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

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