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Review for Midterm 1 - Intro to Psych --Chapter 2

1. Endorphins are most directly involved in the control of A) body temperature. B) physical pain. C) muscle contraction. D) attention.
2. To monitor the sequence of activity in different regions of the brain, researchers are most likely to make use of a(n) A) brain lesion. B) fMRI. C) electroencephalogram. D) hemispherectomy.
3. Phineas Gage underwent a dramatic personality change after a tamping iron inflicted massive damage to his ________ lobes. A) parietal B) temporal C) occipital D) frontal
4. After Terry lost a finger in an industrial accident, the area of his sensory cortex devoted to receiving input from that finger gradually became very responsive to sensory input from his adjacent fingers. This best illustrates A) phrenology. B) neurogenesis. C) plasticity. D) tomography.
5. The person most likely to suggest that the shape of a person's skull indicates the extent to which that individual is argumentative and aggressive would be a A) neurologist. B) behavior geneticist. C) psychoanalyst. D) phrenologist.
6. To fully appreciate the interaction of neural activity, mental processes, and the functioning of human communities, it is most necessary to recognize that people are A) consciously aware. C) biopsychosocial systems. B) morally accountable. D) products of multiple neural networks.
7. The speed at which a neural impulse travels is increased when the axon is encased by a(n) A) association area. B) myelin sheath. C) glial cell. D) synaptic vesicle.
8. Dendrites are branching extensions of A) neurotransmitters. B) endorphins. C) neurons. D) glial cells.
9. A synapse is a(n) A) chemical messenger that triggers muscle contractions. B) automatic response to sensory input. C) junction between a sending neuron and a receiving neuron. D) neural cable containing many axons.
10. An amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity that sweep across the surface of the brain is called a(n) A) fMRI. B) EEG. C) PET scan. D) MRI.
11. Which of the following body parts is associated with the greatest amount of brain tissue in the motor cortex? A) arms B) face C) trunk D) knees
12. The capacity of one brain area to take over the functions of another damaged brain area is known as brain A) tomography. B) phrenology. C) resonance. D) plasticity.
13. The corpus callosum is a wide band of axon fibers that A) enables the left hemisphere to control the right side of the body. B) transmits information between the cerebral hemispheres. C) controls the glands and muscles of the internal organs. D) directs the muscle movements involved in speech.
14. Neurosurgeons have severed the corpus callosum in human patients in order to reduce A) Alzheimer's disease. B) epileptic seizures. C) neural plasticity. D) reward deficiency syndrome.