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Test 2.07 Practice

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It's hot! My mom turns on the fan, but I can't feel it until she moves it up to level 2. What explains why I'm having trouble with this?

a)

Noticeable difference

b)

Change Blindness

c)

Selective Attention

d)

My fan isn't very good

2.

What part allows the sensory information from the ear to move to the brain through transduction?

a)

Cochlea

b)

Rods

c)

Cones

d)

Olfactory Bulb

3.
My uncle had a stroke.  He can understand everything I say but he struggles to speak.  What part of his brain was damaged? 
a)
Wernicke's Area
b)
Broca's Area
c)
Occipital Lobe
d)
Central Nervous system
4.
In the sign in the picture, even though one letter is blacked out, we can still read it.  Which law of gestalt psychology explains why? 
a)
Closure
b)
Proximity
c)
Figure and Ground
d)
Good Figure
5.
Last night I dreamt I had the ability to leap over trees.  Thank goodness I stayed in my bed as I dreamt!  What kept me from moving? 
a)
REM sleep
b)
Stage 1 sleep
c)
Bungee cords
d)
Paradoxical Sleep
6.
Where does information go after passing through the cell body/soma? 
a)
Dendrite
b)
Axon
c)
Synapse
d)
Neurotransmitter
7.
To what does information need to be encoded in order to move from one neuron to the next? 
a)
Synapse
b)
Myelin Sheath
c)
Neurotransmitter
d)
Dendrite
8.
Sometimes we group items based on how close together they are, like if the phone rings at the same time the doorbell rings.  Which piece of gestalt psychology explains our tendency to do this? 
a)
Figure and Ground
b)
Good Figure
c)
Proximity
d)
The Magical "Power of Three"
9.

Which theory of color vision best explains visual phenomena like afterimages and tricks of the eye?

a)

Sauron

b)

Opponent Process Theory

c)

Trichromatic Theory

d)

Gestalt Psychology

10.
If I have my corpus callosum cut, what will be the resulting condition? 
a)
Split Brain
b)
Transduction
c)
An inability to process speech
d)
An increase in seizures
11.
I see someone I recognize in the grocery store, but I can't remember her name.  Which hemisphere helps with remembering the person's name? 
a)
Left
b)
Right
c)
Corpus Callosum
d)
Cerebellum
12.
Thanks to bypassing transduction, this sense helps to bring back memories faster than any other sense
a)
Touch
b)
Taste
c)
Sight
d)
Smell
13.

My teacher called on me to read in class! My heart began to race, my palms got sweaty, and I just wanted to log out. Which Nervous system was causing this?

a)

Neurobiology

b)

Central Nervous System

c)

Parasympathetic

d)

Sympathetic

14.

I heard the noise of my dog barking. How did that get to my brain for me to hear?

a)

Through the process of transduction

b)

Because of opponent process theory

c)

It went to the olfactory bulb

d)

My right hemisphere imagined it

15.

I have to think about moving my hands to type, or think about walking to move to another room, but I don't have to think about my heart beating or my lungs breathing. What brain part should I thank?

a)

Frontal Lobe

b)

Occipital Lobe

c)

Hypothalamus

d)

Brain stem

16.

I was walking along, minding my own business, when I fell and bumped the back of my brain! I have to wait for the swelling to go down to be able to see again. What part did I probably injure?

a)

Temporal Lobe

b)

Occipital Lobe

c)

Corpus Callosum

d)

Parietal Lobe

17.
When I was involved in a car wreck, they were worried I'd broken part of my spine, so they used magnetic resonance to get pictures of my neck.  What machine did I climb into? 
a)
MRI Machine
b)
EEG 
c)
PET Scan
d)
CT Scan
18.
What part protects the axon? 
a)
Dendrite
b)
Synapse
c)
Myelin Sheath
d)
Neurotransmitter
19.
Which neurotransmitter is linked to Parkinson's Disease? 
a)
Dopamine
b)
Acetylcholine
c)
Neuron
d)
Central Nervous system
20.
Once I experience a sensation, I need to give it emotional context in order for me to interpret it.  What is that process called? 
a)
Sensation
b)
Perception
c)
Gestalt Psychology
d)
Being human