Brain And Behavior 3

Front 1

A drug that blocks the effects of a neurotransmitter is an agonist

Back 1

False

Front 2

Following exposure to painful stimuli, brain activation is limited to the somatosensory cortex

Back 2

False

Front 3

Drinking salty sea water will satisfy osmotic thirst.

Back 3

False

Front 4

The limbic system -the forebrain areas surrounding the thalamus -has been regarded as non critical for emotion.

Back 4

False

Front 5

The right hemisphere seems to be more responsive to emotional stimuli than the left hemisphere.

Back 5

True

Front 6

Emotions are important for decision making.

Back 6

True

Front 7

In searching for the engram, Karl Lashley found that removal of larger areas of cortex resulted in the greatest impairment of memory.

Back 7

True

Front 8

H.M. was unable to form any kind of new memories after his surgery.

Back 8

False

Front 9

Incoming synapses are primarily found on:

Back 9

dendrites and cell bodies

Front 10

Which of the following is NOT true of astrocytes?

Back 10

They make up the myelin sheaths in the periphery of the body.

Front 11

When stating that the neuron's membrane is polarized, you are referring to a difference in electrical potential
between:

Back 11

the inside and the outside of the membrane.

Front 12

Which of the following would produce spatial summation?

Back 12

Present two or more weak stimuli at the same time

Front 13

The catecholamines include:

Back 13

epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine

Front 14

Vesicles are located:

Back 14

in presynaptic terminals.

Front 15

In most cases, how many neurotransmitters can activate a postsynaptic neuron?

Back 15

several transmitters, with different synapses responding to different transmitters

Front 16

What determines the effect that a neurotransmitter has on the postsynaptic neuron?

Back 16

the receptors on the postsynaptic membrane

Front 17

The autonomic nervous system:

Back 17

receives and sends information to the heart, intestines, and other organs

Front 18

Which neurotransmitter is used by the parasympathetic nervous system?

Back 18

Acetylcholine

Front 19

The reticular formation is contained within the

Back 19

Brain Stem

Front 20

Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is most important for visual information?

Back 20

Occipital

Front 21

Somatosensory information travels from the thalamus to which area of the cortex?

Back 21

Parietal Lobe

Front 22

Animals produce endogenous circadian rhythms that:

Back 22

last about a day.

Front 23

What is also known as slow wave sleep?

Back 23

stages 3 and 4

Front 24

Which of the following is NOT associated with REM sleep?

Back 24

tense and active postural muscles

Front 25

What defines a homeostatic process?

Back 25

the maintenance of certain body variables within a fixed range

Front 26

The vagus and splanchnic nerves help to control feeding by relaying information to the brain from the:

Back 26

Stomach

Front 27

The amygdala is part of the:

Back 27

limbic system.

Front 28

A drug that facilitates transmission at GABA A synapses has what effect on behavior?

Back 28

decreases anxiety

Front 29

Stress activates two systems. One is the:

Back 29

HPA axis, which becomes increasingly important with prolonged stressors

Front 30

It is hoped that long term potentiation (LTP) will help to explain:

Back 30

learning and memory.