Psychology Chapter 2 Flashcards

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In a car accident, a person sustained major trauma to his brain and the spinal cord region of his neck. Damage, in this case, was mainly to areas of the __________ nervous system.

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central

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The soma is the part of the nerve cell that

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collects and combines incoming information.

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3
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The action potential is an all or nothing event that

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is primarily an electrical process.

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4
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An excess of dopamine has been linked with the development of which of the following?

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schizophrenia

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The neurons of rats that are raised in a complex environment have more synapses and longer dendrites than rats raised in a simpler environment. These differences in the rats’ brains due to environmental experiences illustrate the brain’s

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neuroplasticity.

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During practice, a football player experiences symptoms commonly associated with having a stroke. The coaches rush him to the hospital so that the doctors can view the structure of this player’s brain using a specialized X-ray technique known as a(n)

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CT scan.

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Psychiatrist Daniel Langleben and his colleagues have used fMRI technology to tell if a person is lying. When a person was lying, the

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front of the brain became more active.

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Which is more important in gauging the intelligence of humans versus other animals?

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the size of the cerebral cortex

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If a triangle is flashed to a split brain patient’s right hemisphere, he will be able to

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identify the triangle by touch with his right hand.

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After damage to Broca’s area, many women tend to regain more of their lost language abilities than men. This is because

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women tend to use both hemispheres of the brain for language.

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An arch of tissue called the primary motor area directs the body’s muscles and is located at the rear of which lobes of the brain?

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frontal

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Which of the following changes would you expect to occur in someone whose parietal lobes were damaged in an accident?

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inability to sense hot and cold

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Which of the following changes would you expect to occur in someone whose temporal lobes were damaged in an accident?

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reduced capacity to hear sounds

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The importance of socialization may have played a large role in the evolutionary specialization of an area of the occipital lobe for

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facial recognition.

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Weeks after an automobile accident, a friend continues to have difficulty maintaining balance and coordinating movements. You should suspect that damage may have occurred to the

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cerebellum.

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16
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Unconscious fear produced by which part of the brain seems to explain why people who survive horrible experiences, such as a plane crash, can have debilitating fears years later?

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amygdala

17
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Regarding the endocrine system, which of the following statements is FALSE?

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Hormones secreted during times of high emotion tend to interfere with memory formation.

18
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Oversecretion of certain hormones in the _______ can lead to exaggerated male characteristics in males and females.

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adrenal glands

19
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In Walter Mischel’s Marshmallow Test, what would be the response of a child who shows self-regulation?

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The child would forego eating one marshmallow immediately in order to get two marshmallows later.

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Gerald is in college but his roommate isn’t. His roommate often goes out partying with their friends after work. Gerald is falling behind in his courses because he rarely turns down the invitation to go with them, even when he has a test the next day. This tendency has been called

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the hot emotional system.