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Intro to Psychology Untit 2 practice test

Pregunta 1 de 44

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The nervous system could be defined as ______.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • a complex network of wiring and circuits that carries information to and from all parts of the body

  • a specialized system that is designed to release neurotransmitters into the bloodstream anywhere in the body

  • all nerves and neurons that are not contained in the brain and spinal cord but that run throughout the body itself

  • a system of glands, located throughout the body, that secrete hormones and release them into the bloodstream

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 44

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A specialized cell found in the nervous system that receives and sends messages within that system is called a __________.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • glial cell

  • neuron

  • cell body

  • myelin sheath

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 44

1

The four parts of every neuron are:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • myelin; glia; soma; soma

  • dendrite; soma; axon; axon terminals

  • glia; dendrite; axon; hormones

  • myelin; soma; dendrite; astrocytes

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 44

1

In neurons, the branchlike structures that receive messages from other neurons are called ______________.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • axons

  • nerve bundles

  • dendrites

  • synapses

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 44

1

Which part of a neuron is attached to the soma and carries messages out to other cells?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • soma

  • axons

  • dendrite

  • cell membrane

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 44

1

A long structure leaving the cell body that action potentials travel along is called ________.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • cell membrane

  • denrite

  • axon

  • myelin sheath

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 44

1

neurons that carry information from the senses to the brain and spinal cord are called ______

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • motor neurons

  • interneurons

  • sensory neurons

  • reflexes

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 44

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Mary put her hand on a hot stove. Which neuron is responsible for sending a pain message up her spinal column, where it would then enter into the main area of the cord?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • motor neuron

  • interneuron

  • sensory neuron

  • reflex

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 44

1

A young man reads in a letter that he has just won $1,000 in a state-wide lottery and he literally jumps for joy. Which neurons are sending messages from his brain to his legs ordering them to jump?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • sensory neurons

  • motor neurons

  • interaction neurons

  • association neurons

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 44

1

When a cell is "at rest," it is in a state called the _______ potential.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • stopping

  • occipitation

  • resting

  • action

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 44

1

The state during which a neuron contains more negatively charged ions inside the cell that outside the cell and is not firing is referred to as the ________.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • action potential

  • quite potential

  • synaptic potential

  • resting potential

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 44

1

When the electric potential in a cell is in firing versus and a resting state, this electrical charge reversal is known as the _____________.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • resting potential

  • excitation reaction

  • action potential

  • permeable reaction

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 44

1

"All or none" is the principle stating that ________.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • a neuron either fires or does not fire

  • a neuron fires at full strength or not at all

  • all the dendrites must be receiving messages telling the neuron to fire or it will not fire all

  • all somas must be receiving messages telling the neuron to fire or it will not fire at all

Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 44

1

Which neurotransmitter is associated with sleep, mood, and appetite

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • GABA

  • serotonin

  • dopamine

  • acetylcholine

Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 44

1

Pain-controlling chemicals in the body are called _______.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • neural regulators

  • histamines

  • androgens

  • endorphins

Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 44

1

The first major division of the nervous system consists of the;

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • central and peripheral nervous systems

  • brain and spinal cord

  • somatic and autonomic nervous systems

  • sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems

Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 44

1

This is a long bundle of nerves that carries messages to the body from the brain and from the brain to the body. It is responsible for very fast reflexes.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • the spinal cord

  • the corpus callosum

  • the cerebrum

  • the brainstem

Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 44

1

The peripheral nervous system consists of ______.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • all the nerve cells that are outside of the brain and spinal cord

  • all nerves in the brain and the spinal cord

  • the spinal cord and autonomic system

  • the brain and autonomic system

Explicación

Pregunta 19 de 44

1

The peripheral nervous system consists of the ________ and the ______ nervous systems.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • autonomic; somatic

  • autonomic; sympathetic

  • parasympathetic; somatic

  • parasympathetic; sympathetic

Explicación

Pregunta 20 de 44

1

The _______ nervous system regulates the muscles over which people have conscious control.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • somatic

  • autonomic

  • sympathetic

  • parasympathetic

Explicación

Pregunta 21 de 44

1

As she walks out of the living room. Gloriann turns out the light. In this exampl, Gloriann's ________ is active.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • sympathetic nervous system

  • parasympathetic nervous system

  • autonomic nervous system

  • somatic nervous system

Explicación

Pregunta 22 de 44

1

The process of digesting your last snack or meal, or the unconscious regulation of your breathing, are all primarily rooted in the _________ nervous system.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • autonomic

  • limbic

  • somatic

  • secondary

Explicación

Pregunta 23 de 44

1

The autonomic nervous system is divided into the _______ and the ________ divisions.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • central; peripheral

  • sympathetic; parsympathetic

  • sensory; motor

  • limbic; endocrine

Explicación

Pregunta 24 de 44

1

It's midnight and you are alone in your room studying. You hear a loud crash outside your room, and your whole body reacts instantly and furiously. The system that produces these reactions is the _______system.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • central nervous

  • sympathetic nervous

  • parasympathetic nervous

  • limbic

Explicación

Pregunta 25 de 44

1

Calm is to arousal as _______ is to _________.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • parasympathetic; sympathetic

  • autonomic; motor

  • sympathetic; parasympathetic

  • central; peripheral

Explicación

Pregunta 26 de 44

1

The branch of the autonomic nervous system that restores the body to normal functioning after arousal and is responsible for calming you down is called the _____.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • spinal cord

  • somatic nervous system

  • sympathetic nervous system

  • parasympathetic nervous sytem

Explicación

Pregunta 27 de 44

1

Small metal desks are pasted onto Miranda's scalp and they are connected by wire to the machine that records her brain waves. From this description, it is eident that Miranda's brain is being studied through the use of ________.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • a CT scan

  • functional magnetic resonance imaging

  • a microelectrode

  • an electroencephalograph

Explicación

Pregunta 28 de 44

1

Which of the following is a brain-imaging method in which radioactive dye that attaches to glucose in the brain is injected into a person and computer compiles a color-coded image of the activity of the person's brain?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • electroencephalography (EEG)

  • computed tomography (CT)

  • positron emission tomography (PET)

  • functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

Explicación

Pregunta 29 de 44

1

An auto accident rendered Chris's nervous system unable to send messages for him to breathe, so he is on a respirator. Which brain structure was most likely damaged in the accident?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • pons

  • medulla

  • cerebellum

  • reticular formation

Explicación

Pregunta 30 de 44

1

A young woman recovering from a blow to her head finds she has great difficulty maintaining her balance and coordinating her movements. Injury to which part of her brain is likely to be causing her difficulties?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • cerebellum

  • medulla

  • cerebral cortex

  • reticular formation

Explicación

Pregunta 31 de 44

1

Which of the following is a group of several brain structures positioned in the center of the head and involved in learning, emotion, memory, and addiction>

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • limbic system

  • cerebellum

  • cerbral cortex

  • cerebrum

Explicación

Pregunta 32 de 44

1

If the limbic system were destroyed, which of the following pairs of structures would be damaged?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • cerebellum and corpus callosum

  • cerebellum and amygdala

  • amygdala and hippocampus

  • hippocampus and corpus callosum

Explicación

Pregunta 33 de 44

1

What part of the brain acts as a relay station for incoming sesory information?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • hypothalamus

  • thalamus

  • cerebellum

  • pituitary gland

Explicación

Pregunta 34 de 44

1

Rats that have a damaged _______ would probably show little or no fear when placed next to a cat.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • hippocamus

  • hypothalamus

  • fornix

  • amygdala

Explicación

Pregunta 35 de 44

1

Emily was n an automobile accident and suffered an injury to her brain resulting in difficulty controllin her left arm. What part of Emily's brain was injured?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • left motor cortex

  • right motor cortex

  • corpus callosum

  • somatosensory cortex

Explicación

Pregunta 36 de 44

1

Which of the following lobes are involved in planning, creativity, and movement?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • temporal lobes

  • parietal lobe

  • frontal lobes

  • occipital lobes

Explicación

Pregunta 37 de 44

1

Darla was in an automobile accident that resulted in an injury to her brain. Her sense of touch has been affected. Which lobe of her cerebral cortex is the most likely site of the damage?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • frontal

  • tempora

  • occipital

  • parietal

Explicación

Pregunta 38 de 44

1

Layla has difficulty recognizing spoken words, sometimes experiences memory problems, and occasionally has difficulty controlling her emotions. Which part of the brain is probably experiencing a problem that leads to this combination of symptoms?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • the prefrontal cortex

  • the anterior parietal lobe

  • the right occipital lobe

  • the left temporal lobe

Explicación

Pregunta 39 de 44

1

A brain tumor's growth has caused Dick
s vision to suffer. Which lobe of the brain is being affected by the tumor's growth?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • frontal

  • occipital

  • parietal

  • temporal

Explicación

Pregunta 40 de 44

1

Which hemisphere of the cerebral cortex is better at math, logical reasoning, and language tasks?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • front

  • rear

  • left

  • right

Explicación

Pregunta 41 de 44

1

The left cerebral hemisphere primarily controls:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • the right side of the body

  • the left side of the body

  • all motor functions

  • the spatial reasoning

Explicación

Pregunta 42 de 44

1

Assume that you are testing a split-brain human subject whose language center is in his left hemisphere. If you place a house key into his left hand, he will.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • not be able to later select the object he was holding from a group of various objects

  • not be able to tell you what objects he is presently holding

  • immediately be able to tell you what he is holding.

  • be able to tell you what he is presently holding if allowed to think about it for several seonds

Explicación

Pregunta 43 de 44

1

A "split brain" patient is asked to stare at a spot on a screen. When a picture of an objet is shown to the left of the spot, the patient can ____________.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • identify the object verbally and pick it out of a group of hidden objects using her right hand

  • identify the object verbally and pick it out of a group of hidden objects using her left hand

  • pick the object out of a group of hidden objects using her left hand, and can identify it by touch

  • pick the object out of a group of hidden objects using her hand, but cannot identify it verbally

Explicación

Pregunta 44 de 44

1

The ability of the brain to change in response to experience or damage it called _______.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • neural plasmosis

  • reticular formation

  • neurogenesis

  • neuroplasticity

Explicación