Biopsychology

Test Bank For Biopsychology: Fundamentals and
Contemporary Issues v1.0 1st Edition By Martin S. Shapiro
• Areas of neocortex that receive most of their input from the sensory thalamic relay
nuclei of the thalamus are classified as - ANSWER: primary sensory cortex

• An area of cerebral cortex that receives input from more than one sensory system
is classified as - ANSWER: association cortex

• A hierarchical system is one in which - ANSWER: each element has specific levels or
ranks with respect to one another

• The simple process of detecting the presence of stimuli is often referred to as -
ANSWER: sensation

• Each cortical level of a sensory system - primary, secondary, or association - is itself
composed of different areas that mediate different psychological processes. This
principle of sensory system organization is referred to as - ANSWER: functional
segregation

• A system in which information is conducted in a single route through its various
components - like a string through beads - is called a - ANSWER: serial system

• Modern biopsychological theory considers sensory systems to be - ANSWER:
hierarchical, functionally segregated, and parallel

• Because sensory systems are characterized by functional segregation while
perception is largely holistic, there is a - ANSWER: binding problem

• For humans, sounds are those molecular vibrations between about - ANSWER: 20
and 20,000 hertz.

• The loudness, pitch, and timbre of a sound are directly related to the - ANSWER:
amplitude, frequency, and complexity respectively, of the vibrations that produced
it.

• The frequency of sound waves is to the complexity of sound waves as the -
ANSWER: pitch of sound is to the timbre

• The malleus, incus, and stapes - ANSWER: are small bones that transmit vibrations
from the ear drum to the oval window

• The _____ of the auditory system has the appearance of a snail and has a name
that is derived from the Greek word for land snail - ANSWER: cochlea

, • Resting on the auditory hair cells is the - ANSWER: tectorial membrane

• The auditory system is organized - ANSWER: tonotopically

• The visual system is to retinotopic as the auditory system is to - ANSWER:
tonotopic

• ______contain the receptors of the vestibular system - ANSWER: The semicircular
canals

• The semicircular canals are the receptive organs of - ANSWER: the vestibular
system

• The axons of the auditory nerves synapse in the ipsilateral - ANSWER: cochlear
nuclei

• The superior olives receive most of their input from the - ANSWER: cochlear nuclei

• The major auditory projections of the inferior colliculi go to the - ANSWER: medial
geniculate nuclei

• One exception to the usual tonotopic organization of the auditory system is the -
ANSWER: superior colliculus

• Barn owls are often used in auditory research on sound localization because they
have - ANSWER: excellent sound localization ability

• Much of the recent research on sound localization has focused on the - ANSWER:
barn owl

• Much of the human auditory cortex is invisible to casual inspection because it is in
the depths of the ____fissure. - ANSWER: lateral

• Neurons of the monkey secondary auditory cortex respond robustly to - ANSWER:
monkey calls

• The perception of pitch in primates seems to occur in - ANSWER: one small cortical
area just anterior to primary auditory cortex

• ______play a major role in differentiating neurons that respond to pitch from
those that respond to frequency - ANSWER: Missing fundamentals

• In most of the mammals that have been studied, auditory cortex lesions produce -
ANSWER: a deficit in the ability to localize brief sounds

• Bilateral damage to the _____would be most likely to produce complete and
permanent hearing loss - ANSWER: cochlear nerve