EXAM ELABORATIONS: NEUROSCIENCE BIOLOGY

Question 1 3.125 out of 3.125 points Rods are to ____ as cones are to ____. Selected Answer: a. the periphery; the fovea Question 2 3.125 out of 3.125 points According to the retinex theory, we perceive color by ____. Selected c. Answer: contrasting the activity in one area of the visual field with that of the others Question 3 3.125 out of 3.125 points Although he has been blind since birth, Alden can experience _____, which is ______. Selected a. Answer: blindsight; the ability to respond in limited ways to visual information without perceiving it consciously Question 4 3.125 out of 3.125 points The primary visual cortex sends its information ____. Selected Answer: b. to area V2 Question 5 3.125 out of 3.125 pointsWanetta has had damage to the ventral stream of her visual system. She now has trouble with _____. Selected Answer: c. the ability to describe the shape or size of an object Question 6 3.125 out of 3.125 points Tori has suffered damage to her magnocellular pathway. Now, she has problems with _____. Selected Answer: a. seeing things in motion Question 7 3.125 out of 3.125 points When cells in the middle temporal cortex respond to visual stimuli, their response depends mostly on the ____. Selected Answer: c. speed and direction of movement Question 8 3.125 out of 3.125 points Why does the fovea provide the clearest, most detailed visual information? Selected Answer: d. It has tightly packed receptors. Question 9 3.125 out of 3.125 points The ____ of any neuron in the visual system is the area of the visual field that excites or inhibits it. Selected Answer: d. receptive fieldQuestion 10 3.125 out of 3.125 points The one additional feature that hypercomplex cells have that complex cells do not is that hypercomplex cells ____. Selected Answer: d. have a strong inhibitory area at one end of its receptive field Question 11 3.125 out of 3.125 points Loudness is to ____ as pitch is to ____. Selected Answer: b. amplitude; frequency Question 12 3.125 out of 3.125 points What sound characteristics can be compared between the two ears to locate the source of the sound? Selected Answer: d. Loudness and timing Question 13 3.125 out of 3.125 points How many kinds of olfactory receptors do we have? Selected Answer: d. Hundreds Question 14 0 out of 3.125 pointsSince taste receptors are modified _____, they are replaced approximately every _____. Selected Answer: d. olfactory receptors; three weeks Question 15 0 out of 3.125 points What is the intensity of a sound wave called? Selected Answer: b. Loudness Question 16 3.125 out of 3.125 points Sadie is able to hear a note and identify is perfectly. She has ____. Selected Answer: d. absolute pitch Question 17 3.125 out of 3.125 points Tinnitus may be ____. Selected Answer: d. due to a phenomenon like the phantom limb Question 18 3.125 out of 3.125 points As a result of a horrible ear infection, Charley ruptured his _____ (also known as his eardrum). Selected Answer: c. tympanic membraneQuestion 19 3.125 out of 3.125 points In terms of sound localization, low frequencies are to ____ differences, as high frequencies are to ____ differences. Selected Answer: c. phase; loudness Question 20 3.125 out of 3.125 points The receptors for taste are ____. Selected Answer: d. modified skin cells Question 21 3.125 out of 3.125 points Which condition has often been interpreted as an intrusion of REM sleep into wakefulness? Selected Answer: a. Narcolepsy Question 22 3.125 out of 3.125 points The relationship between sleep stage and dreaming is that dreams ____. Selected Answer: b. are more frequent and more vivid in REM sleep Question 23 3.125 out of 3.125 points Professor Lamon tells his class that humans experience several different circadian rhythms which all last _____. Selected Answer: a. about 24 hours Question 24 3.125 out of 3.125 points Professor Schluter tells his class that the SCN produces circadian rhythms in a person’s body by changing that person’s _____. Selected Answer: a. production of proteins Question 25 3.125 out of 3.125 points During REM sleep, the EEG shows ____. Selected Answer: b. irregular, low-voltage fast waves Question 26 3.125 out of 3.125 points Deonna is in a research study where she was asked to become sleep-deprived. She is mostly likely doing to see disruptions while doing ______tasks. Selected Answer: c. memory Question 27 3.125 out of 3.125 points Which hypothesis suggests that dreams are just thinking that takes place under unusual conditions? Selected Answer: a. NeurocognitiveQuestion 28 3.125 out of 3.125 points Slow-wave sleep is comprised of ____. Selected Answer: d. stages 3 and 4 Question 29 0 out of 3.125 points Loss of orexin-containing neurons in the hypothalamus may contribute to ____. Selected Answer: c. sleep apnea Question 30 3.125 out of 3.125 points A disruption of circadian rhythms due to crossing time zones is known as ____. Selected Answer: b. jetlag Question 31 0 out of 3.125 points Ivette has been diagnosed with Anorexia nervosa. Her doctors have decided to try a new treatment to address her weight loss itself. They start out by having Ivette _____. Selected Answer: c. exercise everyda