Psychology 103 - Physiological Psychology » Spring 2022 » Chapter 5 Practice Quiz 1

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Question #1
Vestibular function can be assessed by assessing a patient's reaction to
A.   needles inserted in the foot.
B.   cold water flushed in the ear.
C.   needles inserted in the face.
D.   electroencephalography.
E.   facial nerve stimulation.
Question #2
Which contrast X-ray technique is designed to locate vascular abnormalities in the brains of human patients?
A.   PET scans
B.   X-ray photography
C.   cerebral angiography
D.   CT scans
E.   pneumoencephalography
Question #3
Which of the following provides the most detailed three-dimensional view of the structure of the living human brain?
A.   CT
B.   angiography
C.   MRI
D.   EEG
E.   PET
Question #4
Which method provides structural and functional information about the living human brain on the same image?
A.   angiography
B.   functional MRI
C.   CT
D.   EEG
E.   PET
Question #5
In human patients, EEG activity is commonly recorded directly from
A.   the scalp.
B.   the neocortex.
C.   the heart.
D.   the hippocampus.
E.   muscle.
Question #6
The main difference between an average evoked potential (AEP) and a "raw" evoked potential is that
A.   an AEP is a unit response.
B.   a raw evoked potential is often unobservable amidst the random noise of the ongoing EEG signal.
C.   a raw evoked potential is likely to be larger.
D.   an AEP is an alpha wave.
E.   an AEP is usually unobservable.
Question #7
Which of the following technique measures changes in magnetic fields on the surface of the brain?
A.   MEG
B.   EEG
C.   EMG
D.   MRI
E.   fMRI
Question #8
Electrooculography is a technique for monitoring
A.   eye movement.
B.   penile engorgement.
C.   cortical activity.
D.   blood pressure.
E.   muscle tension.
Question #9
Which of the following is a record of a person's heart beat?
A.   electrocardiogram
B.   EKG
C.   ECG
D.   all of these
Question #10
Penile erection is
A.   an electromyographic response.
B.   an aberrant response.
C.   a plethysmographic response.
D.   a muscular response.
E.   a sphygmomanometric response.
Question #11
Unlike subcortical lesions, cortical lesions are often made by
A.   transection.
B.   radio-frequency current.
C.   aspiration.
D.   stereotaxic surgery.
E.   the electrolytic method.
Question #12
Cooling can be used to produce a functional or reversible brain lesion because
A.   the damage that it produces lasts only a few weeks.
B.   the damage that it produces lasts only a day or two.
C.   it can temporarily suppress neural activity in a particular area of the brain without damaging the brain.
D.   it produces lesions that can be reversed with drugs.
E.   the subjects usually survive.
Question #13
Lesions restricted to structures on one half of the brain are called
A.   monopolar lesions.
B.   unilateral lesions.
C.   bipolar lesions.
D.   unitary lesions.
E.   bilateral lesions.
Question #14
Unlike other electrophysiological methods of recording neural activity, intracellular unit recording provides measurements of
A.   cell firing.
B.   EEG activity.
C.   the membrane potential.
D.   action potentials.
E.   reductions in neural firing.
Question #15
IP, SC, and IM are all
A.   routes of drug administration.
B.   drugs.
C.   stimulation methods.
D.   recording methods.
E.   cranial nerves.
Question #16
A method of identifying all of the brain areas of a laboratory animal that were particularly active during a behavioral test is
A.   the 2-deoxyglucose technique.
B.   the 6-OHDA technique.
C.   immunocytochemistry.
D.   the kainic acid technique.
E.   cerebral dialysis.
Question #17
In immunocytochemistry, the labeled ligand is
A.   a microelectrode.
B.   an amino acid.
C.   a neurotransmitter.
D.   a receptor.
E.   an antibody.
Question #18
Melanopsin knockout mice have difficulty
A.   seeing.
B.   sleeping on a regular schedule.
C.   recognizing circadian signals.
D.   adjusting their circadian rhythms in response to changes in the daily light-dark cycle.
E.   displaying circadian rhythms.
Question #19
Neuroscientists insert specific opsin genes into particular neurons so that exposure to light influences their activity. This technique is generally referred to as
A.   in situ hybridization.
B.   optogenetics.
C.   immunochemistry.
D.   brainbow.
E.   autoradiography.

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