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This document is a test bank for The Mind’s Machine: Foundations of Brain and Behavior (5th Edition) by Neil Watson and S. Marc Breedlove. It includes exam-style questions and answers covering neuroscience, brain structure, behavior, cognition, and nervous system function. Designed for psychology and neuroscience course exam preparation.

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The Mind's Machine: Foundations of Brain and Behavior 5th
Edition
by Neil Watson, S. Marc Breedlove TEST BANK
ISBN-10
0197666086
ISBN-13
978-0197666081
Edition
5th




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Table Of Contents


1. Cells and Structures: The Anatomy of the Nervous System

2. Neurophysiology: The Generation, Transmission, and Integration of Neural Signals

3. The Chemistry of Behavior: Neurotransmitters and Neuropharmacology

4. Development of the Brain

5. The Sensorimotor System

6. Hearing, Balance, Taste, and Smell

7. Vision: From Eye to Brain

8. Hormones and Sex

9. Homeostasis: Active Regulation of the Internal Environment

10. Biological Rhythms and Sleep

11. Emotions, Aggression, and Stress

12. Psychopathology: The Biology of Behavioral Disorders

13. Memory, Learning, and Development

14. Attention and Higher Cognition

15. Language and Lateralization




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Chapter 1: Structure and Function: Neuroanatomy and Research Methods

Multiple Choice Questions


1. Dendrites are

a. a type of glial cell.

b. the input zone of a nerve cell.

c. the conduction zone of a nerve cell.

d. small interneurons.

Answer: b

Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a
neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding

2. Which pathway represents the most common sequence of information flow through a neuron?

a. Cell body → axon → dendrite → axon terminal

b. Dendrite → cell body → axon → axon hillock

c. Dendrite → cell body → axon → axon terminal

d. Dendrite → axon terminal → cell body → axon

Answer: c

Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a
neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying

3. Which statement about neurons is true?



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a. All neurons have the same four functional zones.

b. Multipolar neurons can have many dendrites and many axons.

c. Some interneurons lack a nucleus.

d. Unipolar neurons are especially common in the visual system.

Answer: a

Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a
neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying

4. Preventing the formation of on dendrites would decrease the space available for synapses.

a. synaptic vesicles

b. dendritic spines

c. the myelin sheath

d. the axon hillock

Answer:b

Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a
neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 4. Analyzing

5. Neurons receive information from other neurons at the zone through cellular extensions called
.

a. integration; hillock

b. input; dendrites

c. conduction; axon


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