TEST BANK FOR BIOLOGICAL
PSYCHOLOGY, 13TH EDITION,
JAMES W. KALAT
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1. Dendritesh4containh4theh4nuclei,h4ribosomes,h4mitochondria,h4andh4otherh4structuresh4foundh4inh4mosth4cells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:h 4 False
2. Neuronsh4receiveh4informationh4andh4transmith4ith4toh4otherh4cells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:h 4 True
3. Santiagoh4Ramónh4yh4Cajalh4usedh4specialh4stainingh4techniquesh4toh4revealh4thath4theh4brainh4ish4composedh4ofh4individualh4cell
s.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:h 4 True
4. Anh4efferenth4axonh4carriesh4informationh4awayh4fromh4ah4structure.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:h 4 True
5. Theh4greaterh4theh4surfaceh4areah4ofh4ah4dendrite,h4theh4moreh4informationh4ith4canh4receiveh4fromh4otherh4neurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:h 4 True
6. Neuronsh4areh4distinguishedh4fromh4otherh4cellsh4byh4theirh4shape.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:h 4 True
7. Theh4roleh4ofh4glialh4cellsh4ish4toh4acth4likeh4“glue”h4orh4scaffoldingh4toh4supporth4theh4neurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:h 4 False
8. Glialh4cellsh4transmith4informationh4acrossh4longh4distances.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:h 4 False
9. Thereh4areh4twoh4typesh4ofh4glialh4cellsh4thath4produceh4myelinh4sheath.h4Inh4theh4centralh4nervoush4system,h4Schwannh4cel
lsh4fulfillh4thish4roleh4and,h4inh4theh4periphery,h4oligodendrocytesh4produceh4it.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER:h 4 False
10. Theh4blood-brainh4barrierh4ish4madeh4uph4ofh4closelyh4packedh4glialh4cells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:h 4 False
11. Theh4differenceh4inh4voltageh4inh4ah4restingh4neuronh4ish4calledh4theh4restingh4potential.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:h 4 True
12. Increasingh4theh4electricalh4gradienth4forh4potassiumh4willh4reduceh4theh4tendencyh4forh4potassiumh4ionsh4toh4exith4theh4neuron.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:h 4 True
13. Ath4theh4restingh4potential,h4theh4potassiumh4channelsh4areh4completelyh4closedh4andh4theh4sodiumh4channelsh4areh4almosth4clos
ed.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:h 4 False
14. Dr.h4Skinnerh4ish4workingh4inh4theh4labh4measuringh4theh4voltageh4ofh4neurons,h4andh4duringh4oneh4condition,h4sheh4triedh4t
oh4depolarizeh4theh4neuronsh4fromh4-70h4mVh4toh4-80h4mV.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:h 4 False
15. Actionh4potentialsh4canh4beh4producedh4inh4theh4dendritesh4ofh4someh4neurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:h 4 False
16. Theh4twoh4basich4kindsh4ofh4cellsh4inh4theh4nervoush4systemh4areh4 .
a. neuronsh4andh4glia
b. dendritesh4andh4axons
c. ribosomesh4andh4lysosomes
d. neuronsh4andh4axons
ANSWER:h 4 a
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17. Santiagoh4Ramonh4yh4Cajalh4demonstratedh4thath4 .
a. ath4rest,h4theh4neuronh4hash4ah4negativeh4chargeh4insideh4itsh4membrane
b. neuronsh4areh4separateh4fromh4oneh4another
c. neuronsh4communicateh4ath4specializedh4junctionsh4calledh4synapses
d. actionh4potentialsh4followh4theh4all-or-noneh4law
ANSWER:h 4 b
18. Bothh4 andh4 sharedh4theh4Nobelh4Prizeh4forh4Physiologyh4orh4Medicineh4inh41906.
a. Golgih4andh4Cajal
b. Cajalh4andh4Sherrington
c. Sherringtonh4andh4Golgi
d. Cajalh4andh4Kalat
ANSWER:h 4 a
19. Dr.h4Kimih4studiesh4theh4plasmah4membraneh4ofh4neurons.h4Heh4specificallyh4researchesh4theh4specializedh4
thath4allowh4inh4importanth4thingsh4likeh4water,h4oxygen,h4sodium,h4andh4soh4on.
a. lipidh4channels
b. proteinh4channels
c. lipidh4receptors
d. proteinh4receptors
ANSWER:h 4 b
20. Neuronsh4differh4mosth4stronglyh4fromh4otherh4bodyh4cellsh4inh4theirh4 .
a. temperature
b. shape
c. osmotich4pressure
d. mitochondria
ANSWER:h 4 b
21. Whath4doh4neuronsh4haveh4thath4otherh4cellsh4doh4not?
a. Ah4plasmah4membrane
b. Large,h4branchingh4extensions
c. Proteinh4channels
d. Anh4endoplasmich4reticulum
ANSWER:h 4 b
22. Dr.h4McLaughlin’sh4labh4studiesh4howh4newlyh4formedh4proteinsh4areh4foldedh4insideh4neurons.h4Theyh4wouldh4beh4mosth4i
nterestedh4inh4studyingh4theh4 .
a. endoplasmich4reticulum
b. mitochondria
c. ribosomes
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