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Social Neurobiology

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Which is NOT one of the brain principles discussed?

The brain runs itself
The brain controls the entire body
The brain only controls conscious thoughts
The brain uses excitation and inhibition

Why is inhibition important for brain function?

It prevents all neural communication
It helps filter distractions and focus
It permanently stops electrical activity
It increases every neural signal

How do genes and environment influence behavior?

Genes alone determine behavior
Environment alone determines behavior
Both genes and environment can influence behavior
Behavior is unrelated to biology

What is the order of the central dogma?

RNA → DNA → protein
Protein → RNA → DNA
DNA → protein → RNA
DNA → RNA → protein

How do psychology and biology differ?

Psychology studies cognition and behavior, while biology studies life
Psychology studies neurons only, while biology studies behavior only
Psychology studies genes, while biology studies emotions
They are identical disciplines

Which is a brain manipulation technique rather than an imaging technique?

MRI
PET
TMS
fMRI

Which statement about neurons matches the notes?

A neuron communicates with only one neuron
Neurons can communicate with many neurons
Neurons never use electrical signals
Neurons exist only in the spinal cord

Which neuron structure mainly receives incoming signals?

Axon
Myelin sheath
Terminal buttons
Dendrites

What is the main function of the myelin sheath?

Help signals travel efficiently along axons
Produce neurotransmitters in the nucleus
Receive incoming signals
Prevent connections from forming

Which neurotransmitter was identified as inhibitory?

Dopamine
Glutamate
GABA
Acetylcholine

What does the blood-brain barrier do?

Lets all blood substances enter the brain
Regulates entry of substances from blood to brain
Produces neural electrical signals
Blocks all nutrients

Why is the area postrema important?

It produces speech
It produces all neurotransmitters
It controls voluntary movement
It detects some toxins and helps trigger vomiting

How do electrical and chemical neural signals differ?

Electrical signals travel along neurons, while chemical signals cross synapses
Chemical signals occur only in spinal cord
Electrical signaling requires transmitters along every axon segment
They are the same process

What happens during the rising phase of an action potential?

Potassium enters
Sodium leaves
Sodium enters
The neuron stops firing permanently

Which role of glutamate is highlighted in the notes?

Only sleep
Learning
Blocking all synapses
Forming the blood-brain barrier

What does Gallup’s mirror test investigate?

Mathematical intelligence
Human-face recognition
Language development
Recognition of one’s own reflection

What sequence describes the mirror-mark experiment in the notes?

Mirror exposure → anesthesia → mark placement → observation
Mark placement → observation → anesthesia → mirror exposure
Anesthesia → mirror exposure → observation → mark placement
Observation → mark placement → mirror exposure → anesthesia

At about what age do babies begin to show mirror self-recognition in the notes?

6 months
12 months
18 months
5 years

Which bird was mentioned as showing self-recognition?

Jellyfish
Magpies
Earthworms
Sea stars

What does the Wada test involve?

Measuring transmitter speed
Measuring neuron firing
Measuring dopamine concentration
Temporarily anesthetizing one brain hemisphere

What may happen when the right hemisphere is anesthetized, according to the notes?

Temporary loss of aspects of self-recognition
Permanent loss of all memories
Loss of oxygen to the left hemisphere
Complete spinal cord shutdown

A person recognizes others but not themselves. What is disrupted?

Prosopagnosia
Conformity
Self-recognition
Nostalgia

A person insists a familiar relative is an impostor. What condition fits?

Prosopagnosia
Capgras syndrome
Mirror self-recognition
Self-enhancement

Which lobe is important for social skills and behavior?

Medulla
Spinal cord
Occipital lobe
Frontal lobe

What do cortical midline structures contribute to?

Self-related processing and awareness
Cerebrospinal fluid production
Control of all peripheral nerves
Hearing only

What is self-centered deception?

Lying to protect others
Lying without consequences
Lying mainly to benefit oneself
Lying due to impaired vision

Which is an example of other-centered deception?

Lying to avoid punishment
A reassuring lie to spare a friend’s feelings
Exaggerating achievements for promotion
Lying about age for advantage

What is self-enhancement?

Inability to recognize oneself
Evaluating everyone else negatively
Complete absence of awareness
Viewing oneself especially favorably

Which region was linked to self-enhancement and overclaiming?

Medial prefrontal cortex
Primary auditory cortex
Cerebellum
Medulla

What is overclaiming?

Detecting another person’s lie
Accurately judging your abilities
Claiming knowledge you do not possess
Declining unfamiliar questions

What potential benefit of self-deception was discussed?

Eliminating social needs
Protecting self-esteem and reducing negative feelings
Guaranteeing lie detection
Preventing emotions

Why can deception be considered social behavior?

It occurs only alone
It does not involve understanding others
It is independent of brain activity
It can influence other people’s beliefs

Which was discussed as a possible early autism sign?

Reduced eye contact
Faster reflexes
Improved night vision
Increased strength

Which group is diagnosed with autism more often in the notes?

Females
Males
Exactly equal rates
Only adults

Why might autism diagnosis rates change over time?

Autism only begins in adulthood
Brain cells stopped functioning in younger generations
Awareness and diagnostic practices may change
Pollution is proven to be the sole cause

Which statement about genetics and autism is best supported?

No genetic influence
Always one gene
Only parenting causes autism
Genetic factors can contribute alongside other influences

What is nostalgia?

A sentimental response to memories of the past
Complete autobiographical memory loss
Inability to feel emotions
A spinal reflex

Which brain structures were linked to nostalgia and emotional memory?

Medulla and spinal cord
Cerebellum and occipital cortex
Hippocampus and amygdala
Motor cortex and brainstem

What emotional effects can nostalgia have?

Only happiness
Closeness and sometimes sadness
No response to memories
Prevention of new relationships

Which brain region was linked to conformity?

Primary visual cortex
Spinal cord
Medulla
Anterior insula

Why might people conform to group opinions?

To reduce disagreement and conflict
Because individual opinions cannot be processed
Because emotions must be absent
Because groups are always correct

Which region is involved in reward-related aspects of conformity?

Medulla
Occipital cortex
Nucleus accumbens
Spinal cord

What is an important human social need?

Complete isolation
Social connection
Avoiding emotion
Eliminating communication

Which regions were discussed in relation to antisocial behavior?

Visual cortex and spinal cord
Occipital lobe and cerebellum only
Auditory cortex and optic nerve
Amygdala, default mode network, and cerebellum

What can narcissistic traits involve?

Exaggerated self-importance and sensitivity to criticism
Complete memory loss
No emotional reactions
The same thing as mirror recognition

Which response was associated with narcissistic traits?

Increased neuron regeneration
No social comparisons
Strong emotional reactions to comparison or rejection
Inability to recognize faces

What is the function of maternal aggression discussed in class?

Preventing offspring independence
Protecting offspring from threats
Ending all social interactions
Preventing hormone release

Which hormones were mentioned in maternal aggression?

Insulin and glucagon
Melatonin and adrenaline
Cortisol and thyroid hormone
Oxytocin and prolactin

Which regions were linked to maternal aggression?

Medial preoptic area, bed nucleus of stria terminalis, lateral septum
Visual cortex, cerebellum, optic nerve
Broca’s area, auditory cortex, spinal cord
Occipital lobe, motor cortex, hippocampus

What best explains a protective aggressive response to a threat near an infant?

It is independent of the brain
It comes only from language processing
Parental neural circuits and hormones influence the response
It requires failure to recognize offspring

Why does the brain use both excitation and inhibition?

To activate all neurons together
To balance and regulate neural activity
To stop environmental responses
To eliminate neurotransmitters

Which is NOT a neurotransmitter listed in the notes?

Serotonin
Dopamine
Glutamate
Cortisol

What function is likely affected by damage to Broca’s area?

Visual recognition
Speech production
Balance
Temperature regulation

Why is the blood-brain barrier important?

It freely admits toxins
It blocks all nutrients
It regulates what enters the brain from blood
It blocks neural electrical signals

What is the hard problem of consciousness?

Consciousness is completely explained
Consciousness is independent of brain activity
The spinal cord entirely controls consciousness
Explaining subjective experience remains difficult

What is a likely effect of disrupting cortical midline structures?

Reduced self-referential thinking
Better hearing
Loss of spinal reflexes
Improved vision

What is theory of mind?

Recognizing one’s reflection
Understanding that others have their own beliefs and thoughts
Memorizing huge amounts of information
Controlling another nervous system

Someone claims to know a subject they barely understand. What is this?

Conformity
Self-recognition
Overclaiming
Prosopagnosia

Which brain region processes social disagreement in the conformity notes?

Cerebellum
Medulla
Primary motor cortex
Anterior insula

Why can nostalgia strengthen social relationships?

It recalls meaningful memories and connections
It permanently removes bad memories
It prevents emotions
It eliminates social needs

What is the nucleus accumbens associated with?

Language comprehension
Reward and motivation
Visual processing
Breathing

A person lies to avoid hurting a friend’s feelings. What is it?

Self-centered deception
Overclaiming
Other-centered deception
Self-recognition

How are self-awareness and deception related?

Awareness makes deception impossible
Only people without awareness deceive
They are unrelated
Understanding self and others can contribute to deception

What does the prefrontal cortex contribute to in social behavior?

Planning, decision-making, and regulation
Only breathing
Producing all neurotransmitters
Preventing all emotions

Which can be associated with autism?

Regenerating neurons
Differences in social communication and repetitive behavior
No emotional responses
Inability to learn

Why might people conform to a group?

To speed up neural impulses
To prevent memories
To reduce disagreement and preserve social harmony
To eliminate frontal activity

Which concept fits strong distress at criticism and frequent social comparison?

Mirror recognition
Nostalgia
Classical conditioning
Narcissistic traits

Why may maternal aggression rise when offspring are threatened?

Parental neural circuits and hormones influence protective behavior
All inhibition stops
Brain activity is irrelevant
Only visual cortex causes it

Which structure was linked to maternal aggression?

Primary auditory cortex
Lateral septum
Optic nerve
Occipital cortex

What is a major theme of social neurobiology?

Only genes determine behavior
Behavior is independent of the brain
Brain processes, biology, and environment interact in social behavior
One brain region controls all behavior

Who is associated with the quote "I think therefore I am"?

Albert Einstein
René Descartes
Marie Curie
Carl Jung

Which topic is most closely connected to Descartes’ "I think therefore I am" quote in the notes?

Self-awareness and existence
Action potential thresholds
Neurotransmitter release
Maternal aggression

Who said "The important thing is to never stop questioning"?

Louis Pasteur
Bill Nye
Albert Einstein
Ava Lovelace

What theme is emphasized by the Einstein quote at the beginning of the September 9 notes?

Avoiding uncertainty
Scientific curiosity and questioning
Social conformity
Memory consolidation

Who is credited in the notes with describing the brain as an implausible science experiment?

Will Boast
Robyn Mundell
Arnold H. Glasow
Jane Goodall

Who is credited with the idea that everything seems impossible until it is done?

Marie Curie
Robert A. Heinlein
Nikola Tesla
Louis Pasteur

Who is associated with the September 16 quote about patience and hatching an egg?

Arnold H. Glasow
Carl Gustav Jung
Glenn T. Seaborg
Sami Criss

Which lesson best matches the September 16 quote comparing patience to hatching an egg?

Speed is more important than careful work
Persistence and patience are valuable
Scientific experiments cannot fail
All social behavior is learned

Who is credited with the September 21 quote that science belongs to humanity rather than one country?

Louis Pasteur
Albert Einstein
Bill Nye
René Descartes

Who is associated with the September 28 quote "We are not apart from nature"?

Marie Curie
Jane Goodall
Nikola Tesla
Ava Lovelace

Who is credited with the September 30 quote emphasizing science education for young people?

Glenn T. Seaborg
Will Boast
Robert A. Heinlein
Marcus Aurelius

Who is credited with the September 30 quote about exploring the unknown boundaries of science?

Carl Jung
Robyn Mundell
Sami Criss
Jane Goodall

Who is associated with the October 5 quote about science being key to the future?

Bill Nye
Louis Pasteur
Nikola Tesla
Marie Curie

Who is credited in the notes with the October 5 quote about repeatedly thinking about thinking?

Sami Criss
Albert Einstein
Ava Lovelace
Arnold H. Glasow

Who is associated with the October 7 quote about how little one understands?

Ava Lovelace
Jane Goodall
Bill Nye
Will Boast

Who is credited with the October 7 quote about irritation with others revealing something about ourselves?

Carl Gustav Jung
René Descartes
Glenn T. Seaborg
Louis Pasteur

Who is credited with the October 12 quote about examining your own faults before criticizing someone?

Marcus Aurelius
Marie Curie
Robert A. Heinlein
Jane Goodall

Who is associated with the October 12 quote linking virtues and failures?

Nikola Tesla
Bill Nye
Albert Einstein
Robyn Mundell

Which news item in the September 21 notes involved reconstructing what an animal sees?

Using brain signals to infer what a mouse is seeing
Using mirrors to teach mice language
Using sound to control the spinal cord
Using hormones to map a mouse’s genes

According to the September 21 news notes, which possible application was mentioned for reconstructing visual information from brain activity?

Helping with blindness
Increasing myelin production
Preventing all hallucinations
Eliminating sleep

Which surprising finding about axons appeared in the news discussed in the September 21 lecture?

Axons are not necessarily straight
Axons contain no electrical activity
Axons are found only in humans
Axons are made of bone

Which news topic was mentioned in the September 28 lecture?

Exercise and naps may aid memory
Memory requires complete sleep deprivation
Social isolation permanently improves recall
The spinal cord stores all memories

Which brain-cell type was mentioned in the September 30 news as potentially playing a role in memory?

Astrocytes
Red blood cells
Osteocytes
Platelets

Which brain region was mentioned in the September 30 news about astrocytes and memory?

Hippocampus
Medulla
Spinal cord
Occipital pole

What is optogenetics, the topic of the October 5 news?

Using light to control activity in targeted cells
Using magnets to measure bone density
Using mirrors to test self-recognition
Using hormones to stop all neural signals

Which type of learning was mentioned in the October 5 news about optogenetics and fruit flies?

Pavlovian conditioning
Mirror self-recognition
Language acquisition
Mathematical reasoning

Which topic was highlighted in the October 7 news?

The claustrum and uncertainty
Myelin and skin pigmentation
Broca’s area and digestion
The spinal cord and empathy

According to the October 7 news notes, the claustrum may help the brain do what?

Adapt to uncertain situations
Permanently erase memories
Produce all dopamine
Stop all social behavior

Which animals were mentioned in the October 12 news about cooperation?

Cats
Dolphins
Magpies
Chimpanzees

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Which brain regions were mentioned in the October 12 news about cooperation in cats?

Inferior cingulate cortex and amygdala
Medulla and spinal cord
Primary visual cortex and cerebellum
Broca’s area and area postrema

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What is the central dogma of molecular biology?

Protein → DNA → RNA
DNA → protein → RNA
RNA → DNA → protein
DNA → RNA → protein

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What happens during depolarization?

The inside becomes more negative than resting potential
The inside of a neuron becomes less negative
The neuron loses all electrical activity
The membrane stops allowing ions through

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What is hyperpolarization?

The membrane becomes more negative than its resting potential
The membrane becomes less negative
The neuron reaches its firing threshold
Sodium channels remain permanently open

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How does the sodium-potassium pump move ions?

Equal numbers of both ions move outward
2 sodium out and 3 potassium in
3 potassium out and 2 sodium in
3 sodium out and 2 potassium in

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What is the main function of the blood-brain barrier?

Regulate substances entering brain tissue from blood
Produce cerebrospinal fluid
Release dopamine into the brain
Transmit signals between hemispheres

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What is prosopagnosia?

Inability to recognize a body part as one’s own
Belief that one person is many disguised people
Difficulty recognizing familiar faces
Lack of awareness of a neurological impairment

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What is anosognosia?

Belief that a loved one is an impostor
Difficulty recognizing familiar faces
Inability to store new memories
Reduced awareness of one’s own neurological impairment

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What belief characterizes Capgras syndrome?

One has expert knowledge without evidence
A body part belongs to someone else
A familiar person has been replaced by an impostor
Different people are actually one disguised person

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What belief characterizes Fregoli syndrome?

The right side of the body does not exist
A familiar person has been replaced by an impostor
Different people are one familiar person in disguise
Every unfamiliar face is recognized

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What is asomatognosia?

Inability to recognize familiar faces
Difficulty experiencing a body part as one’s own
Loss of all visual perception
Failure to recognize one’s memory

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What is a callosotomy?

Removal of the entire frontal lobe
Electrical stimulation of the amygdala
A procedure cutting connections through the corpus callosum
Injection of contrast into the ventricles

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What do sensory neurons do?

Carry motor commands to muscles
Connect only the two hemispheres
Release hormones from the pituitary
Carry sensory information toward the CNS

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What do motor neurons do?

Carry commands from the CNS to muscles or glands
Produce myelin around all axons
Store memories in the hippocampus
Carry touch signals from skin to the CNS

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What do interneurons mainly do?

Carry signals only from muscles to skin
Release hormones into the bloodstream
Control blood flow outside the brain
Process and relay signals within the CNS

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What does the myelin sheath do?

Produces all neurotransmitters
Stores genetic information in the nucleus
Blocks every action potential
Insulates axons and speeds signal transmission

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What are terminal buttons responsible for?

Releasing neurotransmitters to other cells
Producing action potentials in dendrites
Receiving most incoming signals
Making cerebrospinal fluid

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What is the soma?

The tip that releases neurotransmitters
The insulating layer around the axon
The neuron cell body that maintains the cell
The gap between two neurons

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What do dendrites generally do?

Connect the brain to the spinal cord
Carry signals away toward terminal buttons
Receive incoming signals from other neurons
Produce adrenal hormones

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What is a synapse?

The neuron’s cell body
A communication junction between neurons
A layer of fatty insulation
A fluid-filled brain cavity

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What is GABA mainly known for?

Producing vision in the occipital lobe
Forming the blood-brain barrier
Increasing every neuron’s firing
Inhibitory neurotransmission

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What is dopamine associated with?

Motivation, reinforcement, and reward learning
Blocking all motor movement
Only pain and temperature sensation
The physical structure of the skull

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What is oxytocin associated with?

Sodium transport across the membrane
Visual processing in the occipital lobe
Social bonding and attachment
Producing cerebrospinal fluid

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What is serotonin associated with?

Only facial recognition
Mood, sleep, and appetite
Myelin production
The shape of the ventricles

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What does the hypothalamus help regulate?

Only visual recognition
Only sound localization
Homeostasis, hormones, and stress responses
Only voluntary arm movement

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Why is the pituitary called the master gland?

It releases hormones affecting other endocrine glands
It creates action potentials in every neuron
It processes all incoming visual signals
It connects the cerebral hemispheres

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What does the HPA axis help coordinate?

Motor reflexes in the spinal cord only
Facial recognition
Hearing and speech comprehension
The body’s stress response

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What do the adrenal glands release during stress?

Myelin and cerebrospinal fluid
Hormones including cortisol and adrenaline
Only dopamine into synapses
Only glucose into neurons

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What is the VTA especially associated with?

Connecting the left and right hemispheres
Processing visual edges
Dopamine neurons involved in motivation and reward
Detecting poisons in the blood

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What does the nucleus accumbens help process?

Only visual color
Cerebrospinal fluid production
Only breathing reflexes
Reward, motivation, and reinforcement

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What functions are linked to the striatum?

Only speech articulation
Only hearing and smell
Movement, learning, motivation, and reward
Only blood filtration

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What is the amygdala especially involved in?

Emotional significance including threat and fear
Producing cerebrospinal fluid
Keeping the two hemispheres connected
Carrying signals to skeletal muscles

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What is the hippocampus especially important for?

Producing adrenal hormones
Forming and organizing new memories
Maintaining blood pressure directly
Processing only touch sensation

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What does the prefrontal cortex help regulate?

Only vision and color
Only spinal reflexes
Only cerebrospinal fluid circulation
Planning, decisions, and emotional behavior

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What is the anterior cingulate cortex linked to?

Only generating spinal reflexes
Only detecting blood toxins
Attention, emotion, and aspects of pain
Only secreting insulin

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What does the fusiform face area help process?

Faces
Balance and posture
Blood oxygen levels
Adrenal stress hormones

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What is the right TPJ involved in?

Social cognition and distinguishing self from others
Controlling only basic breathing
Releasing cortisol from adrenal glands
Producing cerebrospinal fluid

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What does the area postrema help detect?

Facial resemblance in photographs
Speech in the left hemisphere
Motor commands to fingers
Poisons that can trigger vomiting

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What does the occipital lobe mainly process?

Blood sugar regulation
Vision
Voluntary speech planning only
Hormone release

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Which functions are associated with the temporal lobe?

Only voluntary leg movement
Hearing, language comprehension, and memory
Only adrenal hormone release
Only touch and body position

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What does the parietal lobe help process?

Only emotional rewards
Only sound frequency
Touch and spatial information
Only hormone production

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What is the corpus callosum?

A region that detects poisons
A fiber bundle connecting cerebral hemispheres
A gland releasing cortisol
A type of neurotransmitter

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What does an MRI mainly show?

Only neurotransmitter release
Only electrical signals in individual neurons
Direct measurement of a person’s thoughts
Brain structure

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What is fMRI primarily used to study?

The exact location of every neurotransmitter
Direct changes to DNA sequences
Only skull bone density
Activity-related changes in brain blood oxygenation

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How is manipulation different from imaging?

Both always require surgery
Manipulation only takes pictures
Imaging always changes brain activity
Manipulation changes activity while imaging observes it

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What is PET used for?

Cutting the corpus callosum
Directly changing DNA into protein
Imaging activity or metabolism using radioactive tracers
Recording only skull thickness

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What does TMS use to influence brain activity?

Hormones injected into the ventricles
Magnetic pulses
Surgical removal of tissue
Only visual stimuli

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What is the purpose of ECT?

Measuring blood oxygen without intervention
Removing the corpus callosum
Therapeutically inducing a controlled seizure
Imaging brain structure with magnets

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What does the Gallup mirror test assess?

The number of brain neurons
Only language comprehension
Mirror self-recognition
The speed of action potentials

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What does the Wada test help investigate?

Hemispheric contributions to functions such as language
How dopamine is synthesized
The strength of the blood-brain barrier
The number of neurons in the brain

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According to the Quizlet, what happens when the left hemisphere is anesthetized in a Wada test?

Loss of hearing in both ears
Improved face recognition
Increased dopamine release
Temporary speech loss and right-sided weakness

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According to the Quizlet, what can happen when the right hemisphere is anesthetized in a Wada test?

Increased left-hand strength
Permanent loss of all memories
Difficulty recognizing one’s own face
Loss of vision in both eyes

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What is the difference between a trait and a state?

Both refer only to brain anatomy
A trait is relatively stable
a state is temporary
A trait is temporary
a state is permanent
Both are always genetic

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What is self-depreciation?

Believing different people are one person
Failing to recognize a familiar face
Holding or expressing negative views about oneself
Viewing oneself as superior to everyone

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What do mirror neurons do?

Respond during both action performance and observation
Fire only during sleep
Respond only to words
Produce cortisol during stress

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What is the independent variable?

The consistency of repeated findings
The variable manipulated or compared by a researcher
The sample size in every experiment
The outcome measured by the researcher

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What is the dependent variable?

The variable always controlled by the researcher
The theory being tested
The participant’s fixed personality
The outcome measured in a study

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How do reliability and validity differ?

Reliability is accuracy
validity is sample size
Reliability is consistency
validity is measuring the intended construct
Both mean the same as causation
Validity is consistency
reliability is popularity

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What is a proximate explanation of behavior?

How the immediate biological mechanism works
Why the behavior evolved over generations
Whether the result is statistically significant
How many participants were tested

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What is an ultimate explanation of behavior?

Why a behavior may have evolved
Which ion channel opens first
Where the experiment was conducted
How the scanner generates an image

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What is the central nervous system?

Brain and spinal cord
Only the cerebral cortex
All nerves outside the brain and spinal cord
Only muscles and glands

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What is the peripheral nervous system?

Nerves outside the brain and spinal cord
Only the brain and spinal cord
Only the hypothalamus and pituitary
Only cerebral hemispheres

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What are ventricles in the brain?

Neurons that release dopamine
Fibers connecting the hemispheres
Glands above the kidneys
Fluid-filled cavities containing cerebrospinal fluid

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What is one function of cerebrospinal fluid?

Replacing all blood in the brain
Connecting motor neurons to muscles
Producing dopamine in the VTA
Cushioning the brain against mechanical impact

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Why can L-DOPA be used in Parkinson’s disease?

It directly replaces damaged brain tissue
It cuts connections between hemispheres
It permanently blocks all dopamine receptors
It can cross the blood-brain barrier and be converted to dopamine

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What does the Quizlet say about the Platek facial-resemblance study?

Children recognized all unfamiliar faces
Only women were tested on pain perception
Men showed greater sensitivity and care toward resembling children
Men showed no response to facial resemblance

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What does the Quizlet report about the Stevens NHL study?

Team behavior had no association with wins
Teams won less when altruists increased
Teams won more as their number of altruists increased
Winning depended only on player height

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What did Louis Pasteur help disprove?

Spontaneous generation
The importance of DNA
The existence of neurons
The role of the corpus callosum

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What is a typical action potential peak voltage in the Quizlet?

About −150 mV
Exactly 0 mV
About −90 mV
About +40 mV

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What is the approximate action potential duration listed in the Quizlet?

2 milliseconds
2 seconds
20 minutes
2 hours

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What is the threshold for firing listed in the Quizlet?

About +50 mV
About −150 mV
About −50 mV
About +100 mV

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