Psych 381 Final Exam Review (Quiz
Questions) With Correct Answers
The major behavioral symptom of Parkinson's disease is... - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-tremor that is pronounced during inactivity | | | | |
Epidemiological studies on the etiology of multiple sclerosis indicate
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that genetic factors... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-make a weaker
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contribution than environment to the development of the disease
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A tumor is... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a cluster of cells that grows
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independently of the rest of the body | | | | | |
Alzheimer's disease is primarily characterized by what neurological
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changes? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid
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plaques
What is the difference between partial and generalized seizures? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Generalized seizures involve abnormal
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activation across the entire brain while partial seizures involve abnormal
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activation in only part of the brain
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Meningiomas are typically... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-benign
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, Why is the task of diagnosing epilepsy difficult? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Seizures take on many forms and have many causes | | | | | | | |
Strokes are sudden-onset cerebrovascular disorders that cause brain
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damage. Strokes can be caused by... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cerebral
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ischemia
Ischemia-induced brain damage takes some time to develop. This is | | | | | | | | | |
because the cascade of events causing the damage involves the
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excessive release of the neurotransmitter _______. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-glutamate
What does a helmet do in the event of a crash? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Reduces the chances that a closed-head injury will | | | | | | | |
become a (much more serious) open-head injury; Reduces the force on
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the brain thus reducing the extent of the brain damage; Reduces the
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chances of death | |
One test commonly used to assess implicit memory in
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neuropsychological patients is the... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-repetition | | | | | | |
priming test |
At the age of 27, HM underwent a... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-bilateral
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medial temporal lobectomy | |
Questions) With Correct Answers
The major behavioral symptom of Parkinson's disease is... - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-tremor that is pronounced during inactivity | | | | |
Epidemiological studies on the etiology of multiple sclerosis indicate
| | | | | | | | |
that genetic factors... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-make a weaker
| | | | | | | |
contribution than environment to the development of the disease
| | | | | | | |
A tumor is... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a cluster of cells that grows
| | | | | | | | | | |
independently of the rest of the body | | | | | |
Alzheimer's disease is primarily characterized by what neurological
| | | | | | | |
changes? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid
| | | | | | |
plaques
What is the difference between partial and generalized seizures? -
| | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Generalized seizures involve abnormal
| | | | |
activation across the entire brain while partial seizures involve abnormal
| | | | | | | | |
activation in only part of the brain
| | | | | | |
Meningiomas are typically... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-benign
| | | | |
, Why is the task of diagnosing epilepsy difficult? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Seizures take on many forms and have many causes | | | | | | | |
Strokes are sudden-onset cerebrovascular disorders that cause brain
| | | | | | | |
damage. Strokes can be caused by... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cerebral
| | | | | | | | |
ischemia
Ischemia-induced brain damage takes some time to develop. This is | | | | | | | | | |
because the cascade of events causing the damage involves the
| | | | | | | | | |
excessive release of the neurotransmitter _______. - CORRECT
| | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-glutamate
What does a helmet do in the event of a crash? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Reduces the chances that a closed-head injury will | | | | | | | |
become a (much more serious) open-head injury; Reduces the force on
| | | | | | | | | | |
the brain thus reducing the extent of the brain damage; Reduces the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
chances of death | |
One test commonly used to assess implicit memory in
| | | | | | | | |
neuropsychological patients is the... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-repetition | | | | | | |
priming test |
At the age of 27, HM underwent a... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-bilateral
| | | | | | | | | | |
medial temporal lobectomy | |
