Question: The spinal cord is part of the ___________ nervous system.
Answer Choices:
Sympathetic
Central
Autonomic
Peripheral
Answer: Central
Question: Neurons that carry information from the brain to the body are referred to as __________.
Answer Choices:
Somatic
Efferent
Afferent
Answer: Efferent
Question: The __________ is the toughest/strongest of the meninges.
Answer Choices:
pia mater
arachnoid membrane
dura mater
blood-brain barrier
Answer: dura mater
Question: _________ insulates axons and speeds up neural transmission.
Answer Choices:
The sympathetic system
Glucocorticoids
The autonomic system
Myelin
Answer: Myelin
Question: Researchers studying Phineas Gage were engaging in a(n) __________ study.
Answer Choices:
unethical
psychopharmacological
comparative psychology
case
Answer: case
Question: The __________ is responsible for processing your sense of touch.
Answer Choices:
Parietal lobe
Occipital lobe
Frontal lobe
Temporal lobe
Answer: Parietal lobe
Question: Rods are responsible for __________ vision.
Answer Choices:
color
photopic
infrared
scotopic
Answer: scotopic
Question: Rods become activated and release neurotransmitter when __________.
Answer Choices:
exposed to darkness
exposed to light
exposed to damage
Answer: exposed to darkness
Question: Which of the following cells are most important when detecting motion?
Answer Choices:
single cortical cells
off-center cells
complex cortical cells
on-center cells
Answer: complex cortical cells
Question: A test subject has two objects placed in front of her – a cup and an apple. The researcher asks her to reach out and hold the cup, which she successfully does. The subject primarily used the __________ of her visual pathway to complete this task.
Answer Choices:
facial fusiform area
dorsal stream
inferotemporal cortex
ventral stream
Answer: dorsal stream
Question: Prosopagnosia is likely due to damage in the __________ of the brain’s visual pathway.
Answer Choices:
primary visual cortex
dorsal stream
ventral stream
prestriate cortex
Answer: ventral stream
Question: _________ tolerance refers to tolerance only to the effects of a drug that are actually experienced.
Answer Choices:
contingent
metabolic
cross
conditioned
Answer: contingent
Question: The nucleus accumbens appears to be most closely related to feelings of __________.
Answer Choices:
craving
pleasure
aversion
dread
Answer: pleasure
Question: Alcohol __________ levels of __________ in the brain.
Answer Choices:
increases, GABA
decreases, GABA
increases, acetylcholine
decreases, acetylcholine
Answer: increases, GABA
Question: Which of the following can cause fatal withdrawal symptoms?
Answer Choices:
alcohol
nicotine
marijuana
LSD
Answer: alcohol
Question: Which of the following does NOT appear to have beneficial therapeutic applications when it comes to treatment of PTSD?
Answer Choices:
nicotine
LSD
psilocybin
MDMA
Answer: nicotine
Question: The hormone gonadotropin __________.
Answer Choices:
Causes the gonads to switch from a male to a female developmental pattern
Stops the release of additional hormones from the gonads
Causes the gonads to switch from a female to a male developmental pattern
Triggers the release of additional hormones from the gonads
Answer: Triggers the release of additional hormones from the gonads
Question: Compared to males, female endocrine systems __________.
Answer Choices:
Release lower levels of estrogens
Release higher levels of androgens
Release hormones at a more steady and consistent rate
Release hormones in a more cyclical pattern
Answer: Release hormones in a more cyclical pattern
Question: The posterior pituitary gland is responsible for the production and release of __________.
Answer Choices:
Norepinephrine
Oxytocin and vasopressin
Adrenaline
Gonadotropin
Answer: Oxytocin and vasopressin