Psych 181 Exam 2 Review
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- Q1
Mary put her hand on a hot stove. Which neuron is responsible for sending a pain message up her spinal column, where it would then enter into the main area of the cord?
reflex
sensory neuron
interneuron
motor neuron
30s - Q2
Which neurotransmitter is associated with sleep, mood, and appetite?
GABA
serotonin
acetylcholine
dopamine
30s - Q3
As she walks out of the living room, Gloriann turns out the light. In this example, Gloriann’s ________ is active.
sympathetic nervous system
somatic nervous system
autonomic nervous system
parasympathetic nervous system
30s - Q4
An auto accident rendered Chris’s nervous system unable to send messages for him to breathe, so he is on a respirator. Which brain structure was most likely damaged in the accident?
medulla
reticular formation
pons
cerebellum
30s - Q5
Rats that have a damaged _________ would probably show little or no fear when placed next to a cat.
hippocampus
hypothalamus
amygdala
fornix
30s - Q6
Which hemisphere of the cerebral cortex is better at math, logical reasoning, and language tasks?
left
rear
front
right
30s - Q7
Jordanna has decided to go to bed early. Although her eyes are closed and she's very relaxed, she has not yet fallen asleep. An EEG is most likely to indicate the presence of
rapid eye movements
alpha waves
delta waves
sleep spindles
30s - Q8
Drivers are slower to detect traffic signals if they are talking on a cell phone. This best illustrates the impact of
latent content
selective attention
REM rebound
blindsight
30s - Q9
Bottom-up processing is initiated by ________.
the stimulus
knowledge
expectation
belief
30s - Q10
The shortest wavelengths we can see are experienced as ______ colors.
green
yellow
red
violet
30s - Q11
Lemmy has been told by his doctor that he is experiencing ________ due to hair cells that were destroyed as a result of loud sounds.
sensorineural hearing loss
a speech segmentation problem
conductive hearing loss
tinnitus
30s - Q12
Which of the following properties of sound would be the most similar to the color, or hue, of light?
pitch
timbre
loudness
purity
30s