TEST BANK - The Mind's Machine:
Foundations of Brain and Behavior 5th
Edition by Neil Watson & S. Marc
Breedlove
ALL CHAPTERS 1-15 INCLUDED|
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS
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, Table of Contents
1. Cells and Structures: The Anatomy of the Nervous System
2. Neurophysiology: The Generation, Transmission, and Integration of Neural Signals
3. The Chemistry of Behavior: Neurotransmitters and Neuropharmacology
4. Development of the Brain
5. The Sensorimotor System
6. Hearing, Balance, Taste, and Smell
7. Vision: From Eye to Brain
8. Hormones and Sex
9. Homeostasis: Active Regulation of the Internal Environment
10. Biological Rhythms and Sleep
11. Emotions, Aggression, and Stress
12. Psychopathology: The Biology of Behavioral Disorders
13. Memory, Learning, and Development
14. Attention and Higher Cognition
15. Language and Lateralization
Chapter 1: Structure and Function: Neuroanatomy and Research Methods
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Dendrites are
a. a type of glial cell.
b. the input zone of a nerve cell.
c. the conduction zone of a nerve cell.
d. small interneurons.
Correct Answer: b
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Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a neuron.
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,Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
2. Which pathway represents the most common sequence of information flow through a neuron?
a. Cell body → axon → dendrite → axon terminal
b. Dendrite → cell body → axon → axon hillock
c. Dendrite → cell body → axon → axon terminal
d. Dendrite → axon terminal → cell body → axon
Correct Answer: c
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
3. Which statement about neurons is true?
a. All neurons have the same four functional zones.
b. Multipolar neurons can have many dendrites and many axons.
c. Some interneurons lack a nucleus.
d. Unipolar neurons are especially common in the visual system.
Correct Answer: a
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
4. Preventing the formation of on dendrites would decrease the space available for synapses.
a. synaptic vesicles
b. dendritic spines
c. the myelin sheath
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d. the axon hillock
Correct Answer: b
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, Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 4. Analyzing
5. Neurons receive information from other neurons at the zone through cellular extensions called.
a. integration; hillock
b. input; dendrites
c. conduction; axon
d. output; terminal
Correct Answer: b
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
6. Axon terminals typically form synapses on the cell body or dendrites of a(n)
a. postsynaptic neuron.
b. presynaptic neuron.
c. oligodendrocyte.
d. Schwann cell.
Correct Answer: a
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level:1. Remembering
7. Axon terminals
a. are found within synaptic vesicles.
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b. are protrusions occurring along the length of dendrites.
c. form synapses onto other cells.
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Foundations of Brain and Behavior 5th
Edition by Neil Watson & S. Marc
Breedlove
ALL CHAPTERS 1-15 INCLUDED|
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS
TB
Ac
Page | 1
er
, Table of Contents
1. Cells and Structures: The Anatomy of the Nervous System
2. Neurophysiology: The Generation, Transmission, and Integration of Neural Signals
3. The Chemistry of Behavior: Neurotransmitters and Neuropharmacology
4. Development of the Brain
5. The Sensorimotor System
6. Hearing, Balance, Taste, and Smell
7. Vision: From Eye to Brain
8. Hormones and Sex
9. Homeostasis: Active Regulation of the Internal Environment
10. Biological Rhythms and Sleep
11. Emotions, Aggression, and Stress
12. Psychopathology: The Biology of Behavioral Disorders
13. Memory, Learning, and Development
14. Attention and Higher Cognition
15. Language and Lateralization
Chapter 1: Structure and Function: Neuroanatomy and Research Methods
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Dendrites are
a. a type of glial cell.
b. the input zone of a nerve cell.
c. the conduction zone of a nerve cell.
d. small interneurons.
Correct Answer: b
TB
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a neuron.
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Page | 2
er
,Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
2. Which pathway represents the most common sequence of information flow through a neuron?
a. Cell body → axon → dendrite → axon terminal
b. Dendrite → cell body → axon → axon hillock
c. Dendrite → cell body → axon → axon terminal
d. Dendrite → axon terminal → cell body → axon
Correct Answer: c
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
3. Which statement about neurons is true?
a. All neurons have the same four functional zones.
b. Multipolar neurons can have many dendrites and many axons.
c. Some interneurons lack a nucleus.
d. Unipolar neurons are especially common in the visual system.
Correct Answer: a
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
4. Preventing the formation of on dendrites would decrease the space available for synapses.
a. synaptic vesicles
b. dendritic spines
c. the myelin sheath
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d. the axon hillock
Correct Answer: b
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, Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 4. Analyzing
5. Neurons receive information from other neurons at the zone through cellular extensions called.
a. integration; hillock
b. input; dendrites
c. conduction; axon
d. output; terminal
Correct Answer: b
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
6. Axon terminals typically form synapses on the cell body or dendrites of a(n)
a. postsynaptic neuron.
b. presynaptic neuron.
c. oligodendrocyte.
d. Schwann cell.
Correct Answer: a
Section:1.1 The Nervous System Is Made of Specialized Cells
Learning Objective:1.1.1 Name and describe the general functions of the four main parts of a neuron.
Bloom’s Level:1. Remembering
7. Axon terminals
a. are found within synaptic vesicles.
TB
b. are protrusions occurring along the length of dendrites.
c. form synapses onto other cells.
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