Behavioral Neuroscience Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Behavioral Neuroscience explores the biological foundations of behavior by examining the structure and function of the nervous system. This course covers neural communication, sensory systems, learning and memory, emotion, motivation, and the neural mechanisms underlying various psychological processes. Through investigating both normal and pathological behaviors, students will gain an understanding of how brain activity influences actions, cognition, and mental health, integrating perspectives from physiology, psychology, and molecular biology.
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Brain and Behavior An Introduction to Biological Psychology 3rd Edition by Bob L. Garrett
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Chapter 1: What is Biopsychology?
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Q1) Identical twins can be either monozygotic or dizygotic.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Which of the following techniques is used by scientists to determine the relative influence of genetics and experience on behavioral traits?
A)Gene mapping
B)Adoption studies
C)Chromosomal analysis
D)All of the above
Answer: B
Q3) The Human Genome study indicates we have about ___ genes.
A)about 100,000
B)between 50,000 to 100,000
C)between 20,000 to 25,000
D)between 26,000 to 40,000
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Communication Within the Nervous System
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Q1) Local potentials decay as they spread.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Where can sodium ions enter a myelinated axon?
A)At the soma
B)Through the myelin sheath
C)At the nodes of Ranvier
D)At the point at which the axon divides and branches
Answer: C
Q3) The connection point between two neurons is called the:
A)Terminal
B)Axon
C)Soma
D)Synapse
Answer: D
Q4) Sensory neurons move the muscles.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: The Organization and Functions of the Nervous System
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Q1) Joni suffered a stroke in Broca's area.The result is most likely an inability to:
A)Balance on a bicycle
B)See a coffee cup and pick it up
C)Stand upright
D)Speak in a coherent manner
Answer: D
Q2) The hypothalamus controls the:
A)Endocrine system
B)Pituitary gland
C)Autonomic nervous system
D)All of the above
Answer: D
Q3) The hypothalamus is located ___ to the thalamus.
A)superior
B)anterior
C)inferior
D)posterior
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: The Methods and Ethics of Research
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Q1) Which of the following is not an advantage of the EEG procedure?
A)It is not invasive,hence safe.
B)It is relatively inexpensive to use.
C)It has good spatial resolution.
D)It is able to track brain wave changes over time,such as during sleep.
Q2) For his dissertation,Kip needs to get measurements of metabolic events in the cerebellum of a rhesus monkey that begin and end in about 5-10 seconds.Which of the following techniques should he use?
A)MRI
B)fMRI
C)PET
D)CT
Q3) Identical twins can be either monozygotic or dizygotic.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A ___ can be used for either ___ or ___.
A)cannula,microdialysis,application of drugs or transmitters
B)cannula,chemically stimulation of cells,recording from neurons
C)microdialysis catheter,chemically stimulation of cells,recording from neurons
D)All of the above
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Chapter 5: Drugs, Addiction, and Reward
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Q1) A male rat that is presented with a sexually receptive female shows an increase of dopamine in the:
A)Hippocampus
B)Nucleus accumbens
C)Lateral forebrain bundle
D)Prefrontal cortex
Q2) Cannabinoid receptors are located in the frontal cortex,hippocampus,cerebellum,and basal ganglia.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Why are researchers particularly concerned about the effects of heavy marijuana smoking on the user,based on recent studies?
A)It produces cognitive deficits that are irreversible.
B)It causes memory deficits that persist at least a year after ceasing to smoke.
C)Daily use reduces the volume of the hippocampus and amygdala.
D)It causes major psychotic symptoms.
Q4) What are the health consequences of chronic alcoholism?
Q5) Discuss the differences between agonists and antagonists.
Q6) How does marijuana challenge our understanding of addiction?
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Chapter 6: Motivation and the Regulation of Internal States
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Q1) The hormone PYY is released by the ___,which travels in the bloodstream to the ___.The result is decreased caloric intake over the next 12 hours.
A)stomach,NST
B)intestines,arcuate nucleus
C)liver,fourth ventricle
D)liver,vagus nerve
Q2) Mountain gorillas show a specific "hunger" for decaying wood that has a high ___ content.
A)caloric
B)sodium
C)sugar
D)chemical compounds that stimulate the umami taste receptor
Q3) High levels of leptin and insulin in obese individuals do not inhibit eating because they:
A)Seem to be less responsive to these than normal-weight people
B)Have damage to the hypothalamus
C)Have abnormally low levels of neuropeptide Y
D)Do inhibit eating,but glucose levels must be much higher
Q4) Describe the two phases of the feeding cycle.
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Chapter 7: The Biology of Sex and Gender
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Q1) The development of gonads into a male or female pattern depends on:
A)Whether the gonads have been exposed to estrogen
B)Whether the fetus has the XO pattern
C)The chromosomal sex
D)The presence of the SRY gene on the X chromosome
Q2) A category of sexual preference termed asexual was defined as including individuals:
A)With a strong revulsion to sex
B)Who don't express interest in sex
C)Who lost their interest in sex after a bad experience
D)With ambiguous feelings about their sexual orientation
Q3) The effects of castration are very consistent across individuals.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe the causes and characteristics of male pseudohermaphroditism,such as AIS,and female pseudohermaphroditism,such as CAH.
Q5) Describe the general olfactory system in humans.How do pheromones act in the body/brain? Give two examples that show pheromones affect sexual behavior in humans.
Q6) Describe the role of oxytocin in animals and humans.
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Chapter 8: Emotion and Health
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Q1) Individuals with facial muscle paralysis would be expected to have reduced emotional feelings,according to the James-Lange theory.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Whereas ___ aggression is accompanied by signs of emotional arousal,___ aggression is emotionless.
A)defensive,offensive
B)offensive,defensive
C)affective,predatory
D)predatory,offensive
Q3) Individuals given influenza vaccinations who subsequently showed ___,which is indicative of ___ emotional responding,had a ___ greater antibody response.
A)greater right prefrontal EEG activity,positive,10 times
B)greater right prefrontal EEG activity,positive,5 times
C)greater left prefrontal EEG activity,negative,5 times
D)greater left prefrontal EEG activity,positive,5 times
Q4) Describe the relationship between serotonin and aggression.How is the relationship affected by testosterone? By antidepressant drugs such as fluoxetine?
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Chapter 9: Hearing and Language
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Q1) A _____ is often a specialized neuron that due to its structure and function responds to a particular form of energy.
A)transducer
B)effector
C)receptor
D)receptive neuron
Q2) Cochlear implants will work best for the adult deaf person who:
A)Was born deaf
B)Learned sign language or reads lips well
C)Acquired language before becoming deaf.
D)Is deaf in both ears
Q3) Define pitch and loudness and describe their detection by the auditory system.Include place and frequency theories.
Q4) The auditory system localizes sounds above 3000 Hz and up by detecting _____.
A)arrival time differences
B)phase differences
C)intensity differences
D)sine wave analysis
Q5) Describe the symptoms of the two forms of dyslexia.
Q6) Define and describe three major speech deficits that accompany Broca's aphasia.
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Chapter 10: Vision and Visual Perception
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Q1) The best explanation of visual processing is that it is:
A)Modular
B)Distributed
C)Both modular and distributed
D)Neither modular nor distributed
Q2) The fovea is colorblind.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The ___ provides better visual acuity than the rest of the retina.
A)peripheral retina
B)fovea
C)optic chiasm
D)nasal retina
Q4) The discrepancy in the location of an object's image on each retina is called:
A)Receptive deviation
B)Integrative dissimilarity
C)Retinal disparity
D)Contrast enhancement
Q5) Describe the concept of receptive fields and the functions of simple and complex cells.
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Chapter 11: The Body Senses and Movement
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Q1) Activity of a muscle spindle is to___ as activity of the Golgi tendon organ is to___.
A)stretch,inhibition of contraction
B)inhibition of contraction,contraction
C)inhibition of contraction,inhibition of contraction
D)stretch,contraction
Q2) The role of the prefrontal cortex is ___ rather than ___.
A)reacting to movement,planning for movements
B)planning for movements,planning movements themselves.
C)inhibition of movement,planning for movement
D)initiation of movement,inhibition of movement
Q3) Describe the etiology and symptoms of Huntington's and of Parkinson's disease.How do these diseases of the basal ganglia differ from one another?
Q4) The secondary somatosensory cortex sends axons to the ___,which may determine whether a stimulus is to be ___.
A)hippocampus,remembered
B)amygdala,avoided
C)hypothalamus,hedonically valued
D)hippocampus,approached
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Chapter 12: Learning and Memory
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Q1) When glutamate-blocking drugs were given during training in the water maze,rats:
A)Were faster than the control rats
B)Learned the maze slower
C)Showed no differences when compared to the control group
D)Showed performance deficits after the drug was no longer in their brains
Q2) The increase in neurotransmitter during LTP is due to release of:
A)Protein in the synapse,which stimulates neurotransmitter production
B)Nitric oxide,which stimulates neurotransmitter release
C)Sodium ions,which block the reuptake of neurotransmitter
D)All of the above
Q3) ___ is thought to act as a binary switch that changes the strength of a synapse.
A)LTP
B)CaMKII
C)Ampakine
D)AMPA
Q4) Which of the following structures is not damaged in Korsakoff's syndrome?
A)Hippocampus
B)Mammillary bodies
C)Medial thalamic area
D)Frontal lobes
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Chapter 13: Intelligence and Cognitive Functioning
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Q1) Individuals who score higher on measures of sympathy tend to have higher activity in specific brain regions known to have mirror neurons.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When disorders of social behaviors and autistic-like cognitive abnormalities are considered along with autism,the concordance rate for identical twins is:
A)75%
B)60%
C)over 90%
D)10%
Q3) Why is it difficult to determine how much of intelligence is due to genetics and how much is due to the environment?
Q4) Children with autism have been shown to ___.
A)engage in less contagious yawning than other children
B)show no mirror neuron activity while imitating facial expressions
C)show no mirror neuron activity while watching the hand movements of a model
D)All of the above
Q5) What are some criticisms of IQ tests?
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Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Some atypical antipsychotics block ___ of the 5-HT2 serotonin receptors.
A)50%
B)25%
C)75%
D)90%
Q2) ECT is a more effective treatment for depression than drugs.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In the United States,___ people have a psychological disorder in their lifetime.
A)1 in 50
B)1 in 10
C)1 in 5
D)1 in 3
Q4) The increased risk of schizophrenia in the offspring of older fathers is:
A)Only found if the father is over 50
B)Most likely an epigenetic effect
C)Due to the fact that older fathers are less able to care for their children
D)All of the above
Q5) What does it mean to say schizophrenia is a disorder of synchrony?
Q6) Identify and describe the two major brain anomalies in schizophrenia.
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Chapter 15: Sleep and Consciousness
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Q1) Normally people fall asleep when:
A)Their body temperature is high
B)Their body temperature is phase delayed
C)Their body temperature is decreasing
D)They have high levels of orexin,increasing temperature in the preoptic area
Q2) The sense of agency is:
A)The ability to distinguish between self and non-self as the source of an action
B)Mediated by the anterior insula and the inferior parietal area
C)An important part of self-awareness
D)All of the above
Q3) Advocates of the adaptation explanation of sleep believe that the only purpose of sleep is for repair of the body.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Lucid dreamers:
A)Show characteristics of being both awake and asleep
B)Can control the content of their dreams
C)Know that they are dreaming
D)All of the above
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