TEST BANK FOR BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY, 14TH EDITION, JAMES W. KALAT

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TEST BANK FOR BIOLOGICAL
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PSYCHOLOGY,14THEDITION,
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JAMES W. KALAT
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1. Dendrites contain the nuclei, ribosomes, mitochondria, and other structures found in most cells.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False | \




2. Neurons receive information and transmit it to other cells.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True | \




3. Santiago Ramón y Cajal used special staining techniques to reveal that the brain is composed of individual cells.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True | \




4. An efferent axon carries information away from a structure.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True | \




5. The greater the surface area of a dendrite, the more information it can receive from other neurons.
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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.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False | \




8. Glial cells transmit information across long distances.
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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
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|\ role and, in the periphery, oligodendrocytes produce it.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False | \




10. The blood-brain barrier is made up of closely packed glial cells.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False | \




11. The difference in voltage in a resting neuron is called the resting potential.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True | \




12. Increasing the electrical gradient for potassium will reduce the tendency for potassium ions to exit the neuron.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True | \




13. At the resting potential, the potassium channels are completely closed and the sodium channels are almost closed.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False | \




14. Dr. Skinner is working in the lab measuring the voltage of neurons, and during one condition, she tried to depolarize
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|\ the neurons from -70 mV to -80 mV.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False | \




15. Action potentials can be produced in the dendrites of some neurons.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False | \




16. The two basic kinds of cells in the nervous system are
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a. neurons and glia |\ |\


b. dendrites and axons |\ |\


c. ribosomes and lysosomes |\ |\


d. neurons and axons |\ |\


ANSWER: a |\




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17. Santiago Ramon y Cajal demonstrated that|\ . |\ |\ |\ |\


a. at rest, the neuron has a negative charge inside its membrane
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b. neurons are separate from one another |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


c. neurons communicate at specialized junctions called synapses
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d. action potentials follow the all-or-none law
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ANSWER: b |\




18. Both and shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1906. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


a. Golgi and Cajal |\ |\


b. Cajal and Sherrington |\ |\


c. Sherrington and Golgi |\ |\


d. Cajal and Kalat |\ |\


ANSWER: a |\




19. Dr. Kimi studies the plasma membrane of neurons. He specifically researches the specialized
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|\ important things like water, oxygen, sodium, and so on.
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a. lipid channels |\


b. protein channels |\


c. lipid receptors |\


d. protein receptors |\


ANSWER: b |\




20. Neurons differ most strongly from other body cells in their
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a. temperature
b. shape
c. osmotic pressure |\


d. mitochondria
ANSWER: b |\




21. What do neurons have that other cells do not?
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a. A plasma membrane
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b. Large, branching extensions |\ |\


c. Protein channels |\


d. An endoplasmic reticulum
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ANSWER: b |\




22. Dr. McLaughlin’s lab studies how newly formed proteins are folded inside neurons. They would be most interested in
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|\ studying the |\ .
a. endoplasmic reticulum |\


b. mitochondria
c. ribosomes
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