NEUROSCIENCE EXAM (CHAPTERS 1-
4) CORRECT ANSWERS
peripheral nervous system (PNS) - Answer-includes the sensory neurons that link
sensory receptors on the body surface or deeper within it w/ relevant processing
circuits in the CNS
ganglia - Answer-local accumulations of nerve cell bodies and supporting cells
nuclei - Answer-local accumulations of nerve cell bodies and supporting cells
cortex - Answer-sheet-like array of nerve cells
gray matter - Answer-any accumulation of cell bodies and neuropil in the brain and
spinal cord
white matter - Answer-refers to axon tracts and commissures
dualism - Answer-2 types of being: physical (observe directly or indirectly and abide
by laws or physics) and mental (know little about nature of matter)
materialism - Answer-only 1 type of being, and mental events have to be explained
using the scientific laws of this world
qualia - Answer-"the introspectable qualities of our sensation" hard to explain with
materialist explanations (most religious traditions suggest a soul)
substance dualism - Answer-each mind is a distinct nonphysical thing, independent
of any physical body to which it may be temporarily attached
intertheoretic reduction - Answer-a new + more powerful theory turns out to entail a
set of propositions and principles that mirror perfectly the propositions and principles
of some older theory
heat - Answer-total molecular kinetic energy
functionalism - Answer-says "what is important for mentality is not a matter of which
the creature is made, but the structure of internal activities which that matter
sustains"
neuron hypothesis doctrine - Answer-the brain is made up of cells (neurons), like
other biological tissue, and there neurons are the basic signaling units for the
nervous system
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) - Answer-shock absorber, helps eliminate waste, source of
nutrients, may help in brain cooling
4) CORRECT ANSWERS
peripheral nervous system (PNS) - Answer-includes the sensory neurons that link
sensory receptors on the body surface or deeper within it w/ relevant processing
circuits in the CNS
ganglia - Answer-local accumulations of nerve cell bodies and supporting cells
nuclei - Answer-local accumulations of nerve cell bodies and supporting cells
cortex - Answer-sheet-like array of nerve cells
gray matter - Answer-any accumulation of cell bodies and neuropil in the brain and
spinal cord
white matter - Answer-refers to axon tracts and commissures
dualism - Answer-2 types of being: physical (observe directly or indirectly and abide
by laws or physics) and mental (know little about nature of matter)
materialism - Answer-only 1 type of being, and mental events have to be explained
using the scientific laws of this world
qualia - Answer-"the introspectable qualities of our sensation" hard to explain with
materialist explanations (most religious traditions suggest a soul)
substance dualism - Answer-each mind is a distinct nonphysical thing, independent
of any physical body to which it may be temporarily attached
intertheoretic reduction - Answer-a new + more powerful theory turns out to entail a
set of propositions and principles that mirror perfectly the propositions and principles
of some older theory
heat - Answer-total molecular kinetic energy
functionalism - Answer-says "what is important for mentality is not a matter of which
the creature is made, but the structure of internal activities which that matter
sustains"
neuron hypothesis doctrine - Answer-the brain is made up of cells (neurons), like
other biological tissue, and there neurons are the basic signaling units for the
nervous system
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) - Answer-shock absorber, helps eliminate waste, source of
nutrients, may help in brain cooling
