Psych 381 Final Exam Review (Quiz Questions) All Solved.
tremor that is pronounced during inactivity correct answers The major behavioral symptom of
Parkinson's disease is...
make a weaker contribution than environment to the development of the disease correct answers
Epidemiological studies on the etiology of multiple sclerosis indicate that genetic factors...
a cluster of cells that grows independently of the rest of the body correct answers A tumor is...
Neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaques correct answers Alzheimer's disease is primarily
characterized by what neurological changes?
Generalized seizures involve abnormal activation across the entire brain while partial seizures
involve abnormal activation in only part of the brain correct answers What is the difference
between partial and generalized seizures?
benign correct answers Meningiomas are typically...
Seizures take on many forms and have many causes correct answers Why is the task of
diagnosing epilepsy difficult?
cerebral ischemia correct answers Strokes are sudden-onset cerebrovascular disorders that cause
brain damage. Strokes can be caused by...
glutamate correct answers Ischemia-induced brain damage takes some time to develop. This is
because the cascade of events causing the damage involves the excessive release of the
neurotransmitter _______.
Reduces the chances that a closed-head injury will become a (much more serious) open-head
injury; Reduces the force on the brain thus reducing the extent of the brain damage; Reduces the
chances of death correct answers What does a helmet do in the event of a crash?
repetition priming test correct answers One test commonly used to assess implicit memory in
neuropsychological patients is the...
bilateral medial temporal lobectomy correct answers At the age of 27, HM underwent a...
has been most commonly studied in several different neural circuits in the hippocampus correct
answers Long-term potentiation...
the incidence of his seizures was markedly reduced correct answers HM's surgery was a success
in that...
anterograde amnesia correct answers HM's greatest postsurgical problem was his...
, presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons correct answers Co-occurrence has been shown to be
critical for LTP. Co-occurrence refers to the requirement for simultaneous activity in...
a mode of short-term storage to a mode of long-term storage correct answers Memory
consolidation is a process by which memories are transferred from...
episodic correct answers Explicit memories for the particular events or experiences of one's life
are ______ memories.
an extreme anterograde amnesia for new information correct answers Following his surgery, HM
seemed to experience...
a general term that refers to the unknown change in the brain that is responsible for storing
memory correct answers The engram is...
peptides correct answers Food in the stomach stimulates the release of ______ from the stomach
wall.
serotonin correct answers Although ______ agonists are effective in the treatment of obesity,
they are currently not in wide use because they tend to have dangerous side effects.
80% correct answers About ______ of the energy that a person uses each day goes to maintain
her or his resting metabolic processes.
Prader-Willi syndrome correct answers People with ______ act as if they are starving.
lipids, amino acids, and glucose correct answers As a consequence of digestion, three basic
forms in which energy is delivered to the body are...
the deficiency produces an immediate preference for the taste of sodium-salts correct answers
Animals with a sodium deficiency, tend to favor diets rich in sodium because...
a decrease in the efficiency of energy use correct answers As a person puts on weight, there is...
bulimia nervosa correct answers People who engage in cycles of fasting, bingeing, and purging
are said to suffer from...
increases in body fat correct answers Diet-induced thermogenesis refers to the increases in body
temperature produced by...
many small meals, or snacks correct answers Those mammals with ready access to a continuous
supply of good food usually eat ______ per day.
reticular formation correct answers Electrical stimulation of the ______ awakens sleeping cats.
benzodiazepines correct answers Which of the following are commonly prescribed as hypnotics?
tremor that is pronounced during inactivity correct answers The major behavioral symptom of
Parkinson's disease is...
make a weaker contribution than environment to the development of the disease correct answers
Epidemiological studies on the etiology of multiple sclerosis indicate that genetic factors...
a cluster of cells that grows independently of the rest of the body correct answers A tumor is...
Neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaques correct answers Alzheimer's disease is primarily
characterized by what neurological changes?
Generalized seizures involve abnormal activation across the entire brain while partial seizures
involve abnormal activation in only part of the brain correct answers What is the difference
between partial and generalized seizures?
benign correct answers Meningiomas are typically...
Seizures take on many forms and have many causes correct answers Why is the task of
diagnosing epilepsy difficult?
cerebral ischemia correct answers Strokes are sudden-onset cerebrovascular disorders that cause
brain damage. Strokes can be caused by...
glutamate correct answers Ischemia-induced brain damage takes some time to develop. This is
because the cascade of events causing the damage involves the excessive release of the
neurotransmitter _______.
Reduces the chances that a closed-head injury will become a (much more serious) open-head
injury; Reduces the force on the brain thus reducing the extent of the brain damage; Reduces the
chances of death correct answers What does a helmet do in the event of a crash?
repetition priming test correct answers One test commonly used to assess implicit memory in
neuropsychological patients is the...
bilateral medial temporal lobectomy correct answers At the age of 27, HM underwent a...
has been most commonly studied in several different neural circuits in the hippocampus correct
answers Long-term potentiation...
the incidence of his seizures was markedly reduced correct answers HM's surgery was a success
in that...
anterograde amnesia correct answers HM's greatest postsurgical problem was his...
, presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons correct answers Co-occurrence has been shown to be
critical for LTP. Co-occurrence refers to the requirement for simultaneous activity in...
a mode of short-term storage to a mode of long-term storage correct answers Memory
consolidation is a process by which memories are transferred from...
episodic correct answers Explicit memories for the particular events or experiences of one's life
are ______ memories.
an extreme anterograde amnesia for new information correct answers Following his surgery, HM
seemed to experience...
a general term that refers to the unknown change in the brain that is responsible for storing
memory correct answers The engram is...
peptides correct answers Food in the stomach stimulates the release of ______ from the stomach
wall.
serotonin correct answers Although ______ agonists are effective in the treatment of obesity,
they are currently not in wide use because they tend to have dangerous side effects.
80% correct answers About ______ of the energy that a person uses each day goes to maintain
her or his resting metabolic processes.
Prader-Willi syndrome correct answers People with ______ act as if they are starving.
lipids, amino acids, and glucose correct answers As a consequence of digestion, three basic
forms in which energy is delivered to the body are...
the deficiency produces an immediate preference for the taste of sodium-salts correct answers
Animals with a sodium deficiency, tend to favor diets rich in sodium because...
a decrease in the efficiency of energy use correct answers As a person puts on weight, there is...
bulimia nervosa correct answers People who engage in cycles of fasting, bingeing, and purging
are said to suffer from...
increases in body fat correct answers Diet-induced thermogenesis refers to the increases in body
temperature produced by...
many small meals, or snacks correct answers Those mammals with ready access to a continuous
supply of good food usually eat ______ per day.
reticular formation correct answers Electrical stimulation of the ______ awakens sleeping cats.
benzodiazepines correct answers Which of the following are commonly prescribed as hypnotics?
