Psych 310 Unit 2 Quizzes

Front 1

Sensory fibers from the periphery that carry nociceptive information terminate on neurons in the ___________

Back 1

superficial layers of the dorsal horn.

Front 2

Capsaicin binds to the receptors __________

Back 2

responsive to sudden increases in temperature.

Front 3

Receptive field is the __________ (one word) in which a stimulus will alter a neuron's firing rate

Back 3

Space

Front 4

Which of the following skin receptors are especially sensitive to stretching of the skin?

Back 4

Ruffini's endings

Front 5

Which of the following regions has been implicated in the motivational aspects of attention?

Back 5

Cingulate Cortex

Front 6

Pain perception is adaptive because it helps minimize the effects of a noxious stimulus by __________

Back 6

Provoking inactivity

Front 7

Cortical neurons that respond to information in more than one sensory modality are known as ______________

Back 7

polymodal cells.

Front 8

The representation of the human body in the somatosensory cortex especially emphasizes the ___________

Back 8

hands and lips.

Front 9

Cells in the somatosensory area are arranged in a __________(one word)-like manner.

Back 9

map

Front 10

The somatosensory system detect body sensation of ____________

Back 10

Both Pain and Touch

Front 11

Phantom limb pain is an example of _______ pain.

Back 11

neuropathic

Front 12

Which of the following statements describes range fractionation?

Back 12

Specific nerve cells can act as specialists in particular segments of an intensity scale.

Front 13

The progressive loss of sensitivity of a sensory receptor as a consequence of sustained stimulation is known as ___________

Back 13

adaptation.

Front 14

New neurons are form from _________.

Back 14

Non-differentiated cells

Front 15

During the first 10 weeks of gestation a developing human being is called __________

Back 15

Embryo

Front 16

Which of the following terms IS NOT a stage of neural development?

Back 16

Epigenetics

Front 17

Which of the following IS/ARE NOT associated with growth cones?

Back 17

Mitotic lineage

Front 18

The developing nervous system relies on ________ and __________.

Back 18

genetic information / its environment

Front 19

A consequence of the expression of death genes is

Back 19

Cutting up of DNA

Front 20

The term ______________(one word) refers to the programed cell death

Back 20

Apoptosis

Front 21

The _______________(one word) induces the spinal cord cells to develop as motoneurons.

Back 21

notochord

Front 22

The neural tube will originate the ____________

Back 22

All of the above

Front 23

What factors are thought to guide migrating cells in the developing brain?

Back 23

Cell adhesion molecules

Front 24

Certain growing axons are prevented from crossing the midline by the _______ action of the protein slit

Back 24

chemorepellent

Front 25

Which of the following statements about clones IS FALSE?

Back 25

The have identical brains

Front 26

The study of external factors that affect gene expression is generally referred as _____________(one word)

Back 26

Epigenetics

Front 27

A _____________ (one word) is a change in the genetic structure.

Back 27

Mutation

Front 28

Most of the mitosis that will give rise to the nervous system takes place in the ____________

Back 28

Vertical Layer

Front 29

Radial glial cells stretch between the _______ and _______ surfaces of the developing nervous system.

Back 29

Inner; Outer

Front 30

there are two mechanisms during cell differentiation, one is the _____________ and the second is _______________

Back 30

cell autonomous / neural environment

Front 31

There is/are _________(one word) living human species.

Back 31

One

Front 32

Which of the following hominids emerged first in the course of evolution?

Back 32

Australopithecus

Front 33

The word “morphology” refers to ________

Back 33

the structure and form of a body or body part.

Front 34

The description of the evolutionary history of a species is called ______________

Back 34

phylogeny.

Front 35

The term ______________ (1 word) implies that bones of the same sort are found in forelimbs of seals, bats and humans.

Back 35

Homolgy

Front 36

The greater the encephalization factor of a species, ________________

Back 36

the higher its value above the diagonal on a plot of brain weight versus body weight.

Front 37

According to the Natural selection theory. __________ mutations hamper reproduction.

Back 37

Unfavorable

Front 38

Which of the following can be used as a kind of “molecular clock” to help determine how long ago a species diverged from a common ancestor?

Back 38

Comparison of DNA samples

Front 39

The tail of the male peacock (of the peafowl species) is _______; therefore; it must confer some _______ advantage.

Back 39

energy demanding; reproductive

Front 40

Because brain expansion and technological progress were not well correlated in early hominids, it has been suggested that __________ (one word) selection is responsible for the brain expansion

Back 40

Sexual

Front 41

The___________(one word) technique is used to study the brain volume of fossils.

Back 41

Endocast

Front 42

Among vertebrates, all mammals ________ basic brain structures.

Back 42

share the same

Front 43

Which of the following statements regarding Darwinian evolution is FALSE?

Back 43

Morphological changes that occur during an individual's lifetime are passed on to the next generation.

Front 44

Which of the following features of the nervous system is not share among vertebrates?

Back 44

Development from a main cluster of neural dish structure

Front 45

The streamlined body forms of the tuna and the dolphin provide an example of ___________

Back 45

Homoplasy

Front 46

The field of study that involves the classification of animals into groups is called _________

Back 46

Taxonomy

Front 47

Which of the following factors CANNOT produce developmental disorders?

Back 47

Physical Activity during Pregnancy