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A midterm study guide for Biology 103. Chapter 2 and the Memory Chapter.

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Bio 103 - Midterm Study Guide (PT. 2)

Question 1 of 41

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Everything psychological is simultaneously. . .

Select one of the following:

  • cultural

  • social

  • biological

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Question 2 of 41

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Biological psychologists study the links between our behaviors and our biology.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 3 of 41

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are nerve cells; the basic building blocks of the nervous system.

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Question 4 of 41

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What are neuron extensions that pass messages through their branches?

Select one of the following:

  • dendrite

  • axon

  • neuron

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Question 5 of 41

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What are a neuron's often bushy, branching extensions that receive and integrate messages, conducting impulses toward the cell body?

Select one of the following:

  • dendrite

  • axon

  • neuron

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Question 6 of 41

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Action potential is a dendrite activation, a long electrical charge that travels upwards to the brain. Ions are not exchanged.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 7 of 41

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The absolute threshold is the smallest level of stimulus that can be detected, usually defined as at least half the time.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 8 of 41

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The is the tiny gap at the junction of a synapse on the synaptic cleft.

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Question 9 of 41

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What is a neurotransmitter and what is its function?

Select one of the following:

  • A neurotransmitter is a chemical messenger that crosses the synaptic gaps between neurons. When released by the sending neuron neurotransmitters travel across the synapse and bind to receptor sites on the receiving neuron, thereby influencing whether that neuron will generate a neural impulse.

  • A neurotransmitter is a biological messenger that follows the nervous system up to the brain. When it is released by the sending neuron neurotransmitters it binds to the brain and becomes inactive, disallowing any neurons to general a neural impulse.

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Question 10 of 41

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Acetylcholine (Ach) play a role in action and skill; it is a messenger between motor neurons and skeletal muscles.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 11 of 41

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Endorphins are naturally occurring opiates produced in the brain.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 12 of 41

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The (CNS) includes the brain--neural networks, neuron work groups clusters--and the spinal cord. It is a two-way system of ascending and descending neural fibers and reflexes: spinal reflex and pathway and pain reflex. The (PNS) involves sensory and motor neurons that connect the CNS to the rest of the body; it has a somatic system and an autonomic system.

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Question 13 of 41

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The PNS consists of the autonomic and somatic nervous system. What are these?

Select one or more of the following:

  • The AUTONOMIC nervous system enables voluntary skeletal muscle control.

  • The SOMATIC nervous system enables voluntary skeletal muscle control.

  • The AUTONOMIC nervous system controls glands and internal organs--it has a sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system.

  • The SOMATIC nervous system controls glands and internal organs--it has a sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system.

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Question 14 of 41

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What nervous system arouses and expends energy by putting the body into "fight or flight" mode?

Select one of the following:

  • parasympathetic nervous system

  • sympathetic nervous system

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Question 15 of 41

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Which nervous system calms the body by causing it to go into "rest and digest" mode?

Select one of the following:

  • parasympathetic nervous system

  • sympathetic nervous system

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Question 16 of 41

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The ( endocrine system, respiratory system, skeletal system ) is the slow chemical communication system; a set of glands that secret hormones into the bloodstream.

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Question 17 of 41

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What is the oldest region of the brain? What is the little brain?

Select one of the following:

  • corpus callosum; hippocampus

  • cerebellum; brainstem

  • brainstem; cerebellum

  • hippocampus; corpus callosum

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Question 18 of 41

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The brainstem is the oldest part and central core of the brain, beginning where the spinal cord swells as it enters the skull; it is responsible for automatic survival functions.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 19 of 41

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The cerebellum is considered the oldest region of the brain, and is at the brainstem rear; it processes sensory input, coordinates voluntary muscle movement output and balance, and enables nonverbal learning and memory.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 20 of 41

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What are hormones?

Select one of the following:

  • Chemical components that asexually produce and travel through the bloodstream to inhibit tissue production.

  • Chemical messengers that are manufactured by the endocrine glands, they travel through the bloodstream and affect other tissues.

  • Chemical transmitters that are created by the nervous system, they travel through the bloodstream and affect the brain.

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Question 21 of 41

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What are the 4 lobes of the cerebral cortex?

Select one or more of the following:

  • frontal, perietal, occipital, temporal

  • perietal, hippocampus, cerebellum, brainstem

  • frontal, occipital, hippocampus, cerebellum

  • frontal, perietal, occipital, temporary

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Question 22 of 41

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Where are the 4 lobes of the cerebral cortex located?

Select one of the following:

  • Frontal - just behind the forehead; Parietal - top of the head and toward the rear; Occipital - back of the head; Temporal - roughly above the ears

  • Frontal - top of the head and toward the rear; Perietal - back of the head; Occipital - roughly above the ears; Temporal - just behind the forehead

  • Frontal - roughly above the ears; Parietal - top of the head and toward the rear; Occipital - just behind the forehead; Temporal - back of the head

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Question 23 of 41

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What are the functions of the Frontal and Parietal lobes?

Select one of the following:

  • The frontal lobes are involved in memory and learned skills. The parietal lobes are involved in the function of the brain and the ability to speak.

  • The frontal lobes receive sensory input for touch and body positions. The parietal lobes are involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgements.

  • The frontal lobes are involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgements. The parietal lobes receive sensory input for touch and body positions.

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Question 24 of 41

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What are the functions of the occipital and temporal lobes?

Select one of the following:

  • The occipital lobes receive information from the visual fields. Temporal lobes cover the auditory areas, each of which receives information primarily from the opposite ear.

  • The occipital lobes cover the auditory areas, each of which receives information primarily from the opposite ear. Temporal lobes receive information from the visual fields.

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Question 25 of 41

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is the brain's ability to change, especially during childhood, by reorganizing after damage or by building new pathways based on experience.

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Question 26 of 41

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The corpus callosum is a large band of neural fibers that connects the two brain hemispheres. The hemisphere gives rational goal-related orders (math tasks, language control, quick, literal interpretations); the hemisphere gives conflicting demands (increased activity with perceptual tasks, modulates speech, allows for making inferences, organizes self-awareness).

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Question 27 of 41

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Memory is the persistence of learning over time through the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 28 of 41

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What is the immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system?

Select one of the following:

  • sensory memory

  • short term memory

  • long term memory

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Question 29 of 41

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What is the activated memory that holds a few items briefly, such as the seven digits of a phone number while calling, before the information is stored or forgotten?

Select one of the following:

  • sensory memory

  • short term memory

  • long term memory

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Question 30 of 41

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What is the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system; which includes knowledge, skills, and experiences?

Select one of the following:

  • sensory memory

  • short term memory

  • long term memory

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Question 31 of 41

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The two types of sensory memory are --picture image memory of visual stimuli lasting no more than a tenth of a second; and --sound memory of auditory stimuli that can be recalled for 3 - 4 seconds.

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Question 32 of 41

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What is the process of getting information into the memory system?

Select one of the following:

  • Storage

  • Retrieval

  • Encoding

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Question 33 of 41

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What is the process of retaining encoded information over time?

Select one of the following:

  • Storage

  • Retrieval

  • Encoding

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Question 34 of 41

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What is the process of getting information out of memory storage?

Select one of the following:

  • Storage

  • Retrieval

  • Encoding

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Question 35 of 41

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What is automatic processing? What part of the brain processes it?

Select one of the following:

  • It includes implicit memories (space, time, frequency, motor, and cognitive skills). Processed in the cerebellum and basal ganglia.

  • It includes explicit memories (semantic memory--facts and general knowledge; episodic memory--personally experienced events). Processed in the hippocampus and frontal lobes.

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Question 36 of 41

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What is effortful processing? What part of the brain processes it?

Select one of the following:

  • It includes implicit memories (space, time, frequency, motor, and cognitive skills). Processed in the cerebellum and basal ganglia.

  • It includes explicit memories (semantic memory--facts and general knowledge; episodic memory--personally experienced events). Processed in the hippocampus and frontal lobes.

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Question 37 of 41

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Using the SQ3R method is a good way to enhance your memory.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 38 of 41

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amnesia is the inability to form new memories. amnesia is the inability to retrieve information from one's past.

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Question 39 of 41

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Filtering, altering, losing memory (encoding failure, storage decay, retrieval failure, retroactive interference, motivated forgetting, memory construction errors, misinformation, and imagination effects) ONLY happen to older people.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 40 of 41

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What is declarative memory? How is it encoded, and what part of the brain is it associated with?

Select one of the following:

  • It is implicit memory, retention of learned skills or classically conditioned associations independent of conscious recollection. Encoded through automatic processing, without our awareness. Associated with the basal ganglia and the cerebellum.

  • It is explicit memory, memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously declare. Encoded through effortful processing. Associated with the frontal lobes and hippocampus.

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Question 41 of 41

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What is nondeclarative memory? How is it encoded, and what part of the brain is it associated with?

Select one of the following:

  • It is explicit memory, memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously declare. Encoded through effortful processing. Associated with the frontal lobes and hippocampus.

  • It is implicit memory, retention of learned skills or classically conditioned associations independent of conscious recollection. Encoded through automatic processing, without our awareness. Associated with the basal ganglia and the cerebellum.

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