Midterm 1

Question 1

Consider the statement “humans only use 10% of their brain”.

Answer 1

The statement is a myth that is well-known and often repeated.

not: this is not true for humans, but is well known for rats and other rodents!

Question 2

the gap between neurons is known as

Answer 2

the synapse

Question 3

Clinical neuropsychology is mostly concerned with

Answer 3

Psychological assessment management and rehabilitation or neurological disease and injury

Question 4

What is the cardiocentric hypothesis

Answer 4

The hypothesis that the heart is the centre for cognitive and emotional function

not: they hyp that the soul is located in the heart!

Question 5

Three components of DBT

Answer 5

Mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation

Question 6

What part of the brain is responsible for habituation?

Answer 6

The reticular formation

Question 7

A perceptual experience that many epileptics experience, which occurs without sensory stimulation, is known as ______

Answer 7

Auras, (burnt toast is one of many possible Auras)

Question 8

Which of the following correctly defines neuropsychology?

Answer 8

The study of the relationship between behavior and activity of the brain

Question 9

What is the term for the procedure where the thalamus is disconnected from the frontal love with special knife?

Answer 9

lobotomy

Question 10

Brain metabolism while the person is performing various mental tasks?

Answer 10

Functional Neuroimaging, not MRI

Question 11

The term postsynaptic refers to…

Answer 11

Events that occur in the dendrite

Question 12

Differentiating neurons according to structure depends on…

Answer 12

How many processes are emanating from the cell body

Question 13

When I near on is at rest, what is its electrical charge?

Answer 13

-70 mV

Question 14

The sodium-potassium pump…

Answer 14

Exchanges three Na+ ions inside the cell for 2 K+ ions that are outside the cell

Question 15

What is the Nero classification of sympathetic nerves and parasympathetic nerves?

Answer 15

Nerves of the autonomic nervous system

Question 16

__________

Answer 16

Medela oblongata

Question 17

The frontal lobe of the brain is bordered by which fissures?

Answer 17

The central fissure and lateral fissure

Question 18

Which system in the brain contains a variety of structures that have roles in the functioning of emotion, sexual behavior, response selection and memory?

Answer 18

The basal ganglia

Question 19

Which of the following is a Nero transmitter that is used by all motor neurons?

Answer 19

Acetylcholine

Question 20

What is the term indicating that direction towards the nose?

Answer 20

Rostral

Question 21

A person with damage to the basal ganglia may exhibit:

Answer 21

Starting, stopping or sustaining movement

Question 22

Which of the following removes debris from the nervous system?

Answer 22

Glial cells

Question 23

Ions cross the membrane through proteins embedded in the membrane which are known as_________

Answer 23

Ion channels

Not ion proteins, ion transmitters, ion – protein pump, plasma membrane

Question 24

What is the name of the part of the diencephalon that is primarily responsible for relaying sensory information between the cortex and the sensory organs?

Answer 24

Thalamus

Question 25

Which Nero transmitter is involved in the regulation of mood, sleep and appetite?

Answer 25

Serotonin

Question 26

What is gray matter?

Answer 26

The description of parts of the cortex that are made of cell bodies

Question 27

There are a variety of methods used in Nero psychology, however they have some common principles. This is called

Answer 27

The scientific method

Question 28

Phineas Gage survived a severe accident, but afterwards he was rendered virtually unemployable. Why was this?

Answer 28

He had become an unpleasant person because of a drastic personality change

Question 29

Which is the correct order of the meninges (from skull to brain)

Answer 29

Dura Mater, arachnoid Mater, subarachnoid Mater

Question 30

What does the CT stand for when referring to CT scans

Answer 30

Computed tomography

Question 31

Which Nero imaging technique involves the attachment of small metal discs to the scalp in order to amplify and record the small changes in electrical potentials?

Answer 31

Electroencephalogram

Question 32

When CT images show slices of the nervous system perpendicular to the horizon, taken along the dorsal-dash ventral axis they are in the_______plane

Answer 32

Sagittal plane

Question 33

Which of the following correctly defines the term malingering?

Answer 33

Deliberately answering tasks incorrectly

Question 34

Encephalopathy symptoms may include

Answer 34

Delirium, hypervigilance, personality changes

Question 35

Encephalopathy symptoms may include

Answer 35

Delirium, hypervigilance, personality changes

Question 36

Given the sum of the anatomical asymmetries between the hemispheres, which has greater volume and mass?

Answer 36

They’re right has greater volume and mass than the left

Question 37

Which of the following Nero anatomical asymmetries favors the right hemisphere

Answer 37

2 heschls gyri instead of one

Question 38

Which of the following Nero anatomical asymmetries favors the right hemisphere

Answer 38

2 heschls gyri instead of one