Behavioral Neuroscience Question Bank
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Introduction
Behavioral Neuroscience explores the biological foundations of behavior by examining the structure and function of the nervous system. The course investigates how brain activity underlies processes such as perception, emotion, learning, motivation, and decision making. Students will study neural communication, the effects of genetics and environment on the brain, and the impact of neurological disorders. Emphasis is placed on experimental approaches and current research techniques, providing insights into how the brain controls both typical and atypical behaviors.
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Discovering Behavioral Neuroscience 3rd Edition by Laura Freberg
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Chapter 1: What Is Behavioral Neuroscience
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Q1) The study of microscopic structures and tissues is known ashistology.histology.histology.
A)histology.
B) phrenology.
C)staining.
D)imaging.
Answer: A
Q2) What is one advantage of magnetoencephalography (MEG)over electroencephalography (EEG)?
Answer: Because the skull bones block most of the electricity but little of the magnetism produced by the brain,the EEG gives only an approximation of brain activity compared to the accuracy and localization provided by MEG.
Q3) Which of the following made the Neuron Doctrine possible?
A)the light microscope and the use of stains in histology
B) the ability to apply electricity through wires
C) fewer restrictions on animal research
D) fewer restrictions on human dissection
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Functional Neuroanatomy and the Evolution of the Nervous System
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Q1) The hippocampus is important in which of the following functions?
A)learning and memory
B)motor control
C)recognition of biological danger
D)regulation of hunger and thirst
Answer: A
Q2) The subarachnoid space is found between the arachnoid layer and the
A)pia mater.
B)dura mater.
C)skull bones.
D)lateral ventricles.
Answer: A
Q3) When he wakes up in the morning,Matthew's mother turns on the overhead lights in his bedroom.Almost immediately,the ________ in his brain cause(s)a pupillary reaction that leads his pupils to dilate in the bright light.
A)superior colliculi
B)periaqueductal gray
C)red nucleus
D)inferior colliculi
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Neurophysiology: the Structure and Functions of the
Cells of the Nervous System
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Q1) Action potentials only go in one direction,away from the cell body,because
A)the adjacent prior segment of axon is still at +40mV.
B) voltage-dependent gates are limited in the frequency with which they can open.
C) the adjacent prior segment is still in refractory period.
D) the action potential temporarily disables the sodium-potassium pumps.
Answer: C
Q2) Extracellular fluid is most similar in chemical composition to
A)fresh water.
B)seawater.
C)alcoholic beverages.
D)caffeinated energy drinks.
Answer: B
Q3) The primary advantage of electrical synapses over chemical synapses is
A)less need for sodium-potassium pumps.
B)speed.
C)the ability to provide a greater variety of responses.
D)the ability to produce inhibition.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Psychopharmacology
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Q1) Perceived benefits from the administration of an inactive substance are referred to as
A)tolerance.
B)withdrawal.
C)addiction.
D)placebo effects.
Q2) LSD is structurally similar to the neurotransmitter
A)dopamine.
B)glutamate.
C)serotonin.
D)GABA.
Q3) The fact that THC in marijuana interacts with receptors in the brain suggests that we have some type of naturally-occurring substances that are chemically very similar to THC.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is one difference between gaseous neurotransmitters and more conventional smallmolecule and neuropeptide neurotransmitters?
Q5) Distinguish between neurotransmitters,neuromodulators,and neurohormones.
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Q6) What actions and effects do organophosphates have on the cholinergic synapse?
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Chapter 5: Genetics and the Development of the Human Brain
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Q1) When the rostral part of the neural tube fails to close,what disorder typically results?
A)anencephaly
B)Down syndrome
C)Williams syndrome
D)spina bifida
Q2) Because the heritability of height is 81 percent,and the heritability of adult body mass index (BMI)is 59 percent,we can conclude that genetics play a stronger role in the development of height than BMI
A)True
B)False
Q3) When the caudal part of the neural tube fails to close,what disorder typically results?
A)anencephaly
B)Down syndrome
C)Williams syndrome
D)spina bifida
Q4) What are the possible benefits of adult neurogenesis?
Q5) Why do we need the process of X chromosome inactivation?
Q6) Describe the dorsal-ventral differentiation of the neural tube.
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Chapter 6: Vision
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Q1) Which of the following sets of cells forms a direct pathway for visual information and lies perpendicular to the back of the eye?
A)photoreceptors, horizontal cells, ganglion cells
B)photoreceptors, bipolar cells, ganglion cells
C)photoreceptors, horizontal cells, amacrine cells
D)photoreceptors, amacrine cells, bipolar cells
Q2) What is the main effect of lateral inhibition in the bipolar cells of the retina?
A)Color contrast is produced.
B)Edges or boundaries can be identified.
C)Movement is sensed.
D)The blood vessels of the eye are not perceived.
Q3) Longer wavelengths,such as microwaves,would not make a good basis for a visual system because
A)most longer wavelengths are blocked by the earth's atmosphere.
B)they travel at too slow a speed.
C)they are too abundant at the earth's surface to be useful in vision.
D)long wavelengths penetrate objects instead of being reflected from them.
Q4) Describe the organization of the lateral geniculate nucleus.
Q5) What is the function of the cornea of the eye?
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Chapter 7: Nonvisual Sensation and Perception
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Q1) Pain is typically experienced when people are exposed to sounds above _________ dB.
A)60
B)90
C)110
D)130
Q2) The outer and middle ear both transmit sound through _________ and the inner ear uses a _________ medium in the process of transducing sounds waves to electrical energy.
A)bone; mucous
B)liquid; mucous
C)air; liquid
D)air; sodium
Q3) The emotional quality of olfaction is evident in the distortion of this sense that occurs in some types of psychopathology. Describe one disorder that is associated with olfactory disturbances,and comment on how such disturbances might contribute to the behavior that characterizes the disorder.
Q4) Perilymph is found in the ____________________ canal and the ____________________ canal,while endolymph is found in the
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Chapter 8: Movement
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Q1) Golgi tendon organs provide feedback about
A)muscle stretch.
B)force.
C)position.
D)movement.
Q2) When an Olympic weightlifter uses explosive strength to lift a personal best,the _________ fibers in her legs are probably the most active,but the marathon runner relies on her _________ fibers.
A)slow twitch; fast twitch
B)fast twitch; slow twitch
C)Type I; Type III
D)Type III; Type II
Q3) The pontine reticulospinal tract originates in the
A)reticular formation of the pons.
B)reticular formation of the medulla.
C) vestibular nuclei of the medulla.
D)midbrain.
Q4) The pathway indicated by the number 3 in the figure originates in the ____________________ and is known as the ____________________ tract.
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Chapter 9: Homeostasis and Motivation
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Q1) What is the most likely relationship between genetics and eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa?
A)There is no evidence for a genetic contribution to eating disorders.
B)Genes probably contribute a great deal to bulimia nervosa, but not to anorexia nervosa.
C)Some studies have identified a genetic contribution, but others have found no evidence of such a factor.
D)Eating disorders can be accounted for almost entirely by genetic influences.
Q2) Humans need to ingest
A)no fluids in addition to those contained in food.
B)about 0.3 liters (about .10 gallons) of fluid per day.
C)about 1 liter (about .27 gallons) of fluid per day.
D)about 2.5 liters (about .55 gallons) of fluid per day.
Q3) Vomiting and diarrhea may be life threatening when _________ sodium levels lead to_________ blood pressure.
A)reduced; low
B)reduced; high
C)increased; low
D)increased; high
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Chapter 10: Sexual Behavior
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Q1) Male external genitalia include the
A)uterus, fallopian tubes, and upper portion of the vagina.
B)seminal vesicles, vas deferens, and the prostate.
C)penis and scrotum.
D)labia, clitoris, and outer portion of the vagina.
Q2) The gonadotropins are released by the A)hypothalamus.
B)pineal gland.
C)anterior pituitary gland.
D)posterior pituitary gland.
Q3) The average age at puberty has dropped from nearly 16 years old to 12 years old over the past 150 years.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The release of an ovum,a process known as ____________________,occurs in response to a sharp increase in the hormone ____________________,labeled number 1 in this illustration.
Q5) The structure labeled number 1 in this illustration is known as a ____________________,which will develop into the ____________________ in males and into the ____________________ in females.
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Chapter 11: Sleep and Waking
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Q1) Melatonin is secreted by the
A)superior colliculi.
B)suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN).
C)the pituitary gland.
D)the pineal gland.
Q2) Putting infants to sleep on their backs has greatly reduced the frequency of
A)sleep apnea.
B)sudden infant death syndrome.
C)narcolepsy.
D)nocturnal enuresis.
Q3) The majority of time during a typical night's sleep is spent in _________ sleep.
A)Stage 1 NREM.
B)Stage 2 NREM.
C)Stages 3 and 4 NREM.
D)REM
Q4) The suprachiasmatic nucleus is located in the
A)midbrain
B)hypothalamus
C)pons
D)medulla
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Chapter 12: Learning and Memory
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Q1) You walk into a room and see someone you know you've met before,but you have no idea when or where you met this person.Which of the following phenomena can best explain this?
A)retrograde amnesia
B)Alzheimer's disease
C)source amnesia
D)faulty short-term memory
Q2) Which of the following is an example of a short-term memory?
A)what you had for breakfast this morning
B)the question you just read and are trying to answer
C)your best friend's name
D)the instructions your professor gave you when you began taking this exam
Q3) What fiber pathway is indicated in this illustration by the number 8?
A)the perforant pathway
B)the fornix
C)the mossy fiber pathway
D)the climbing fiber pathway
Q4) Summarize the role of the amygdala in the classical conditioning of fear.
Q5) What do the case studies of patients H.M.and N.A.tell us about memory?
Q6) How does long-term depression occur in the cerebellum?
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Chapter 13: Hemispheric Asymmetry, language, and Intelligence
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Q1) Dyslexia is strongly influenced by genetics.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Efforts to identify the time course of the evolution of human language have been based on the
A)divergence of hominids and great apes from a common ancestor.
B)divergence of Homo sapiens from other species of humans.
C)development of a neocortex in animals.
D)timing of a critical mutation in the FOXP2 gene.
Q3) If a person has aphasia,it is
A)very unlikely that he or she will have problems with reading or writing.
B)likely that he or she will have problems with reading, but not writing.
C)likely that he or she will have problems with writing, but not reading.
D)very likely that he or she will also have problems with reading and writing.
Q4) What are the major features of Wernicke's aphasia?
Q5) Stuttering appears to be primarily a result of
A)pressuring a child to speak.
B)genetics.
C)the competition with siblings for speaking time.
D)immaturity of the vocal apparatus.
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Chapter 14: Emotion, reward, aggression, and Stress
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Q1) The facial nuclei are located in the
A)midbrain
B)medulla
C)reticular formation.
D)pons
Q2) In order to get a job at a convenience store,you had to take a lie-detector test.You were asked a series of questions and you answered truthfully that you had never stolen from your employer or lied during an interview.Unfortunately,you were not hired,because measurements recorded during these questions indicated that you were lying.What is the most likely explanation for this?
A)The test revealed that you have a personality disorder.
B)The machine was faulty, and thus misread your heart rate and galvanic skin response during only these questions.
C)You may have been afraid of being accused of dishonest behavior that you never committed.
D)Polygraphs are almost always accurate, so you must have lied about something.
Q3) Summarize the major components of an emotion.
Q4) Describe the connections formed by the medial forebrain bundle with the other numbered structures in this illustration.
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Chapter 15: Neuropsychology
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Q1) Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs)are
A)rarely predictive of later strokes.
B)strong predictors of later strokes.
C)predictive of further TIAs, but not full strokes.
D)negatively correlated with the occurrence of later strokes.
Q2) During the tonic phase of a grand mal seizure
A)rhythmic muscular contractions occur.
B)coma occurs.
C)urination, defecation, and sweating commonly occur.
D)breathing ceases, and muscles contract.
Q3) The Kennard Principle best describes the recovery of which of the following functions following brain damage?
A)movement
B)spatial relations
C)language
D)all neural functions
Q4) What is the relationship between chronic traumatic brain injury (CBTI)and the APOE gene?
Q5) Describe the two major types of generalized seizures.
Q6) Summarize the symptoms and treatment of AIDS dementia complex (ADC).
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Chapter 16: Psychopathology
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Q1) Countries with high consumption of foods containing omega-3 fatty acids
A)have higher rates of bipolar disorder than countries where consumption of these foods is less.
B)have about the same rates of bipolar disorder as countries where consumption of these foods is less.
C)have lower rates of bipolar disorder than countries where consumption of these foods is less.
D)report no cases of bipolar disorder.
Q2) If medication with traditional antipsychotics is discontinued,tardive dyskinesia
A)disappears immediately.
B)disappears after a period of about six months to a year.
C)disappears after a period of about 3 years.
D)can continue indefinitely, and may be permanent.
Q3) Substantial drops in the population of patients institutionalized for mental disorders coincided with
A)the use of typical antipsychotics to treat schizophrenia.
B)the use of clozapine to treat schizophrenia.
C)the widespread use of psychosocial rehabilitation.
D)reduced exposure of pregnant women to viruses.
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