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Biological Psychology
By James W.Kalat


14th Edition




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,Table of contents

1. What is psychology?
2. Scientific methods in psychology.
3. Biological psychology.
4. Sensation and perception.
5. Development.

6. Learning.
7. Memory.
8. Cognition and language.
9. Intelligence.
10. Consciousness.

11. Motivated behaviors.
12. Emotions, stress, and health.
13. Social behavior.
14. Personalities.
15. Abnormal psychology: disorders and treatment.




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, Chapter 1
1. Dendrites contain the nuclei, ribosomes, mitochondria, and other structures found in most cells.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: false



2. Neurons receive information and transmit it to other cells.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: true



3. Santiago ramóny cajal used special staining techniques to reveal that the brain is composed of individual cells.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: true



4. An efferent axon carries information away from a structure.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: true



5. The greater the surface area of a dendrite, the more information it can receive from other neurons.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: true




6. Neurons are distinguished from other cells by their shape.


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, a. True

b. False

ANSWER: true



7. The role of glial cells is to act like ―glue‖ or scaffolding to support the neurons.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: false



8. Glial cells transmit information across long distances.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: false



9. There are two types of glial cells that produce myelin sheath. In the central nervous system, schwann cells fulfill
this role and, in the periphery, oligodendrocytes produce it.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: false



10. The blood-brain barrier is made up of closely packed glial cells.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: false




11. The difference in voltage in a resting neuron is called the resting potential.

a. True



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