TEST BANK for Biological Psychology 14th Edition Latest Version 2025/2026 [A+] All Chapters Fully Covered by James Kalat (Author)

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1. Dendrites contain.Athenuclei,ribosomes, mitochondria, and otherstructuresf.A
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a. True
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2. Neurons.Areceiveinformation andA.transmit it toA.other cells. s s ss ss ss




a. True
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ANSWER: True

3. Santiago Ramón yCajal used
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4. An efferentAaxon carriesinformation awayfromi a structure.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

5. Thegreaterthesurfacearea of a dendrite,themore informationit canA.receive fromother neurons.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

6. NeuronsAare distinguishedfromother ss s s cells bytheirshape.
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7. Therole of glialcellsA.is.Ato actlike ―glue‖ or scaffolding.Ato supporttheneurons.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

8. Glial cellstransmit information acrosslongdistances.
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9. Therearetwotypes of glial cellsthat produce myelin sheath. In the central nervous system, Schwann cells
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fulfillthis role and, in the periphery, oligodendrocytes produce it.
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10. Theblood-brain barrierismade up ofcloselypackedAglial
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b. False
ANSWER: False

11. Thedifferencein s s voltage in a resting.Aneuron is calledthe restingA.potential.
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a. True
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12. Increasingtheelectrical gradient forpotassiumwillreducethetendencyfor potassiumions toexitthe neuron.
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a. True
b. False
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13. At theresting.Apotential,the potassium.cA
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14. Dr. Skinner is workingin the lab measuringthe voltage of neurons, and duringone condition,she
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triedt o depolarize the neurons from -70 mV to -80 mV.
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a. True
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ANSWER: False

15. ActionpotentialscanA.be s s producedA.inthe dendrites of some ss ss s s s s neurons.
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ANSWER: False

16. The.Atwo basic kinds of cells i nA.the nervous systemare
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