1. Physio Psych Unit 1 Practice Questions

2. 1. Who coined the term ‘neuropsychology’ and conducted early animal experiments intended to localize a memory trace or ‘engram’? • Sperry • Lashley • Hebb • Pinel • Korsakoff

3. 2. What term is commonly used as a synonym for biopsychology? • psychopsychology • psychophysiology • behavioral endocrinology • behavioral neuroscience • behavioural pharmacology

4. 3. A cut in which of the following planes would separate the brain into a top (dorsal) and bottom (ventral) part? • Coronal • Frontal • Horizontal • Sagittal • Midsagittal

5. 4. Which type of glial cells cover the outer surfaces of blood vessels and form a physical matrix to hold neural circuits together? • astrocytes • Schwann cells • Oligodendrocytes • Microglia • Microsites

6. 5. Comparison… Gray matter is to white matter as: • soma is to myelinated fiber • dendrite is to soma • golgi complex is to ribosome • vesicle is to microtubule • synapse is to bouton

7. 6. Comparison… In general, presynaptic is to postsynaptic as: • axon is to dendrite • dendrite is to axon • terminal bouton is to dendritic spine • dendritic spine is to terminal bouton • none of the above • both A and C

8. 7. Cell bodies of multipolar motor neurons are located in the spinal _____________ matter and project to the __________ via the ___________ root. • white; brain; dorsal • gray; brain; ventral • white; muscle; ventral • gray; muscle; dorsal • gray; muscle; ventral

9. 8. Which brain structure has a dual affiliation with cortex and limbic system? • amygdala • fornix • massa intermedia • globus pallidus • putamen nucleus • hippocampus

10. 9. What is the series of connections between brain structures that form basal ganglia loops. • cortico-striato-pallidal-thalamo-cortical • cortico-pallido-striatal-thalamo-cortical • striato-cortical-pallido-thalamic • striato-pallidal-cortico-thalamic • nigro-striato-thalamo-cortical

11. 10. Which structure is NOT part of the tegmentum? • superior colliculus • red nucleus • substantia nigra • periaqueductal gray • none of the above

12. 11. Which of the following thalamic nuclei relays auditory information? • lateral geniculate nucleus • medial geniculate nucleus • ventral geniculate nucleus • posterior geniculate nucleus • dorsal nucleus

13. 12. The _____________ fissure borders the temporal and frontal cortices. • medial • lateral • longitudinal • central • posterior

14. 13. Combining divisions of neuroscience and biopsychology, the study of how the interaction between the nervous system and endocrine system influences behavior may be called _____________ . • Psychoendocrinology • Neuroendocrinology • Biopsychoendocrinology • Psychoneuroendocrinology

15. 14. The study by Whitleson showed Einstein’s brain had __________. • larger parietal lobes • a confluence of fissures • a knob in the motor cortex • Both a and b • All of the above

16. 15. The year 1949 is notable because _______________. • Hebb’s book was published • Egas Moniz won the nobel prize • Lashley localized an engram • Both a and b • All of the above

17. 16. Cutting the brain like a salami gives a _____________ section which does not show the _________axis. • Horizontal; anterior-posterior • Sagittal; dorsal-ventral • Coronal; anterior-posterior • Cross-section; rostral-caudal • Frontal; medial-lateral

18. 17. Sensory information enters the spinal cord through the _____________ route and motor projects from the _________ horn fissure borders the temporal and frontal cortices. • Dorsal, ventral • Medial, lateral • Dorsomedial, ventrolateral • Anterior; posterior • Rostral; caudal

19. 18. Which structure is part of both the limbic system and basal ganglia. • hippocampus • fornix • amygdala • septum • Cingulate cortex

20. 19. The deepest fissure is the __________________. • longitudinal • lateral • Sylvian • central • posterior

21. 12. _____________ uses different methods and approaches to make stronger scientific conclusions. • Scientific inference • Law of parsimony • Converging inference • Converging operations • Scientific operations

22. Answers • B • D • C • A • A • F • E • F • A • A 11) B 12) B 13) D 14) D 15) D 16) C 17) A 18) C 19) A 20) D