PET scand) EEG


Question

Your father is a police officer. You wonder why he often asks drivers that he pulls over to walk a straight line. He tells you that alcohol impairs walking and other well-rehearsed motor skills. He also mentions that these skills are managed by the functioning of the __________.

a) midbrain

b) cerebellum

c) reticular formation

d) medulla


Question

Chicago’s O’Hare airport is a major airline hub in the Midwest. Many airplanes are routed through O’Hare on their way to other destinations around the United States. The ________ is like O’Hare, in that sensory information is routed through it as that information makes its way to other destinations in the brain.

a) thalamusb) hypothalamusc) reticular formationd) amygdala


Question

Who am I? I am the brain structure in charge of helping you form new memories. I am likely damaged in individuals like the protagonist in Memento and Dory in Finding Nemo. I am the __________.

a) amygdalab) hippocampusc) hypothalamusd) basal ganglia


Question

Which of the following choices shows the correct matching of lobe of the cortex with the specialized function of that cortical area?

a) frontal – motor cortex; parietal – somatosensory cortex

b) frontal – somatosensory cortex; parietal – motor cortex

c) occipital – motor cortex; frontal – somatosensory cortex

d) parietal – motor cortex; occipital – somatosensory cortex


Question

Split-brain studies highlight the role of the _________ in integrating information between the two cerebral hemispheres.

a) optic chiasm

b) association cortex

c) gyri

d) corpus callosum


Question

Deficits in which neurotransmitter are seen in patients with Alzheimer’s disease?

a) Serotonin

b) GABA

c) Dopamine

d) Acetylcholine


Question

A friend informs you that she is currently taking an anti-depressant medication to help with her mood symptoms. She specifically tells you that the medication is Zoloft. Given this information, you inform her that Zoloft affects __________ levels in the brain.

a) acetylcholine

b) norepinephrine

c) serotonin

d) GABA


Question

The endocrine system consists of _________, which secrete chemicals known as __________.

a) muscles; gonadotropins

b) neurotransmitters; glands

c) glands; hormones

d) papillae; cerebrospinal fluid

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