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The extension of the neuron that receives the message
What is a dendrite?
Blindness could result from damage to which lobe of the brain?
What is the occipital lobe?
Awareness of ourselves and our environment best describes...
What is Consciousness?
This type of scan is best used in sleep studies
What is the EEG scan?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The hormone most associated with the fight or flight response is
A. Oxytocin
B. Epinephrine
C. Testosterone
D. Estrogen
E. Dopamine
What is B?
The blind spot in our eye results from
A. The lack of receptors at the spot where the optic nerve connects to the retina
B. The shadow the pupil makes on the retina
C. Retinal damage from bright light
D. Floating debris in the space between the lens and retina
What is A?
The parietal lobe is most involved in
A. processing sensory information
B. storing information in long-term memory
C. coordinating complex motor movements
D. regulating emotions
E. triggering the fight-or-flight response
What is A?
Waking up frequently, loud snoring, silent pauses in breathing, and sleepiness during the day are symptoms of
What is sleep apnea?
This side of the Nature vs. Nurture debate has been determined to be the MOST influential on human beings.
What is Nature?
Molecules in drugs that mimic a neurotransmitter's effects or block reuptake. These EXCITE.
What is an agonist?
The junction or space between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron
What is the synapse?
Veronica is having trouble balancing as she walks, and her muscles seem to have lost strength and tone. A neuroanatomist looking into her condition would most likely suspect a problem with Veronica’s
What is the cerebellum?
This disorder is hereditary, can cause loss of muscle tone during periods of excitement, and its main characteristic is overwhelming, excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) even when the person gets adequate nighttime rest. The person falls asleep at inappropriate times & places without warning several times a day. There is also a link to inadequate levels of hypocretin. These symptoms need to be severe enough to disrupt a person's life and limit their activities.
What is narcolepsy?
The concentration of glucose in active regions of the brain underlies the usefulness of ____
What are PET scans
Antidepressant drugs like Prozac are often used to treat mood disorders. According to what you know about their function, which neurotransmitter system do these types of drugs try to affect?
What is seratonin?
At a synapse, neurotransmitters released by the sending neuron do which of the following?
A. They combine with neurotransmitters released by the receiving neuron.
B. They combine with neurotransmitters released by other sending neurons.
C. They pass through channels into the receiving neuron.
D. They bind to receptors at the receiving neuron, which opens ion channels.
E. They bind to ions in the synapse, which creates a chemical reaction that causes the receiving neuron to fire.
What is D?
DOUBLE POINTS: An individual with damage to Wernicke’s area is most likely to have difficulty
A. identifying an object held in the hand but not seen
B. planning what to wear to a party
C. remembering the name of a person in a photograph
D. comprehending a spoken request for information
E. distinguishing between red and green
What is D. Wernicke's?
This type of sleep disorder is characterized by being almost frozen in sleep. The people affected cannot move and often hallucinate
What night terrors?
an amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity that sweep across the brain's surface
What is an EEG
Johnny often hits his brother even though his brother does not do anything to antagonize him. Johnny’s aggression is most likely due to high amounts of
A. Serotonin
B. Dopamine
C. Glutamate
D. GABA
E. Testosterone
What is testosterone?
According to the gate control theory of pain, which of the following contains a neurological gate that controls the transmission of pain messages to the brain?
A. Nerve cells
B. Skin tissues
C. The spinal cord
D. Nociceptors
E. Muscles and organs
What is C?
Sam has shown some marked changes in the way he is able to communicate after having a stroke. He knows what he wants to say, but his speech is slow and labored. Sam’s grammar is also quite poor. The part of Sam’s brain that most likely sustained damage is
A. the primary somatosensory cortex
B. the primary motor cortex
C. the locus coeruleus
D. Broca’s area
E. Wernicke’s area
What is D. Broca's Area?
Shannon is taking a tranquilizer drug to reduce anxiety prescribed by her doctor. The doctor told her to never take this drug with alcohol because it can be lethal. What type of drug is Shannon taking?
What is a barbituate?
Ruth and Debbie are identical twins who were raised by the same family. Vince and Frankie are identical twins who were separated at birth and raised by different families. According to research on the heritability of personality traits, Ruth's and Debbie's personalities are statistically
A. more likely to be similar to one another than are Vince’s and Frankie’s personalities
B. likely to be as similar and dissimilar to one another as are Vince’s and Frankie’s personalities
C. more likely to be dissimilar to one another than are Vince’s and Frankie’s personalities
D. less likely to match on the personality dimensions of agreeableness and extraversion than are Vince and Frankie but not on other personality dimensions
E. less likely to match on the personality dimensions of openness and neuroticism than are Vince and Frankie but not on other personality dimensions
What is B?
Madeline has previously been diagnosed with major depressive disorder. She has an identical twin sister, Josephine, and a nonidentical sister, Abigail. Neither of Madeline’s sisters have previously been diagnosed with major depressive disorder. Which of the following statements is true of Madeline’s sisters?
A. Because their sister has been diagnosed, it is highly likely that both sisters will be diagnosed with major depressive disorder at some point in their lives.
B. Neither sister is likely to be diagnosed with major depressive disorder because it is rare for family members to be diagnosed with the same disorder.
C. The sisters are equally likely to be diagnosed with major depressive disorder in response to a stressful or traumatic event.
D. Josephine is less likely to be diagnosed with major depressive disorder than Abigail in response to a stressful or traumatic event.
E. Josephine is more likely to be diagnosed with major depressive disorder than Abigail in response to a stressful or traumatic event.
What is E?