GMU PSYC 375 Exam 1 2026 Questions
and Answers
Aristotle (384-322 BC) - Correct answer-Viewed heart as the center of intellect
Hippocrates (460-379 BC) - Correct answer-Believed the brain was involved in
sensation and was the seat of intelligence
Galen (130-200 AD) - Correct answer-Proposed functional specialization of
cerebrum and cerebellum; ventricles
The Renaissance - Correct answer-Fluid mechanical theory of brain function;
philosophical mind-brain problem
Rene Descartes (1596-1650 AD) - Correct answer-Mental capacities occur outside
the brain in the 'mind'
Luigi Galvani and Emil du Bois-Reymond - Correct answer-Nerves as wire; brain
can generate electricity
Franz Joseph Gall - Correct answer-Phrenology; personality traits can be
determined by morphology of skull
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, Paul Broca - Correct answer-Discrete regions of the human cerebrum for speech
I = gV - Correct answer-Ohm's Law
Neurons - Correct answer-process Information
Glia - Correct answer-Insulate, support, and nourishes neurons
Sensory neurons - Correct answer-sense environmental changes
Interneurons - Correct answer-Communicate changes to other neurons
Motor Neurons - Correct answer-Command body response
Action Potential - Correct answer-Generated by excitable degradation
Ions - Correct answer-Atoms or molecules with a net electrical charge
Anion - Correct answer-Negative Charge
Cation - Correct answer-Positive Charge
Ion Channels - Correct answer-Control resting and action potentials
Gating - Correct answer-Some ion channels can be opened and closed
Diffusion - Correct answer-Dissolved ions distribute evenly
Down concentration gradient - Correct answer-Move from regions of high
concentration to regions of low concentration
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and Answers
Aristotle (384-322 BC) - Correct answer-Viewed heart as the center of intellect
Hippocrates (460-379 BC) - Correct answer-Believed the brain was involved in
sensation and was the seat of intelligence
Galen (130-200 AD) - Correct answer-Proposed functional specialization of
cerebrum and cerebellum; ventricles
The Renaissance - Correct answer-Fluid mechanical theory of brain function;
philosophical mind-brain problem
Rene Descartes (1596-1650 AD) - Correct answer-Mental capacities occur outside
the brain in the 'mind'
Luigi Galvani and Emil du Bois-Reymond - Correct answer-Nerves as wire; brain
can generate electricity
Franz Joseph Gall - Correct answer-Phrenology; personality traits can be
determined by morphology of skull
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, Paul Broca - Correct answer-Discrete regions of the human cerebrum for speech
I = gV - Correct answer-Ohm's Law
Neurons - Correct answer-process Information
Glia - Correct answer-Insulate, support, and nourishes neurons
Sensory neurons - Correct answer-sense environmental changes
Interneurons - Correct answer-Communicate changes to other neurons
Motor Neurons - Correct answer-Command body response
Action Potential - Correct answer-Generated by excitable degradation
Ions - Correct answer-Atoms or molecules with a net electrical charge
Anion - Correct answer-Negative Charge
Cation - Correct answer-Positive Charge
Ion Channels - Correct answer-Control resting and action potentials
Gating - Correct answer-Some ion channels can be opened and closed
Diffusion - Correct answer-Dissolved ions distribute evenly
Down concentration gradient - Correct answer-Move from regions of high
concentration to regions of low concentration
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