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WorksheetsAP Psych Unit 3 Biological Bases of Behavior (Brain/NS) (1)
Total questions: 88
Worksheet time: 44mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which part of the neuron receives messages from other cells?
a)
Axon
b)
Dendrite
c)
Soma
d)
Myelin
2.
When you run, jump and wave your hand, this voluntary nervous system kicks in?
a)
Motor neurons
b)
Spinal cord
c)
Somatic Nervous system
d)
Autonomic Nervous system
3.
Study how biology and behavior and mind affect each other, what is the definition word?
a)
Biopsychosocial
b)
Biological Psychologists
c)
Psychologist
d)
Biologist
4.
What is your “fight or flight” gland?
a)
Sympathetic division
b)
Adrenal gland
c)
Pituitary gland
d)
Parasympathetic division
5.
What is the order from top to bottom of the brainstem?
a)
Pons, medulla, midbrain
b)
Medulla, midbrain, pons
c)
Midbrain, pons, medulla
d)
Pons, midbrain, medulla
6.
What is the cells support center?
a)
Neurons
b)
Axons
c)
Axon terminals
d)
Cell body
7.
What is a common cause of multiple sclerosis?
a)
Myelin sheath degeneration
b)
Axon terminals
c)
Cell body
d)
Synapse gap
8.
When neither the researcher nor the participants know who is in each group is the definition of what word?
a)
Double-blind
b)
Blind procedure
c)
Placebo effect
d)
Control group
9.
The number of neurons in the brain is similar to the amount of stars in the milky way. How many is that?
a)
100 billion
b)
150 trillion
c)
10 billion
d)
5 million
10.
What natural morphine does the body create that is considered a “runner’s high”
a)
Dopamine
b)
Serotonin
c)
Glutamate
d)
Endorphins
11.
Drugs that occupy(block) receptors but do not activate them are called?
a)
Antagonists
b)
Agonists
c)
Acetylcholine
d)
Gamma-aminobutyric acid
12.
Which type of neuron carries information from the CNS to the muscles and glands?
a)
Neurotransmitter
b)
Motor Neuron
c)
Sensory Neuron
d)
Interneurons
13.
Which action is NOT controlled by the somatic nervous system?
a)
Jumping
b)
Waving of hand
c)
Running
d)
Breathing
14.
Which of the following is NOT part of a neuron?
a)
Dendrite
b)
Axon
c)
Synapse
d)
Myelin Sheath
15.
What is the study of environmental influences on gene expression?
a)
Epigenetics
b)
Heredity
c)
Molecular Genetics
d)
Heritablility
16.
Which of the following neurotransmitters enables muscle action, leaning, and memory?
a)
Serotonin
b)
Acetylcholine
c)
Dopamine
d)
Glutamate
17.
Which part of the brain is known as the "sorting station" ?
a)
Medulla
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Thalamus
d)
Hypothalamus
18.
A hemispherectomy is the severing of the _____
a)
Corpus Callosum
b)
Brain Stem
c)
Hippocampus
d)
Cerebellum
19.
Which of the following is NOT a main type of neuron?
a)
Interneuron
b)
Sensory neuron
c)
Motor neuron
d)
Sensual neuron
20.
What are the two main divisions of the nervous system?
a)
Autonomic and Somatic
b)
Peripheral and Central
c)
Sensory and Motor
d)
Sympathetic and Parasympathetic
21.
What is a visual display of brain activity that detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task?
a)
CT
b)
MRI
c)
PET
d)
EEG
22.
In what order does an electrical impulse travel through a neuron?
a)
Nucleus, cell body, Dendrite, axon terminal, axon
b)
Synapse, Nucleus, Dendrite, Axon
c)
Dendrite, Cell Body, Axon, Axon Terminals
d)
Cell Body, Dendrite, Axon Terminals, Synapse
23.
What is the basic building block of the nervous system?
a)
Neurons
b)
Axon
c)
Dendrite
d)
Synapse
24.
What is the small gap/space between one neuron's axon terminal and another's dendrite?
a)
Myaline sheath
b)
Synapse
c)
Cell Body
d)
Receptor Site
25.
What is it called when a brief electrical charge travels down a neuron's axon?
a)
Resting Potential
b)
Depolarization
c)
Action Potential
d)
Repolarization
26.
What is the amount of stimuli that triggers action potential?
a)
Threshold
b)
Agonists
c)
Antagonist
d)
Reuptake
27.
What is the gap between the myaline sheath?
a)
Synapse
b)
Axon
c)
Nucleus
d)
Nodes of Ranvier
28.
Which of the following is NOT autonomic?
a)
Heartbeat
b)
Jumping
c)
Breathing
d)
Blinking
29.
What is the master gland of the brain?
a)
Hippocampus
b)
Thalamus
c)
Pituitary Gland
d)
Pons
30.
Rebecca got into a car accident and now has halting speech. What part of the brain did she injur?
a)
Wernicke's area
b)
Broca's area
c)
Hippocampus
d)
Thalamus
31.
What is the definition for Myelin sheath?
a)
Cell life support
b)
Passes information away from cell
c)
Fatty tissue that encases the axon
d)
Forms junction with other cells
32.
What is the process called when extra neurotransmitters are reabsorbed?
a)
Reuptake
b)
Excitatory
c)
Repolarization
d)
Action potential
33.
What are the two parts in the CNS?
a)
Brain and Spinal cord
b)
Somatic and automatic
c)
Motor and sensory
d)
Sympathetic and parasympathetic
34.
Which one is NOT a trait of the nervous system?
a)
Superfast
b)
Travels through blood stream
c)
Neurotransmitters
d)
Has two parts
35.
Whis one is NOT a type of the Nervous System?
a)
Sensory
b)
Motor
c)
Interneurons
d)
Endocrine
36.
What connects the right and left hemispheres of the brain?
a)
Pons
b)
Thalamus
c)
Corpus Callosum
d)
Amygdala
37.
Where does the neurotransmitter go after it passes the cell body?
a)
Synapse
b)
Axon
c)
Terminals
d)
Dendrites
38.
Steven is a 5 year old boy who just had a hemispherectomy. Because of _______, his brain will create new learning pathways to regain normal function.
a)
Association areas
b)
Dual processing
c)
Lateralization
d)
Placticity
39.
Which neural communication accelarates the neural impulse through a neuraon?
a)
Excelarator
b)
Excitatory
c)
Inhibitory
d)
All-or-None response
40.
Which is the correct function of sensory neurons?
a)
Carry info to CNS from sensory
b)
Within brain and spinal cord and carry signals
c)
Carry info from CNS to muscles and glands
d)
Gathers info and transmits to other parts
41.
Which is the correct function of motor neurons?
a)
Within brain and spinal cord and carry signals
b)
Makes decisions
c)
Carry info from CNS to muscles and glands
d)
Carry info to CNS from sensory
42.
Which one of these is NOT true?
a)
Nervous system carries neurotransmitters
b)
Endocrine carries hormones
c)
Endocrine is slower
d)
Nervous and Endocrine system both travels across synapse
43.
What is a biological psychologist?
a)
Study of how an organism functions
b)
Study of thought
c)
Study of how biology, behavior and mind affect eachother
d)
Study of survival and evolution
44.
Which neuro transmitter is a hormone released in a fight or flight situation to increase heart rate and glucose levels?
a)
GABA
b)
Epinephrine
c)
Acetylcholine
d)
Norepinephrine
45.
What is the neural process of the reuptake?
a)
The transmitting neuron retracts excess neurotransmitters that are no longer being used
b)
When neurotransmitters are no longer needed, so they dissolve into the surrounding membrane
c)
When the electracl impulse is stopped in one neuron
d)
The process of storing excess neurotranmitters, in the nueral cell
46.
Which gland of the nervous system is the master gland?
a)
Thyroid Gland
b)
Adrenal gland
c)
Pituitary Gland
d)
Pineal Gland
47.
Which organ of the brain controls balance, posture, and coordinates voluntary muscle movement?
a)
Cerebellum
b)
Thalamus
c)
amygdala
d)
frontal cortex
48.
Which organ of the brain processes the emotions of fear and anger?
a)
Thalamus
b)
pons
c)
medulla oblongata
d)
amygdala
49.
What part of the brain controls the basic functions of life?
a)
midbrain
b)
hypothalamus
c)
brain stem
d)
basal ganglia
50.
What is the function of the hippocampus with in the brain?
a)
The organization of emotional events
b)
To store long term memorie and regulate short term memories
c)
to regulate fear and anger
d)
the process of connecting the left and right hemispheres
51.
In a CT (computed tomography) scan, what signals are used to detect the structure of the brain?
a)
Magnetic Fields
b)
Electrodes placed on the skull
c)
the pass of X-rays through the brain
d)
detection of glucose
52.
What does a behavior geneticist study?
a)
Study of genetics affect our behavior
b)
Study of our genetics
c)
Study of our lives
d)
Study of our behaviors
53.
Out of the following, which one receives information and conducts it towards the cell body?
a)
neurons
b)
cell body
c)
dendrite
d)
axon
54.
Drugs that block neurotransmitters from entering a receptor site are called?
a)
antagonist
b)
endorphin
c)
agonist
d)
dopamine
55.
What does a a behavior geneticist study?
a)
They study our behaviors that are effected from the past
b)
They study the link between our environment and our behaviors
c)
Study mental processes in the human brain
d)
Study links between biological activities and psychological activities
56.
What does the Amygdala do in the brain?
a)
Controls posture and balance of the body
b)
Controls fear and rage (emotions)
c)
Sorting station of the brain
d)
Controls language and comprehension in the brain
57.
What is the function of Norepinephrine?
a)
Enables muscle action throughout the body
b)
Effects mood and hunger
c)
It increases attention and arousal
d)
Influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion
58.
Who is the founder of Phrenology?
a)
Franz Gall
b)
Ivan Pavlov
c)
Aristotle
d)
Erik Erikson
59.
What is the Biopsychosocial?
a)
Study of behavior with others human beings
b)
Study how these biological, psychological, and social systems work/interact
c)
Study of how our environment affects our behaviors
d)
Study of behavior
60.
What does a dendrite do?
a)
Receives messages and conducts impulses towards the cell body
b)
Lets the neurons travel to the synapse
c)
Forms junctions with other cells
d)
It’s the cell’s life support
61.
What is a threshold?
a)
A response that either fires all of it or doesn’t at all
b)
Maximum amount of stimulation that a response can have
c)
Level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse
d)
Minimum amount of stimulation that a response can have
62.
What is an agonist?
a)
Helps make the threshold larger so that there can be a greater response
b)
Makes a reaction go faster
c)
Block neurotransmitters from making a response
d)
They take place of a neural transmitter by binding to the receptors and producing a temporary high
63.
What is the job of the sensory neuron?
a)
Neurons that carry out going information from brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands
b)
Neurons that carry out going information from brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands
c)
Give the fight or flight response
d)
Gives the rest or digest response
64.
A space between the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrite of another is called?
a)
myelin sheath
b)
synaptic gap
c)
neurotransmitters
d)
reuptake
65.
Out of the following, which is a sorting station where it takes all of the information coming through the brainstem, sorts it, and sends it?
a)
reticular formation
b)
the cerebellum
c)
thalamus
d)
the brainstem
66.
Which brain scan is used to see areas that are being activated while performing different task?
a)
EEG
b)
CT Scan
c)
MRI
d)
PET
67.
Which of the following, enable us "to think about the world," recognize things, and plan future actions?
a)
Visual Perception Track
b)
Blindsight
c)
Dual Processing
d)
Visual Action Track
68.
What is the complete instructions for making an organism, consisting of all the genetic material in that organism's chromosomes?
a)
DNA
b)
Environment
c)
Genome
d)
Genes
69.
Which of the following guides neural connections, provides nutrients and insulating myelin, and mop up ions and nutrients?
a)
Glial Cells
b)
Frontal Lobes
c)
Parietal Lobes
d)
Occipital Lobes
70.
What enables muscle action, learning, and memory?
a)
Dopamine
b)
Ach
c)
Serotonin
d)
GABA
71.
To walk across the street, a person would rely most directly on his:
a)
Autonomic Nervous System
b)
Sympathetic Nervous System
c)
Parasympathetic Nervous System
d)
Somatic Nervous System
72.
what is a PET scan used for?
a)
to see which areas are being activated while performing different tasks
b)
study structure
c)
find injuries
d)
diagnose epilepsy
73.
what does the cerebellum not control?
a)
posture
b)
form new memories
c)
balance
d)
voluntary movements
74.
where is the somatosensory cortex?
a)
frontal lobe
b)
occipital lobe
c)
parietal Lobes
d)
temporal lobe
75.
plasticity is strongest during
a)
young adulthood
b)
in the womb
c)
late adulthood
d)
childhood
76.
Identical twins come from how many egg(s) and sperm
a)
1 egg, 1 sperm
b)
2 eggs, 1 sperm
c)
1 egg, 2 sperm
d)
2 eggs, 2 sperm
77.
fMRI is used for
a)
finding tumors
b)
brain mapping
c)
diagnose epilepsy
d)
finding strokes
78.
what is the part of the brain we share with all other animals
a)
Cerebellum
b)
limbic system
c)
corpus Callosum
d)
brain stem
79.
what is the corpus callosum's function?
a)
language comprehension
b)
precognize faces or objects
c)
connects left side to the right side
d)
speech production
80.
what is stimulation?
a)
using electrodes to force the neurons to fire
b)
measuring electrical impulses given off by the neurons
c)
neurons firing
d)
reusing neurons
81.
what does the medulla not control?
a)
breathing
b)
heartrate
c)
emotions
d)
digestion
82.
What part of the brain controls breathing, heart rate, and digestion?
a)
Medulla
b)
pons
c)
Midbrain
d)
reticular formation
83.
What are functions of the thalamus?
a)
Memory, consciousness, and memory
b)
fear and emotion processing
c)
Hunger, sleep/wake cycle, and thirst
d)
decision making, planning, and thinking
84.
What are the effects if the broca’s area is damaged?
a)
broken and repetitive speech
b)
lack of coordination
c)
hallucinations
d)
long and short term memory loss
85.
Which part of the brain controls balance, voluntary movement and posture?
a)
Cerebellum
b)
corpus callosum
c)
Wernickes area
d)
temporal lobe
86.
What part of the brain allows for immediate response, such as fight or flight?
a)
amygdala
b)
thalamus
c)
midbrain
d)
frontal lobe
87.
What type of brain scan measures the function and the structure of the brain?
a)
EEG
b)
EKG
c)
fMRI
d)
CT
88.
Why do they sometimes sever the corpus callosum?
a)
Seizures
b)
heart attacks
c)
Alziehmers
d)
Cerbral Palsy
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