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WorksheetsBiological Basis of Behavior Questions
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A major excitatory neurotransmitter involved in memory.
a)
Glutamine
b)
GABA
c)
Norepinephrine
d)
Serotonin
2.
Affects mood, hunger, sleep and arousal
a)
Acetylcholine
b)
Dopamine
c)
Serotonin
d)
GABA
3.
Oversupply can overstimulate brain, producing migraines or seizures.
a)
Serotonin
b)
Norepenephrine
c)
GABA
d)
Glutamate
4.
A major inhibitory neurotransmitter
a)
Glutamate
b)
GABA
c)
Dopamine
d)
Acetylcholine
5.
Excess ____ receptor activity linked to schizophrenia.
a)
Acetylcholine
b)
Dopamine
c)
Serotonin
d)
Norepinephrine
6.
With Alzheimer's disease, ___ producing neurons deteriorate.
a)
Acetylcholine
b)
Glutamate
c)
Dopamine
d)
GABA
7.
Undersupply linked to seizures, tremors, and insomnia.
a)
GABA
b)
Norepinephrine
c)
Acetylcholine
d)
Dopamine
8.
Undersupply can depress mood.
a)
Glutamate
b)
GABA
c)
Norepinephrine
d)
Dopamine
9.
Influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion.
a)
Dopamine
b)
Acetylcholine
c)
Serotonin
d)
Glutamate
10.
The occipital lobes are to ____ as the temporal lobes are to ___.
a)
seeing; hearing
b)
hearing; sensing movement
c)
seeing; sensing touch
d)
speaking; hearing
11.
Your life would be most immediately threatened if you suffered destruction of the
a)
hippocampus
b)
medulla
c)
corpus callosum
d)
angular gyrus
12.
The best way to detect enlarged fluid-filled brain regions in some patients who have schizophrenia is to use a(n)
a)
X-ray
b)
EEG
c)
MRI
d)
PET scan
13.
The region of your cerebral cortex that enables you to recognize a person as your own mother is
a)
the angular gyrus
b)
Broca's area
c)
an association area
d)
Wernicke's area
14.
A person whose hand had been amputated actually felt sensations on his nonexistent fingers when his face was stroked. This best illustrates the consequences of:
a)
brain plasticity
b)
aphasia
c)
lateralization
d)
hemispherectomy
15.
The part of the cerebral cortex that directs the muscle movements involved in speech is known as
a)
the amygdala
b)
the angular gyrus
c)
Broca's area
d)
reticular formation
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