Final Exam

Question 1

The idea that mind and brain are both physical is known as

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Material monism

Question 2

The human genome project has

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Made a map of the human genes

Question 3

There is a limit to how rapidly a neuron can produce action potentials. This is due to

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The absolute refractory period

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Saltatory conduction results in

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Greater speed with the use of less energy

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T or F - Transmission from neuron to neuron is usually chemical, involving neurotransmitters released onto receptors on the post-synaptic dendrites and cell body.

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True

Question 6

Groups of cell bodies in the central nervous system are called

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Nuclei

Question 7

A person with damage to their inferior temporal cortex would most likely experience inability to

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Recognize familiar objects visually

Question 8

When police have a drunken driving suspect walk a straight line and touch his nose with his finger, they are assessing the effect of alcohol on the

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Cerebellum

Question 9

All of the following are involved in producing movement except the

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Hippocampus

Question 10

The fact that neurons are limited in their rate of firing by the refractory period

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Telephone

Question 11

The place theorys greatest problem is that

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The whole basilar membrane vibrates about equally at low frequncies

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A cochlear implant works because

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It stimulates auditory neurons

Question 13

The most reasonable conclusion regarding animals in language is that

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Some animals have brain structures similar to human language structures

Question 14

T or F - The most common cause of partial colour blindness is the lack of one the photo-chemicals

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True

Question 15

T or F - The components of vision follow 3 somewhat separate paths through the brain

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False

Question 16

T or F - MS is the result of deterioration of the myelin sheaths in the CNS

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True

Question 17

If our experience of colour was entirely due to the wavelength of light reflected from an object, we would not experience

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Colour constancy

Question 18

Retinotopic map refers to

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The way the visual neurons connect to the cortext

Question 19

Studies of object, colour and movement agnosias indicate that

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Components of visual image are processed separately

Question 20

A person who has trouble identifying objects visually, probably has damage in the

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Temporal lobe

Question 21

The skin senses include

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Touch, warmth, cold and pain

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Sharp pain and dull pain are due primarily to

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Pain neurons with different characteristics

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The basal ganglia and cerebellum produce

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No movements

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Withdrawal from alcohol

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Can be life-treatening

Question 25

The reason alcohol, barbiturates and benzodiazepines are deadly taken together is that they

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Affect the same receptor complex

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Marijuana was the subject of disagreement among researchers because some of them

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Thought it failed to meet the standard test for addictiveness

Question 27

The best argument that caffeine is a drug like alcohol and nicotine is that

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It affects the same processes in the brain

Question 28

T or F - The mesolimbic dopamine system is implicated by several lines of research as a reward center that plays a role in drug addiction, feeding, sex and other behaviours.

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True

Question 29

T or F - Homeostasis and drive theory are key to understanding physiological motivation, but are not adequate alone

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True

Question 30

Neurons in the arcuate nucleus release neuropeptide Y, which:

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Increases eating

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Serotonin appears to be

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Low in bulimics, high in some anorexics and low in some anorexics

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During the absorptive phases

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Glucose from the stomach is the main energy source

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When we say that the body defends weight during dieting, we mean primarily that

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The persons metabolism decreases

Question 34

The fact that schizophrenia involves multiple genes helps explain

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Different degrees of vulnerability

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One hypothesis about the timing of the onset of schizophrenia is that

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Adolescence is a period of brain maturation

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The anxiety disorders are associated genetically with

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Depression

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OCD can be caused by

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Genes, disease and head injury

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Studies indicate that risks for suicide is related to

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Low serotonin

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The best argument that sex a drive like hunger and thirst is that

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Sexual behaviour involves arousal and satiation

Question 40

There is evidence that pheromones affect _________ and ______ in humans

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Menstrual cycles and sexual attraction

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A likely result of the Coolidge effect is that an individual will

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Have more sex partners

Question 42

The increase in testosterone on nights that couples have intercourse is an example of

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Effect

Question 43

The chromosomal sex of a fetus is determined

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By the sperm

Question 44

The term that describes a person with XX chromosomes and masculine genitals is

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Female pseudo hermaphrodite

Question 45

Testosterone injections in a gay man would most likely

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Increase his sexual activity

Question 46

T or F - Stress is adaptive, mobilizing the body for action and increasing immune system activity

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True

Question 47

Some people with brain damage do not seem to learn from the consequence of their behaviour... they also lack in

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Fear

Question 48

AIDS is a deficiency of the

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Immune system

Question 49

The chance a violent criminal behaviour is increased in males who

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Were abused as children and have a gene for low MAOA

Question 50

Long term exposure to cortisol may affect memory by

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Destroying neurons in the hippocampus

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Indications are that id pain did not have an emotional component we would probably

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Be deficient in avoiding harm

Question 52

T or F - Serotonin inhibits aggressive behaviour, however, low serotonin low serotonin levels is not associated with aggression

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False

Question 53

A structure described in the text as involved in both aggression and flight is the

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Periaqueductal grey

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Without long-term potentiation

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No learning occurs

Question 55

The study in which antibiotic anisomycin was injected to the brains of mice at the time of testing demonstrated that

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Memories are particularly vulnerable during recall

Question 56

T or F - Brain damage can cause amnesia by impairing the storage of new memories or the retrieval of old memories

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True

Question 57

The feature most common between Alzheimer's disease and Korsakhoff's syndrome is the

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Symptoms

Question 58

A problem with most intelligence tests is that they

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Assess a limited group of abilities

Question 59

Research suggests that, normally, environmental effect os intelligence

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Is significant, but difficult to identify

Question 60

T or F - It is likely that processing speed and processing efficiency are important to general intelligence

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True

Question 61

Research with autism spectrum disorders suggests that autism is

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Caused by several genes

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Most mild intellectual disabilities is believed to be caused by

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A combination of environmental and hereditary causes

Question 63

The most important function of sleep is

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Uncertain

Question 64

The body's own rhythm when the person is isolated from light is

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Unclear because of conflicting studies

Question 65

T or F - Any very specific definition of consciousness is premature, but normal consciousness includes, awareness, attention, a sense of self

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True

Question 66

According to the activation-synthesis hypothesis, dreams are the result of a combination of random neural activity and

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Memories