Question 1

Which of the following neural components is NOT found at the receiving end of neurons?

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A)   Cell body
B)   Dendrite
C)   Receptor
D)   Axon

Question 2

Which of the following do PET and fMRI have in common?

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A)   The use of the subtraction technique
B)   The measurement of magnetic fields
C)   The use of radioactive tracers
D)   All of the above are characteristics of both PET and fMRI

Question 3

Hemoglobin molecules in areas of high brain activity

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A)   gain some of the ferrous molecules they are transporting.
B)   lose some of the ferrous molecules they are transporting.
C)   gain some of the oxygen they are transporting.
D)   lose some of the oxygen they are transporting.

Question 4

Paul Broca's and Carl Wernicke's research provided early evidence for

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A)   distributed processing.
B)   localization of function.
C)   prosopagnosia.
D)   neural net theory.

Question 5

Research using the ERP method shows that damage to the frontal lobes reduces the larger 	 response that occurs when the form of a sentence is incorrect.

Accepted Answer

A)   N100
B)   N400
C)   P300
D)   P600

Question 6

Explain how action potentials change in response to stimulus intensity.Use examples from two sensory modalities to illustrate this process.

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Question 7

Early studies of brain tissue that used staining techniques and microscopes from the 19th century described the "nerve net." These early understandings were in error in the sense that the nerve net was believed to be

Accepted Answer

A)   continuous.
B)   composed of discrete individual units.
C)   composed of cell bodies, axons, and dendrites.
D)   composed of neurotransmitters rather than neurons.

Question 8

Neural circuits are groups of interconnected neurons that

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A)   have only excitatory synapses.
B)   have only inhibitory synapses.
C)   can result in a neuron that responds best to a specific stimulus.
D)   are primarily responsible for automatic behaviors, like reflexes.

Question 9

Describe three physiological techniques for investigating human cognition.What can each technique tell us about the brain and human cognition? Also, give at least one limitation of each of the three techniques.

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Question 10

Most cognitive psychologists the notion of a grandmother cell.

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A)   accept
B)   are uncertain about
C)   reject
D)   are actively investigating

Question 11

When recording from a single neuron, stimulus intensity is represented in a single neuron by the

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A)   size of the action potentials.
B)   size of the synapse.
C)   firing rate of the neurotransmitters.
D)   firing rate of the action potentials.

Question 12

Damage to Wernicke's area is in which lobe of the brain?

Accepted Answer

A)   Temporal
B)   Occipital
C)   Parietal
D)   Frontal

Question 13

In ERP methodology, the number that follows the N or the P (N400 or P300, for example) stands for

Accepted Answer

A)   the positivity or negativity of the response.
B)   how likely the response is, with higher numbers indicating a more likely response.
C)   how strong the response is in millimeters on the reading.
D)   the time at which the response peaks in milliseconds.

Question 14

A synapse is

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A)   a tube filled with fluid that conducts electrical signals.
B)   the structure that contains mechanisms to keep a neuron alive.
C)   the structure that receives electrical signals from other neurons.
D)   the space between neurons.

Question 15

Josiah is trying to speak to his wife, but his speech is very slow and labored, often with jumbled sentence structure.Josiah may have damage to his

Accepted Answer

A)   Broca's area.
B)   Parahippocampal place area (PP
A)  
C)   Extrastriate body area (EB
A)  
D)   Wernicke's area.

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