Question: Which of the following drugs works by enhancing GABA firing in the nervous system?
Answer Choices:
Depressants
Ibuprofen
Psychadelics
Stimulants
Answer: Depressants
Question: Which of the following drugs are commonly prescribed to treat Tourette syndrome?
Answer Choices:
Neuroleptics
Lithium
Benzodiazepines
Adderall
Answer: Neuroleptics
Question: Which of the following is NOT considered a positive symptom of schizophrenia?
Answer Choices:
Alogia
Incoherent speech
Delusions
Hallucinations
Answer: Alogia
Question: When a fetus is exposed to lower levels of _______________, it is more likely to be attracted to men as an adult (regardless of gender).
Answer Choices:
Androgens
Norepinephrine
Acetylcholine
Dopamine
Answer: Androgens
Question: The _______________ theory of addiction suggests that addicts continue to use a drug as a means of preventing the onset of withdrawals.
Answer Choices:
Physical-dependence
Positive-incentive
Incentive-sensitization
Accumbens-redirect
Answer: Physical-dependence
Question: Which of the following is NOT a potential medical application of marijuana?
Answer Choices:
Schizophrenia
Glaucoma
Epilepsy
Pain management
Answer: Schizophrenia
Question: A patient has a stroke and is unable to produce verbal language. However, they seem to have no trouble understanding language when spoken to. They likely have damage in:
Answer Choices:
Broca’s area
Wernicke’s area
The corpus callosum
The amygdala
Answer: Broca’s area
Question: Research suggests that the D2 receptor is involved in the _______________ symptoms of schizophrenia.
Answer Choices:
Positive
Cognitive
Anosognosic
Negative
Answer: Positive
Question: According to the Wernicke-Geschwind model, which structure transfers information from the area of comprehension to the area of speech production?
Answer Choices:
Arcuate fasciculus
Angular gyrus
Wernicke’s area
Broca’s area
Answer: Arcuate fasciculus
Question: When a fetus is exposed to lower levels of _______________, it is more likely to be attracted to men as an adult (regardless of gender).
Answer Choices:
Androgens
Norepinephrine
Acetylcholine
Dopamine
Answer: Androgens
Question: Recent studies have suggested that _______________ may be highly effective in treating conditions like PTSD and depression.
Answer Choices:
Psychadelics
Stimulants
Immunosuppressants
Sodium Amytal
Answer: Psychadelics
Question: Which of the following is a primary focus when treating patients with Tourette syndrome?
Answer Choices:
Processing of emotional and social trauma experienced by the patient
The deactivation of cytokines through the use of oxidase inhibitors
Prevention of auditory hallucinations in unfamiliar locations
Establishing a sedative regiment to reduce periodic violent outbursts
Answer: Processing of emotional and social trauma experienced by the patient
Question: A participant in a split-brain experiment is shown two images simultaneously. A square appears in his left field of vision and a circle appears in his right field of vision. The experimenter asks him to report what he saw. How is he likely to respond?
Answer Choices:
I saw a circle
I saw nothing
I saw a square
I saw a square and a circle
Answer: I saw a circle
Question: Which of the following structures scans incoming sensory information to identify potential threats in our environment?
Answer Choices:
Amygdala
Wernicke’s area
Hippocampus
Broca’s area
Answer: Amygdala
Question: Long-term potentiation results in _______________.
Answer Choices:
An increase in neurotransmitters released by the presynaptic neuron
An increase in sodium chloride production in the axon terminal
Reduced myelination in the cortex nuclei
Destruction of the pre- and postsynaptic neurons
Answer: An increase in neurotransmitters released by the presynaptic neuron
Question: The tics of Tourette syndrome seem to be associated with activity in the _______________.
Answer Choices:
Caudate nuclei
Thalamus
Tegmentum
Amygdala
Answer: Caudate nuclei
Question: From an evolutionary perspective, which of the following early developments likely led to the lateralization of language in our brains?
Answer Choices:
Tool use
Fire-making
Shelter-building
Cooperative hunting
Answer: Tool use
Question: Postsynaptic potentials are _______________ because they decrease in magnitude as they travel across the cell.
Answer Choices:
Depolarized
Hyperpolarized
Decremental
Neurotransmitters
Answer: Decremental
Question: Postsynaptic neuron is at rest higher concentration of _______________ inside the cell and _______________ outside the cell.
Answer Choices:
Calcium, potassium
Sodium, potassium
Polarization, calcium
Potassium, sodium
Answer: Potassium, sodium