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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 disorder of voluntary movement that is not attributable to a simple motor deficit to any deficit in comprehension or motivation

Premotor cortex
Contralateral neglect
Mirror neurons
Apraxia Correct

A disorders of excessive sleep or sleepiness

Hypersomnia Correct
HYPNAGOGIC HALLUCINATIONS
CATAPLEXY
SLEEP PARALYSIS

A gastrointestinal process of breaking down food and absorbing its constituents into the body

Eating
Digestion Correct
Health
Hunger

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 simple sugar that is the breakdown product of complex carbohydrates, that is, starches and sugars

Glucose Correct
Fats
Lipids
Amino Acids

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 psychophysiological measures of sleep

EEO Correct
EOG
EMG
EEG

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

Aproperty of light that plays an important role in the perception of brightness

Color
Wavelength
Intensity Correct
Illumination

Aproperty of light that plays an important role in the perception of color

Wavelength Correct
Color
Intensity
Illumination

Away where atteention can be focused is the internal cognitive process called_____

Endogenous Attention Correct
External events
Internal Attention
Exogenous Attention

Bulemicseat so little that they experience health threatening weight loss; and despite the iremaciated appearance, they often perceive themselves as fat

True
False Correct

Cessation of menstruation

Gynecomastia
Hirsutism
Amenorrhea Correct
Testicular atrophy

Clinicalapproach is actually answering one of the basic questions in philosophy

True
False Correct

Comprises the areas of the sensory cortex that receive most of their input from the primary sensory cortex of that system or from other areas of the secondary sensory cortex of the samesystem

Association cortex
Unassocciated cortex
Primary sensory cortex
Secondary sensory cortex Correct

Currently the dominant approach being used to study the brain mechanisms of human emotion

Psychodynamic approach
Behavioral neuroscience
Humanistic neuroscience
Cognitive neuroscience Correct

Defined as waves of electromagnetic energy that is between 380 and 760 nanometers in length

Intensity
Shape
Light Correct
Color

Dreamlike experiences during wakefulness

Insomnia
Hypersomnia
Deafness
Hypnagogic hallucinations Correct

Drugs that increases sleep

Nootropics
Antihypnotic drugs
Hypnotic drugs Correct
Smart Drugs

Endocrine gland is also known as the sweat glands

True
False Correct

Endocrine gland releases their chemicals, which are calledhormones, directly into the circulatory system

True Correct
False

Failure of recognition thatis not attributable to a sensory deficit or to verbal or intellectualimpairment

Akinetopsia
Agnosia Correct
Prosop agnosia
Visual agnosia

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

Human is capable of making complex patterns of adjustment to the never endingchanges of his environment

True Correct
False

Hungeris the gastrointestinal process of breaking down food and absorbing its constituents into the body

True
False Correct

In this book, Darwin argued, largely on the basis of anecdotal evidence, that particular emotional responses, such as human facial expressions, tend to accompany the same emotional states in all members of a species

Survival of the fittest
The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals Correct
Comparative study of psychology
Origin of Species

It deals with how experience changes the brain

Learning Correct
Memory
Cerebellum
Amygdala

It deals with how these changes are stored and subsequently reactivated

Amygdala
Memory Correct
Cerebellum
Learning

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 characterized by recurring losses of muscle tone during wakefulness, often triggered by an emotional experience

CATAPLEXY Correct
HYPERSOMNIA
SLEEP PARALYSIS
HYPNAGOGIC HALLUCINATIONS

It is thought to participate in the storage of memories of learned sensorimotor skills through its various neuro plastic mechanism

Prefrontal Cortex
Neuropsychology
Cerebellum Correct
Striatum

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 is thought to store memories for consistent relationships between stimuli and responses the type of memories that develop incrementally over many trials

Infero temporal Cortex
Striatum Correct
Prefrontal Cortex
Cerebellum

It receives information from primary and secondary motor cortex, information about descending motor signals from brain stem motor nuclei, and feedback from motor responses via the somatosensory and vestibular systems

Basal Ganglia
Muscle spindles
Golgi tendon organs
Cerebellum Correct

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

Lipogenesis is the production of body fat

True Correct
False

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

Neurons that fire when an individual performs a particular goal-directed hand movement or when she or he observes the same goal-directed movement performed by another

Mirror neurons Correct
Central Neuron
Efferent Neuron
Afferent Neuron

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

Proposes that sleep is not a reaction to the disruptive effects of being awake but the result of an internal 24-hour timing mechanism that is, we humans are programmed to sleep at night regardless of what happens to us during the day

Sleep Theory
Recuperation theories of sleep
Adaptation theories of sleep Correct
Agitation theory

Provides generalinformation about conditions within the body

Visual system
Exteroceptive system
Interoceptive system Correct
Proprioceptivesystem

Response of the gustatory system to chemicals in solution in the oral cavity

Smell
Hear
Taste Correct
Touch

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 ability of such patients to respond to visual stimuli in their scotomas even though they have no conscious awareness of the stimuli

Visual agnosia
Blind sight Correct
Prosop agnosia
Agnosia

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 major event in the study of the biopsychology of emotion was the publication in

1872 Correct
1782
1875
1785

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 idea that the human brain and the mind are separate entities became even more widely accepted

Agnosia
Visual agnosia
Animism
Cartesian dualism 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