Question: People with damage to their amygdala:
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Have difficulty producing complex verbal statements
Lose gross motor coordination
Lose fine motor coordination
Have difficulty recognizing emotions in other individuals
Answer: Have difficulty recognizing emotions in other individuals
Question: From an evolutionary perspective, which of the following early developments likely led to the lateralization of language in our brains?
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Religious rituals
Bipedal travel
Tool use
The use of fire to cook
Answer: Tool use
Question: Research has shown that individuals experiencing stress are:
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More likely to contract a common cold
Less likely to identify as “workaholics”
More likely to report higher incomes
Less likely to contract a common cold
Answer: More likely to contract a common cold
Question: Long-term potentiation results in ____________.
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An increase in neurotransmitters released by the postsynaptic neuron
An increase in receptors on the presynaptic neuron
Destruction of the pre- and postsynaptic neurons
An increase in receptors on the postsynaptic neuron
Answer: An increase in receptors on the postsynaptic neuron
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 researcher then asks the participant to draw what he saw using his left hand. What is he most likely to draw?
Answer Choices:
A square
Nothing
A square and a circle
A circle
Answer: A square
Question: The memory loss experienced in the events leading up to a concussion is likely the result of __________.
Answer Choices:
An interruption in the consolidation process
Glial mediation
Inhibition of exogenous neural spikes
Cell death in the thalamic relay
Answer: An interruption in the consolidation process
Question: Consider a heroin addict that injects heroin in their living room on a daily basis. If they were to travel to a new environment (one they had never visited before) and injected themselves with heroin, their tolerance would be ______ than it was in their living room.
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Not enough information given
The same
Lower
Higher
Answer: Lower
Question: A patient you are caring for appears to be incapable of forming new memories. However, you notice that they appear to be doing better and better on the battery of cognitive tests you are giving them every day. The patient cannot explain this improvement and has no recollection of taking any of the tests before. This suggests the patient may be capable of forming new ____________ memories.
Answer Choices:
Explicit
Episodic
Implicit
Somatosensory
Answer: Implicit
Question: The __________ theory of addiction suggests that an addict’s enjoyment of a drug’s effects decreases with continued use. However, the addict begins to experience increased cravings for the drug, which is what ultimately fuels habitual use.
Answer Choices:
Accumbens-redirect
Physical-dependence
Positive-incentive
Incentive-sensitization
Answer: Incentive-sensitization
Question: There is a lack of __________ evidence available to researchers investigating Tourette syndrome because the condition usually gets better with age.
Answer Choices:
Anecdotal
Autopsy
Empirical
fMRI
Answer: Empirical
Question: Long-term potentiation results in ____________.
Answer Choices:
Destruction of the pre- and postsynaptic neurons
An increase in sodium chloride production in the axon terminal
Reduced myelination in the motor cortex
An increase in neurotransmitters released by the presynaptic neuron
Answer: An increase in neurotransmitters released by the presynaptic neuron
Question: According to the James-Lange theory, emotional experience is the result of our interpretation of __________.
Answer Choices:
Increased serotonergic activity in the rostral nucleus
Modified gene expression governed by metabotropic second messengers
Internalized cultural norms and expectations
Physiological changes induced by an emotionally-charged stimulus
Answer: Physiological changes induced by an emotionally-charged stimulus
Question: A response to stressors that leads to a reduction in performance is known as:
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Aromatization
Nullification
Eustress
Distress
Answer: Distress
Question: Patients who undergo posttraumatic amnesia typically experience __________.
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Little to no memory loss
Anterograde and retrograde memory loss
Retrograde memory loss
Anterograde memory loss
Answer: Anterograde and retrograde memory loss
Question: The hippocampus appears to play a large role in memory for __________.
Answer Choices:
Faces
Words
Spatial location
Emotional significance
Answer: Spatial location
Question: Which of the following drugs are commonly prescribed to treat Tourette syndrome?
Answer Choices:
Benzodiazepines
Adderall
Neuroleptics
Lithium
Answer: Neuroleptics
Question: When researchers induced seizures in mice that were under the effects of alcohol, the mice gradually developed a tolerance to alcohol’s anti-convulsive effects. Mice that did not experience seizures while under the influence of alcohol did not develop a tolerance to those anti-convulsive effects. This is a demonstration of __________.
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Metabolic tolerance
Incentive tolerance
Functional tolerance
Contingent tolerance
Answer: Contingent tolerance
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:
The amygdala
Wernicke’s area
Broca’s area
The corpus callosum
Answer: Broca’s area
Question: The Canon-Bard view of suggests that:
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The emotional and physiological components of fear unfold simultaneously
Fear is an immune response to a build-up of toxic thoughts in the body
The emotional component of fear precedes the physiological component
Answer: The emotional and physiological components of fear unfold simultaneously