Biological Psychology MCQ
1. The building blocks for peptides are _______.
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Amino acids
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2. One way to relieve the pain associated with a phantom limb is to ____.
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Remove more of the amputated limb
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3. The ____ cortices are important for processing incoming information such as smell or vision.
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4. Researchers have demonstrated that the expression of the scn genes can be changed through ____.
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Exposure of the eyes to light
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5. Most of the signals that neurons receive are ___________; others are the opposite, or ________.
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Excitatory; inhibitory
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6. Marshall damaged his cerebellum in a car accident. marshal is likely to have problems with _____.
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Balance and muscle coordination
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7. A presynaptic neuron is the one that is _____ a signal to another neuron.
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8. Dopamine stimulation of d2 receptors facilitates ____.
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9. Diabetes is a(n) ________ disorder because insulin is a ________.
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Endocrine; hormone.
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10. Depression is linked to ____ serotonin and aggressive behavior is linked to ____ serotonin.
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11. By both neural and hormonal pathways, the hypothalamus regulates activity of the ____.
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Pituitary gland
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12. Stimulation of a photoreceptor results in the generation of _______ in the receptor.
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A graded hyperpolarization
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13. Generally speaking, drugs used to treat epilepsy work by ____.
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Enhancing the effects of GABA
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14. The ________ process dates back to the 3rd millennium b.c.e.
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15. Evidence suggests that humans have about __________ different types of olfactory receptors.
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16. If people with down syndrome live long enough, they almost invariably develop ____.
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Alzheimer's disease
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17. Based on research, it has been determined that the human circadian rhythm appears to be ____.
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Just over 24 hours
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18. As an option for treating parkinsons patients, transplantation of stem cells appears to be ____.
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Modestly effective, as with other treatments
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19. An ipsp represents ____.
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A temporary hyperpolarization
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20. Active neurons require _____ the way a car requires fuel.
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21. Closed head injury results in damage partially because of ____.
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Rotational forces that push the brain against the inside of the skull
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22. After damage to a set of axons, neurotrophins induce nearby ____.
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Uninjured axons to form new branches
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23. Some drugs used to treat allergies may produce drowsiness if they ____.
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Block histamine
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24. A neuron excretes neurotransmitters through its membrane by a process called ____.
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Exocytosis
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25. Autoreceptors are located on the _______ and detect _______.
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Presynaptic membrane; the transmitter released by that neuron
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26. A paradoxical characteristic of children with williams syndrome is that they ____.
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Have very large vocabularies, but cannot learn simple skills
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27. Many cells in the amygdala get input from sensory modalities, especially the ____ nuclei.
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Basolateral and central
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28. With each succeeding stage of sleep (from 1 to 4), ____.
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Slow, large-amplitude waves increase in number
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29. Every year one hundred trees remove approximately _______ from the atmosphere.
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All of the above
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30. Leukocytes identify intruder cells by their ____
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Surface proteins
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31. If your ________ is activated, you will feel relatively at ease.
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Parasympathetic nervous system
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32. ________ is a neurotransmitter with roles in pleasure and pain modulation.
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Beta-endorphin
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33. Damage to the ____ produces symptoms similar to korsakoff's syndrome.
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Prefrontal cortex
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34. When faced with moral dilemmas involving killing one person to save five others, ____.
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People with the strongest autonomic arousal are the least likely to make the
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