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1 : The study of the physiological basis of cognition is known as
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A : cognitive psychology.
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B : neuroscience.
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C : cognitive neuroscience.
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D : neuropsychology.
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2 : Barbara has recently been diagnosed with abdominal cancer. Her oncologist wants to determine
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the best treatment method to eliminate the tumors. Her gastroenterologist is focused on relieving her
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symptoms and restoring normal digestive functioning. Barbaras psychologist works to help minimiz
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e her anxiety and keep her spirits up. The fact that these doctors are considering Barbaras situation
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with different goals and from different perspectives is similar to the idea of
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A : the dynamics of cognition
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B : idiographic evaluation
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C : nomothetic examination
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D : levels of analysis C
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3 : Your author points out that studying the mind requires both
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A : nomothetic; idiographic
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B : behavioral; physiological
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4 : Early studies of brain tissue that used staining techniques and microscopes from the 19th century
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described the nerve net. These early understandings were in error in the sense that the nerve net was
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believed to be
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A : continuous.
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B : composed of discrete individual units.
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C : composed of cell bodies, axons, and dendrites.
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D : composed of neurotransmitters rather than neurons. Co
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5 : The key structural components of neurons are the
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A : cell body, cellular membrane, and transmitters.
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B : axon, dendrites, and glands.
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C : cell body, dendrites, and axons.
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D : transmitters, dendrites, and nodes of Ranvier. Correct A
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6 : In the mid-
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7 : A synapse is
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A : a tube filled with fluid that conducts electrical signals.
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B : the structure that contains mechanisms to keep a neuron alive.
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C : the structure that receives electrical signals from other neurons.
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D : the gap that separates two different neurons. Correct A
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8 : Groups of interconnected neurons are referred to as
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A : myelin sheaths.
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B : potentiated somas.
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C : neural circuits.
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D: spreading activations. Correct
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9 : Action potentials occur in the
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A : cell body.
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B : synapse.
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C : neurotransmitters.
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D : axon.
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10 : If the intensity of a stimulus that is presented to a touch receptor is increased, this tends to increa
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A : rate of nerve firing
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B : size of the nerve impulses
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C : speed of nerve conduction
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D : All of these are correct. Correct
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11 : When recording from a single neuron, stimulus intensity is represented by the
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A : size of the action potentials.
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B : size of the synapse.
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C : firing rate of the neurotransmitters.
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D : firing rate of the action potentials. Correct
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12 : Which of the following statements best describes how neurons communicate with one anot
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A : Dendrites make direct contact with each other.
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B : A chemical process takes place in the synapse.
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C : An electrical process takes place in the receptors.
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13 : You are walking down the street and see a nice car drive by. You notice its color, move
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ment, and shape. All of these features are processed
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A : in one localized area of the brain.
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B : by a specific object neuron.
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C : in different parts of the brain.
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D : through fMRI potentials. Corre
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14 : W hen the axon is at rest, the inside of the neuron has a charge that is 70 millivolts more negati
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ve than the outside. This difference will continue as long as
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A : the neurons receptor continues to be stimulated.
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B : the impulse is past the recording electrode.
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C : signals remain in the neuron.
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D : the neuron is at rest.
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15 : Neurons that respond to specific qualities of objects, such as orientation, movement, and lengt
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h, are called
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A : retinal cells.
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B : feature detectors.
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C : dendrites.
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D : receptors.
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16 : If kittens are raised in an environment that contains only verticals, you would predict that most
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of the neurons in their visual cortex would respond best to the visual presentation of a
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A : brick wall.
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B : chain link fence.
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C : solid wall.
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D : picket fence.
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17 : Which organ is unique in that it appears to be static tissue?
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A : Heart
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B : Brain
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C : Lungs
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D : Kidney
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18 : Edgar Adrian studied the relationship between nerve firing and sensory experience by meas
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uring how the firing of a neuron from a receptor in the skin changed as he applied more pressure to t
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he skin. He found that
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A : the shape and height of the action potential increased as he increased the pressure.
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B : the shape and height of the action potential decreased as he increased the pressure.
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