Perception and Consciousness Test Flashcards
Which of the following is an inhibitory neurotransmitter?
Serotonin
The stage of sleep during which muscles function is almost entirely shut down is:
REM.
At the cortical level we use _______ to identify and interpret lines and angles.
feature detectors
The detection of the joint position and muscle stain is the function of the ________ sensory system.
kinesthetic
Digestion, reparation, and other involuntary functions are under the control of the:
automatic nervous system
Which of the following is typical symptom of substance dependence?
tolerance
Two types of photoreceptor cells are:
rods and cones.
The effects of substance P would most likely be antagonized by _______.
endorphins
During Stage 3 sleep _________ waves predominate in the EEG readout.
delta
Huntington’s disease will occur in individuals who receive a gene from one parent only. Therefore, the gene for Huntington’s is referred to as _______.
dominant
Which of the following ranks as one of the most commonly abused ventral nervous system depressants?
Alcohol
Which of the following structures is part of the brainstem?
Pons
If a patient suffers damage to the prefrontal cortical area, she is most likely yo have problems:
with impulse control.
During a state of hypnosis the hypnotized person’s EEG:
is identical of that of a person in a relaxed, awake state.
Information about second waves travels as action potentials via the auditory nerve from the cochlea to the _______ lobe for processing.
temporal
Which of the following is a binocular depth cue?
Convergence
If a gene is changed in a way that causes a new trait to appear, it is referred to as:
a mutation.
The primary motor cortex is located in the ______ lobe.
frontal
Which structure is most heavily involved in encoding new long-teem memories?
Hippocampus
Which of the first step in a neuron’s production of an action potential?
Depolarization
