PSYCH 2301 EXAM 1- 4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(Language & Brain) What is the "Aphasia"? - Answers - partial or complete inability to
articulate ideas or understand language because of brain injury or damage
(Language & Brain) What is the "Broca's area"? - Answers - plays role in speech
production
(Language & Brain) What is the "Wernike's area"? - Answers - plays role in
understanding and meaningful speech
Frontal Lobe - Answers - largest lobe of cerebral cortex; involved in thinking, planning,
motor control
Temporal Lobe - Answers - contains the primary auditory cortex
Occipital Lobe - Answers - includes the primary visual cortex
Parietal Lobe - Answers - contains the somatosensory cortex; integrates sensory
information
Taste buds - Answers - point of transaction for gustatory system
Rods and Cones - Answers - point of transduction of visual system
Hair-like cells at top of nasal cavity - Answers - point of transduction for olfactory system
Hair cells in cochlea - Answers - point of transduction for auditory system
(Cortical Specialization) ______- notion that different functions are located in diffract
areas of the brain
________- notion that different functions are processed primary on one side of the brain
or the other. (Localization/ or Lateralization) - Answers - (Localization/Lateralization)
What is the beginning of the nervous system that develops at 2 weeks after conception?
- Answers - neural tubes
______ is the development of new neurons - Answers - neurogenesis
From front to back, Name which parts of the brain have what general function. (memory,
hearing, spatial ability, vision, language) - Answers - (Visions, hearing, memory,
language, spatial ability)
The primary communication link between the left and the right cerebral hemisphere is
called: - Answers - corpus callosum
,Identify the sequence that correctly represents the path taken by light signals through
the eye. - Answers - cornea, pupil, lens, retina
According to the trichromatic theory of color vision: - Answers - cones come in three
basic varieties: red-sensitive, green-sensitive, or blue-sensitive
Your therapist is a very interest in your dreams, blocked memories, and slips of the
tongue. On which approach to psychology is your therapist probably basing his
psychotherapy? - Answers - psychoanalysis
Thomas was distracted as he was a cooking, and he inadvertently touched a very hot
dish. Instantaneously, he jerked his hand back. This reflex action that was processed: -
Answers - in the spinal cord
Timbre refers to the distinctive quality of a sound, which is produced by a: - Answers -
particular combination of different sound wave frequencies
The two main divisions of the nervous system are the ____ and the _____. - Answers -
peripheral nervous system & central nervous system
Our perception of sound is directly related to the physical properties of: - Answers -
sound waves
Nerves are made up of _____. - Answers - bundles of neurons axons
The endocrine system involves communication by chemical messenger called ____,
which circulate through the _____. - Answers - hormones; bloodstream
In synaptic transmission, the action potential stimulates the release of: - Answers -
neurotransmitters by the synaptic vesicles
When researchers create questions to investigate, generate evidence, and draw
conclusion, they are guided by a set of assumptions, attitudes, and procedures that is
(are) called: - Answers - scientific method
The primary function of the myelin sheath is to: - Answers - insult the axons and
increase the speed at which neurons convey their messages
Rods are used for vision in ___ light, and cones are used for vision in ___ light. -
Answers - dim; bright
You catch the whiff of freshly popped popcorn as you enter the movie theater. The
process by which the odor of popcorn is converted into neural signals that your brain
can interpret as the smell of popcorn is called: - Answers - transduction
, In combination, the brain and spinal cord make up the: - Answers - central nervous
system
the cell body of a neuron: - Answers - provides the energy needed for the neuron to
function
Which statement best characterizes the evolutionary perspective of psychology? -
Answers - a given psychological process exists in the form it does because the process
solved a specific problem of individual surgical or reproduction recurring over the course
of human history
The development of drugs that helped control the symptoms of severe psychological
disorders and development of techniques to study the human brain contributed to the
importance of ____. - Answers - biological
Maria heard a strange thumping noise just outside her bedroom window in the middle of
the night. She froze in fear, and her heart began to pound. Maria's heightened physical
arousal involved the activation of which subdivision of the nervous system? - Answers -
sympathetic
As a psychology researcher, you have found that the expression of emotions in the
public differs among people from the United States, japan, Switzerland, and Israel. This
type of research fits best which perspective in psychology? - Answers - cross-cultural
perspective
Which of the following is NOT one of the ways discussed in the text that drugs can
interfere with synaptic transmission? - Answers - by bonding with the neurotransmitter
and changing its molecular weight and shape effects
The ethical requirement of informed consent means that: - Answers - participants must
be informed about the purpose and conditions of the research, and must be free to
withdraw from the research at any time
The all-or-none law refers to the fact that: - Answers - either the neuron is sufficiently
stimulated and an action potential occurs or it is not sufficiently stimulated and the
action potential does not occur
Glial cells are cells that: - Answers - provide nutrition and structural support for neurons
The term sensation formally refers to: - Answers - the process of detecting a physical
stimulus
The smallest possible stimulus that can be detected, or the minimum level of stimuli that
we can detect is called _____; the smallest possible possible difference between two
stimuli that can be detected is the _____. - Answers - the absolute threshold; the just
noticeable difference (difference threshold )
(Language & Brain) What is the "Aphasia"? - Answers - partial or complete inability to
articulate ideas or understand language because of brain injury or damage
(Language & Brain) What is the "Broca's area"? - Answers - plays role in speech
production
(Language & Brain) What is the "Wernike's area"? - Answers - plays role in
understanding and meaningful speech
Frontal Lobe - Answers - largest lobe of cerebral cortex; involved in thinking, planning,
motor control
Temporal Lobe - Answers - contains the primary auditory cortex
Occipital Lobe - Answers - includes the primary visual cortex
Parietal Lobe - Answers - contains the somatosensory cortex; integrates sensory
information
Taste buds - Answers - point of transaction for gustatory system
Rods and Cones - Answers - point of transduction of visual system
Hair-like cells at top of nasal cavity - Answers - point of transduction for olfactory system
Hair cells in cochlea - Answers - point of transduction for auditory system
(Cortical Specialization) ______- notion that different functions are located in diffract
areas of the brain
________- notion that different functions are processed primary on one side of the brain
or the other. (Localization/ or Lateralization) - Answers - (Localization/Lateralization)
What is the beginning of the nervous system that develops at 2 weeks after conception?
- Answers - neural tubes
______ is the development of new neurons - Answers - neurogenesis
From front to back, Name which parts of the brain have what general function. (memory,
hearing, spatial ability, vision, language) - Answers - (Visions, hearing, memory,
language, spatial ability)
The primary communication link between the left and the right cerebral hemisphere is
called: - Answers - corpus callosum
,Identify the sequence that correctly represents the path taken by light signals through
the eye. - Answers - cornea, pupil, lens, retina
According to the trichromatic theory of color vision: - Answers - cones come in three
basic varieties: red-sensitive, green-sensitive, or blue-sensitive
Your therapist is a very interest in your dreams, blocked memories, and slips of the
tongue. On which approach to psychology is your therapist probably basing his
psychotherapy? - Answers - psychoanalysis
Thomas was distracted as he was a cooking, and he inadvertently touched a very hot
dish. Instantaneously, he jerked his hand back. This reflex action that was processed: -
Answers - in the spinal cord
Timbre refers to the distinctive quality of a sound, which is produced by a: - Answers -
particular combination of different sound wave frequencies
The two main divisions of the nervous system are the ____ and the _____. - Answers -
peripheral nervous system & central nervous system
Our perception of sound is directly related to the physical properties of: - Answers -
sound waves
Nerves are made up of _____. - Answers - bundles of neurons axons
The endocrine system involves communication by chemical messenger called ____,
which circulate through the _____. - Answers - hormones; bloodstream
In synaptic transmission, the action potential stimulates the release of: - Answers -
neurotransmitters by the synaptic vesicles
When researchers create questions to investigate, generate evidence, and draw
conclusion, they are guided by a set of assumptions, attitudes, and procedures that is
(are) called: - Answers - scientific method
The primary function of the myelin sheath is to: - Answers - insult the axons and
increase the speed at which neurons convey their messages
Rods are used for vision in ___ light, and cones are used for vision in ___ light. -
Answers - dim; bright
You catch the whiff of freshly popped popcorn as you enter the movie theater. The
process by which the odor of popcorn is converted into neural signals that your brain
can interpret as the smell of popcorn is called: - Answers - transduction
, In combination, the brain and spinal cord make up the: - Answers - central nervous
system
the cell body of a neuron: - Answers - provides the energy needed for the neuron to
function
Which statement best characterizes the evolutionary perspective of psychology? -
Answers - a given psychological process exists in the form it does because the process
solved a specific problem of individual surgical or reproduction recurring over the course
of human history
The development of drugs that helped control the symptoms of severe psychological
disorders and development of techniques to study the human brain contributed to the
importance of ____. - Answers - biological
Maria heard a strange thumping noise just outside her bedroom window in the middle of
the night. She froze in fear, and her heart began to pound. Maria's heightened physical
arousal involved the activation of which subdivision of the nervous system? - Answers -
sympathetic
As a psychology researcher, you have found that the expression of emotions in the
public differs among people from the United States, japan, Switzerland, and Israel. This
type of research fits best which perspective in psychology? - Answers - cross-cultural
perspective
Which of the following is NOT one of the ways discussed in the text that drugs can
interfere with synaptic transmission? - Answers - by bonding with the neurotransmitter
and changing its molecular weight and shape effects
The ethical requirement of informed consent means that: - Answers - participants must
be informed about the purpose and conditions of the research, and must be free to
withdraw from the research at any time
The all-or-none law refers to the fact that: - Answers - either the neuron is sufficiently
stimulated and an action potential occurs or it is not sufficiently stimulated and the
action potential does not occur
Glial cells are cells that: - Answers - provide nutrition and structural support for neurons
The term sensation formally refers to: - Answers - the process of detecting a physical
stimulus
The smallest possible stimulus that can be detected, or the minimum level of stimuli that
we can detect is called _____; the smallest possible possible difference between two
stimuli that can be detected is the _____. - Answers - the absolute threshold; the just
noticeable difference (difference threshold )
