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Physiological Psychology

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A complete cessation of eating
  • Hyperphagia
  • Lipogenesis
  • Aphagia Correct
  • Adipsia
A disorder characterized by periods of not eating interrupted by bingeing
  • Obesity
  • Sickness
  • Anorexia nervosa
  • Bulimia nervosa Correct
A disorder of under consumption
  • Anorexia nervosa Correct
  • Dorsal-column medial-lemniscus
  • Neuroanatomy
  • Neurophysiology
A disorders of excessive sleep or sleepiness
  • Hypersomnia Correct
  • HYPNAGOGIC HALLUCINATIONS
  • CATAPLEXY
  • SLEEP PARALYSIS
A layerof mucus-covered tissue
  • Olfactory bulbs
  • Olfactory mucosa Correct
  • Papillae
  • Taste Buds
A reflex that is elicited by a sudden external stretching force on a muscle
  • Stretch Reflex Correct
  • Babinski reflex
  • Withdrawal reflex
  • Spinal Reflex
A specific agnosia for visual stimuli
  • Akinetopsia
  • Prosopagnosia
  • Visual agnosia Correct
  • Visual agnosia
A study of the physiological bases of human and animal behavior
  • PhilosophicalApproach
  • Experiemental Approach
  • ClinicalApproach
  • Physiological Psychology Correct
Adeficiency in the ability to see movement progress in a normal smooth fashion
  • Prosop agnosia
  • AgnosiaProcess Theory
  • Akinetopsia Correct
  • Blind sight
All are effects of damage to the auditory system, except:
  • Nerve deafness
  • Conductive deafness
  • Blindness Correct
  • Deafness
All are methods used in physiological psychology, except:
  • ClinicalApproach
  • ExperimentalApproach
  • PhilosophicalApproach
  • Physiological Psychology Correct
All are true about eating except:
  • Most of us derive great pleasure from it
  • A behavior that is of interest to virtually everyone
  • For many of us, it becomes a source of serious personal and health problems
  • None of the choices Correct
Any area of cortex that receives input from morethan one sensory system
  • Secondary sensory cortex
  • Association cortex
  • Primary sensory cortex
  • Association cortex Correct
Away where atteention can be focused is the internal cognitive process called_____
  • Endogenous Attention Correct
  • External events
  • Internal Attention
  • Exogenous Attention
Cessation of menstruation
  • Gynecomastia
  • Hirsutism
  • Amenorrhea Correct
  • Testicular atrophy
Currently the dominant approach being used to study the brain mechanisms of human emotion
  • Psychodynamic approach
  • Behavioral neuroscience
  • Humanistic neuroscience
  • Cognitive neuroscience Correct
Dreamlike experiences during wakefulness
  • Insomnia
  • Hypersomnia
  • Deafness
  • Hypnagogic hallucinations Correct
Drugs that increases sleep
  • Nootropics
  • Antihypnotic drugs
  • Hypnotic drugs Correct
  • Smart Drugs
He developed the theory of evolution
  • James
  • Lange
  • Cannon-Bard
  • Charles Darwin Correct
he scientific study of the nervous system
  • Neuropathology
  • Neuroendocrinology
  • Neuropharmacology
  • Neuroanatomy Correct
How many stages does sleep EEG has?
  • Five
  • Three
  • Four Correct
  • Six
It deals with how experience changes the brain
  • Learning Correct
  • Memory
  • Cerebellum
  • Amygdala
It includes all disorders of initiating and maintaining sleep
  • Cataplexy
  • Insomnia Correct
  • Hypersomnia
  • Sleep paralysis
It is also known as the sweat glands
  • Gonads
  • Pituitary gland
  • Exocrine gland Correct
  • Endocrine gland
It is thought to play a special role in memory for the emotional significance of experiences
  • Amygdala Correct
  • Cerebellum
  • Prefrontal Cortex
  • Infero temporal Cortex
It runs in a strip from the supplementary motor area to the lateral fissure
  • Posterior parietal association cortex
  • Dorsolateral prefrontal association cortex
  • Premotor cortex Correct
  • Supplementary motor area
Monitors information about theposition of the body that comes from receptors in the muscles, joints, andorgans of balance
  • Interoceptive system
  • Exteroceptive system
  • Visual system
  • Proprioceptive system Correct
On the tongue, these are often located around small protuberances functional brain imaging
  • Psych Olfactory bulbs
  • Taste Buds
  • Olfactory mucosa
  • Papillae Correct
Oneof the most obvious qualities of human visual experience
  • Color Correct
  • Wavelength
  • Illumination
  • Intensity
Proposes that being awake disrupts the homeostasis of the body in some way and sleep is required to restore it
  • Adaptation theories of sleep
  • Sleep Theory
  • Recuperation theories of sleep Correct
  • Agitation theory
Provides generalinformation about conditions within the body
  • Visual system
  • Exteroceptive system
  • Interoceptive system Correct
  • Proprioceptivesystem
Senses external stimuli that are applied to the skin
  • Visual system
  • Exteroceptive system Correct
  • Proprioceptivesystem
  • Interoceptive system
Tends to carry information about pain andtemperature
  • Neurophysiology
  • Dorsal-columnmedial-lemniscus
  • Neuroanatomy
  • Anterolateral system Correct
Tendsto carry information about touch and proprioception
  • Dorsal-column medial-lemniscus Correct
  • Visual system
  • Exteroceptive system
  • Anterolateral system
The area of sensory cortex that receives most of its input directly from the thalamic relay nuclei of thatsystem
  • Primary sensory cortex Correct
  • Association cortex
  • Unassocciated cortex
  • Secondary sensory cortex
The breakdown products of proteins
  • Fats
  • Glucose
  • Lipids
  • Amino Acids Correct
The first physiological theory of emotion was proposed independently by James and Lange in what year?
  • Freud and Erikson
  • Freud and Horney
  • Cannon and Bard
  • James and Lange Correct
The inability to move just as one is falling asleep or waking up
  • Hypersomnia
  • Insomnia
  • Hypnagogic hallucinations
  • Sleep paralysis Correct
The primary motor cortex is located in the pre central gyrus of what lobe of the brain
  • Parietal lobe
  • Parietal lobe
  • Frontal lobe Correct
  • Occipital lobe
The science of behavior or the scientific study of human behavior
  • Physiology
  • Psychology Correct
  • Synapse
  • Neuron
The scientific study of the nervous system
  • Clinical Approach
  • Experimental Approach
  • Neuroscience Correct
  • Philosophical Approach
The sex, male or female, that a person believes himself or herself to be
  • Sexual identity Correct
  • Homosexual
  • Heterosexual
  • Bisexual
The small inhibitory interneurons that mediate recurrent collateral inhibition
  • Spinal Reflex
  • Reciprocal innervation
  • Renshaw cells Correct
  • Withdrawal reflex
The smallest units of motor activity
  • Motor pool
  • Motor units Correct
  • Muscle spindles
  • Renshaw cells
The somatotopic layout of the human primary motor cortex is commonly referred to as
  • Motor units
  • Mirror neurons
  • Acetylcholine
  • motor homunculus Correct
The study of body processes
  • Synapse
  • Neuron
  • Psychology
  • Physiology Correct
The study of nervous system disorders
  • Neuro pathology Correct
  • Neuroanatomy
  • Neurophysiology
  • Neuro endocrinology
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