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This document provides the full test bank for Biological Psychology (13th Edition) by James W. Kalat. It includes multiple-choice questions, true/false items, and application-based problems with correct answers, covering all textbook chapters. An essential resource for students preparing for exams, quizzes, and in-depth understanding of biological psychology concepts.

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1. Dendrites contain the nuclei, ribosomes, mitochondria, and other structures found in most cells.
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2. Neurons receive information and transmit it to other cells.
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3. Santiago Ramón y Cajal used special staining techniques to reveal that the brain is composed of individual cells.
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4. An efferent axon carries information away from a structure.
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5. The greater the surface area of a dendrite, the more information it can receive from other neurons.
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6. Neurons are distinguished from other cells by their shape.
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7. The role of glial cells is to act like “glue” or scaffolding to support the neurons.
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8. Glial cells transmit information across long distances.
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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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10. The blood-brain barrier is made up of closely packed glial cells.
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11. The difference in voltage in a resting neuron is called the resting potential.
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12. Increasing the electrical gradient for potassium will reduce the tendency for potassium ions to exit the neuron.
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13. At the resting potential, the potassium channels are completely closed and the sodium channels are almost closed.
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14. Dr. Skinner is working in the lab measuring the voltage of neurons, and during one condition, she tried to depolarize the
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15. Action potentials can be produced in the dendrites of some neurons.
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17. Santiago Ramon y Cajal demonstrated that .
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a. at rest, the neuron has a negative charge inside its membrane
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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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22. Dr. McLaughlin’s lab studies how newly formed proteins are folded inside neurons. They would be most interested in
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Publisher: 2001 ISBN: 9780534514082 Edition: Unknown

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