Question 1

In operant conditioning paradigms,the rate of a voluntary response is increased by __________ and decreased by __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   positive reinforcement; negative reinforcement
B)   reinforcement; punishment
C)   brain stimulation; food
D)   food; brain stimulation
E)   conditional stimuli; unconditional stimuli

Question 2

Which contrast X-ray technique is designed to locate vascular abnormalities in the brains of human patients?

Accepted Answer

A)   cerebral angiography
B)   X-ray photography
C)   pneumoencephalography
D)   CT scans
E)   PET scans

Question 3

Many current neuropsychological assessments begin with the

Accepted Answer

A)   sodium amytal test.
B)   dichotic listening test.
C)   WAIS.
D)   Psychiatric Test Inventory (PTI) .
E)   ERP

Question 4

Before the 1950s,neuropsychological testing usually employed the

Accepted Answer

A)   standardized-test-battery approach.
B)   single-test approach.
C)   customized-test-battery approach.
D)   neurological approach.
E)   psychophysical approach.

Question 5

If a PET image is recorded while a patient is reading,many areas of activity on the PET image will have nothing to do with the cognitive activity of reading per se.That is why cognitive neuroscientists often use

Accepted Answer

A)   functional MRI.
B)   structural MRI.
C)   the paired-image subtraction technique.
D)   the additive-image control procedure.
E)   EEG.

Question 6

Lesions that are commonly referred to as amygdala lesions often

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A)   damage neural structures other than the amygdala.
B)   do not destroy the entire amygdala.
C)   damage prefrontal cortex.
D)   both A and B
E)   both B and C

Question 7

Which of the following is a method used by cognitive neuroscientists to turn off part of the brain while the effects on cognition and behavior are assessed?

Accepted Answer

A)   2-DG
B)   ERP
C)   TMS
D)   PET
E)   EEG

Question 8

IP,SC,and IM are all

Accepted Answer

A)   recording methods.
B)   drugs.
C)   stimulation methods.
D)   cranial nerves.
E)   routes of drug administration.

Question 9

Sexually receptive female rats often assume the __________ posture when mounted by a male rat.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Sexually receptive female rats often assume the...

Question 10

Lesions restricted to structures on one half of the brain are called

Accepted Answer

A)   unilateral lesions.
B)   bilateral lesions.
C)   monopolar lesions.
D)   bipolar lesions.
E)   unitary lesions.

Question 11

A common neuropsychological test of frontal-lobe damage is the

Accepted Answer

A)   Wisconsin Card Sorting Test.
B)   token test.
C)   Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test.
D)   digit-span test.
E)   block-design test.

Question 12

Intracellular unit recording is not commonly used in biopsychological research because

Accepted Answer

A)   it is too difficult for biopsychologists.
B)   biopsychologists are usually not interested in neurons.
C)   it is a neurophysiological procedure.
D)   it is very difficult to keep the tip of a microelectrode inside a single neuron in a moving subject.
E)   all of the above

Question 13

The main difference between an average evoked potential (AEP) and a "raw" evoked potential is that

Accepted Answer

A)   an AEP is usually unobservable.
B)   an AEP is an alpha wave.
C)   a raw evoked potential is often unobservable amidst the random noise of the ongoing EEG signal.
D)   an AEP is a unit response.
E)   a raw evoked potential is likely to be larger.

Question 14

Which of the following is a commonly used measure of the sexual receptivity of female rats?

Accepted Answer

A)   postejaculatory interval
B)   mount frequency
C)   lordosis quotient
D)   number of intromissions to ejaculation
E)   number of ejaculations to intromission

Question 15

If you were startled by a loud noise,there would be an increase in your skin's conductance of electricity.This response is called

Accepted Answer

A)   a skin conductance response.
B)   an EKG.
C)   a skin conductance level.
D)   an average evoked potential.
E)   a P300 wave.

Question 16

Extracellular unit recording provides information about

Accepted Answer

A)   the magnitude of the membrane potential.
B)   the wave form of action potentials.
C)   EPSPs.
D)   all of the above
E)   none of the above

Question 17

The reason why radioactive fluorodeoxyglucose is useful for revealing the level of activity of neurons in different parts of the brain is that fluorodeoxyglucose

Accepted Answer

A)   is absorbed by neurons in relation to their level of activity.
B)   is metabolized by neurons in relation to their level of activity.
C)   is not metabolized by neurons.
D)   both A and C
E)   both A and B

Question 18

In the typical radial arm maze,rats tend to orient themselves on the basis of

Accepted Answer

A)   the colors of the arms.
B)   the size of the arms.
C)   the number of the arms.
D)   the length of the arms.
E)   external room cues.

Question 19

Knockout mice are mice that

Accepted Answer

A)   have had a concussion.
B)   are susceptible to concussion.
C)   have amnesia.
D)   both A and C
E)   none of the above

Question 20

The patient is often injected with radioactive fluorodeoxyglucose before positron emission __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The patient is often injected with radioactive...

Exam 5: The Research Methods of Biopsychology

If a PET image is recorded while a patient is reading,many areas of activity on the PET image will have nothing to do with the cognitive activity of reading per se.That is why cognitive neuroscientists often use

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The reason why radioactive fluorodeoxyglucose is useful for revealing the level of activity of neurons in different parts of the brain is that fluorodeoxyglucose

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Which contrast X-ray technique is designed to locate vascular abnormalities in the brains of human patients?

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The main difference between an average evoked potential (AEP) and a "raw" evoked potential is that

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In operant conditioning paradigms,the rate of a voluntary response is increased by __________ and decreased by __________.

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Intracellular unit recording is not commonly used in biopsychological research because

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Before the 1950s,neuropsychological testing usually employed the

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IP,SC,and IM are all

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If you were startled by a loud noise,there would be an increase in your skin's conductance of electricity.This response is called

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Lesions that are commonly referred to as amygdala lesions often

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Many current neuropsychological assessments begin with the

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The patient is often injected with radioactive fluorodeoxyglucose before positron emission __________.

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Sexually receptive female rats often assume the __________ posture when mounted by a male rat.

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Lesions restricted to structures on one half of the brain are called

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A common neuropsychological test of frontal-lobe damage is the

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Which of the following is a method used by cognitive neuroscientists to turn off part of the brain while the effects on cognition and behavior are assessed?

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Which of the following is a commonly used measure of the sexual receptivity of female rats?

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