HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A LIFE-SPAN VIEW 7TH SAMPLE TEST
FOR CH. 2|VERIFIED ANSWERS 100%|2025
Which one of the following is the best example of the central nervous system (rather
than peripheral nervous system) at work-✓✓Parts of the hindbrain are involved in
regulating heart rate.
Which one of the following statements most accurately describes a neuron's
threshold of excitation?-✓✓A neuron fires only when its electrical charge reaches a
particular level.
Which one of the following best describes how neurons transmit messages to one
another?-✓✓By sending chemical substances across a tiny gap between them
Which one of the following is the best example of a reflex as psychologists define the
term?-✓✓Pulling your foot away from a painful object
Three of the following describe methods what researchers commonly use to
determine how the human brain probably functions. Which one is not a commonly
used method to study the brain?-✓✓Measuring the levels of various hormones and
other substances in the blood
After a severe head injury, Mary has exceptional difficulty setting goals and in other
ways planning her actions. Without knowing anything else about Mary's injury, you
might reasonably conclude that it affected her:-✓✓forebrain
Given how the left and right hemispheres of the brain typically specialize, which one
of the following activities would be most heavily dependent on the right hemisphere?-
✓✓Recognizing human forms in a Picasso painting
Given the roles that the right hemisphere typically plays in language comprehension,
which one of the following tasks would rely most heavily on the right hemisphere?-
✓✓Realizing that "That blonde is really hot" has as least two possible meanings
Given what psychologists believe to be true about how information is typically stored
in the brain, how is the concept dog probably represented in your brain?-✓✓As a
network of neurons spread across multiple brain regions
Which one of the following best describes the growth of neurons during the prenatal
period?-✓✓An overabundance of neurons emerges early in prenatal development,
but about half of the neurons die before birth.
In the human brain, a great deal of synaptic pruning occurs in early childhood. This
pruning appears to be:-✓✓An adaptive process that allows children to deal more
efficiently with their environment
As children grow older, many of their neurons begin to transmit messages more
rapidly than they did in the early years of life, thanks to:-✓✓myelination
