Question 1

To facilitate immunocytochemistry,neurochemists have created stocks of __________ to most neuropeptides.

Accepted Answer

antibodies

Question 2

A method of measuring changes in the extracellular concentrations of various neurochemicals in particular sites in the brains of active laboratory animals is

Accepted Answer

A)   cerebral dialysis.
B)   the 6-OHDA histological technique.
C)   in situ hybridization.
D)   immunocytochemistry.
E)   electroencephalography.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 3

Hypertension is

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A)   stress.
B)   caused by excitement.
C)   chronic high blood pressure.
D)   chronic low blood pressure.
E)   a sphygmomanometer.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 4

The level of 130/70 mmHg is

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A)   indicative of stress.
B)   the ratio of diastolic to total systolic blood pressure.
C)   a healthy human blood pressure.
D)   indicative of hypertension.
E)   both A and CF) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 5

Which of the following is a test of language ability that employs objects of two shapes,two sizes,and five different colors?

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A)   block-span test
B)   token test
C)   aphasia subtest of the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery
D)   paired-associate test
E)   Wechsler Language Scale TestF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

The primary purpose of the single-test and standardized-test-battery approaches to neuropsychological testing was to

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A)   identify brain-damaged patients.
B)   locate the area of brain damage.
C)   characterize the nature of the psychological deficits.
D)   measure brain activity.
E)   compete with neurologists.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 7

The first time a wild rat encounters a food it has never tasted before,it usually displays

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A)   conditioned taste aversion.
B)   neophobia.
C)   thigmotaxis.
D)   temporal contiguity.
E)   an emetic reaction.F) None of the above
G) C) and D) B

Question 8

The discovery of conditioned taste aversion challenged the

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A)   principle of equipotentiality.
B)   belief that temporal contiguity is necessary for conditioning.
C)   the engram theory of memory.
D)   all of the above
E)   both A and BF) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 9

The two most common techniques for producing images of human brain function are PET and functional __________.

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The answer of The two most common techniques for producing...

Question 10

In the sodium amytal test,an injection into the carotid artery contralateral to the dominant hemisphere for speech renders the patient completely mute for

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A)   50 seconds.
B)   2 minutes.
C)   4 minutes.
D)   30 minutes.
E)   none of the aboveF) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 11

Transgenic mice always possess

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A)   more chromosomes than normal.
B)   genes of the other sex.
C)   the behavioral characteristics of the other sex.
D)   fewer chromosomes than normal.
E)   genes of another species.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 12

The typical __________ maze contains a hidden escape platform.

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The answer of The typical __________ maze contains a hidden...

Question 13

Describe the conditioned taste aversion phenomenon and how it changed how researchers thought about learning.

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Question 14

Antianxiety (anxiolytic) drugs tend to reduce the amount of

Accepted Answer

A)   conditioned taste aversion.
B)   time spent in the closed arms of the elevated plus maze.
C)   self-stimulation.
D)   conditioned defensive burying.
E)   both B and DF) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 15

Which of the following brain lesion techniques is least likely to be associated with damage to major blood vessels?

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A)   aspiration lesions
B)   electrolytic lesions
C)   radio-frequency lesions
D)   knife cuts
E)   lobotomyF) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 16

Illustrated here is the

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A)   Washington Symbols Test.
B)   Wisconsin Card-Sorting Test.
C)   classic test of parietal-lobe damage.
D)   both A and C
E)   both B and CF) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 17

Which of the following provides the most detailed three-dimensional view of the structure of the living human brain?

Accepted Answer

A)   CT
B)   PET
C)   angiography
D)   EEG
E)   MRIF) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 18

The test of intelligence that is most frequently used in neuropsychological assessment is abbreviated __________.

Accepted Answer

WAIS

Question 19

In human patients,EEG activity is commonly recorded directly from

Accepted Answer

A)   muscle.
B)   the hippocampus.
C)   the scalp.
D)   the neocortex.
E)   the heart.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 20

In immunocytochemistry,the labeled ligand is

Accepted Answer

A)   an amino acid.
B)   a microelectrode.
C)   an antibody.
D)   a neurotransmitter.
E)   a receptor.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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A method of measuring changes in the extracellular concentrations of various neurochemicals in particular sites in the brains of active laboratory animals is

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