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(Answer) PSYU 333 Quiz 4

QUESTIONS

Question 1

Currently, consolidation is thought to last

  • 10 seconds
  • 2 minutes
  • 10 minutes
  • A very long time, if not indefinitely

Question 2

The case of Genie emphasizes the role of

  • The brain in behavior
  • Experience in human neural and psychological development
  • The brain language
  • neuroplasticity in development

Question 3

Cerebral ischemia is

  • a condition characterized by cancerous brain tumors
  • a type of cerebral hemorrhage
  • a shortage of blood to the brain
  • an area of brain damage.

Question 4

Frogs, unlike mammals, have retinal ganglion cells that are capable of

  • Degeneration
  • Proliferation
  • Regeneration
  • Aggregation

Question 5

In vitro, neurons will form synapses

  • only with their correct targets.
  • only with neurons of the same type.
  • with almost any neuron.
  • only with glial cells.

Question 6

Hippocampal cells that become active only when the subject is in particular locations are called

  • Location cells
  • Place cells
  • Location cells
  • Simple cells

Question 7

Recent studies have demonstrated that infantile amnesia can occur for __________ memories without affecting __________ memories of the same information.

  • implicit; explicit
  • explicit; implicit
  • working; reference
  • short-term; long-term

Question 8

After his surgery, H.M.’s IQ had

  • Dropped to 68
  • Dropped slightly
  • Stayed about the same
  • Increased

Question 9

Which structure is thought to store memories for visual images?

  • Amygdala
  • inferotemporal cortex
  • striatum
  • prefrontal cortex

Question 10

Apoptosis is safer than necrosis because apoptosis does not involve

  • Neuron death
  • Inflammation
  • Suicide
  • Degeneration

Question 11

The striatum is thought to store

  • memories for consistent relationships between stimuli and responses.
  • the type of memories that develop incrementally over many trials (habit formation).
  • Memory for habits.
  • All of the above.

Question 12

The last part of the human brain to reach full maturity is the

  • Prefrontal cortex
  • Amygdala
  • Occipital cortex
  • Hypothalamus

Question 13

The amygdala is thought to play a role in

  • object recognition memory.
  • memory for the emotional significance of experiences.
  • space and working memory.
  • memory for language.

Question 14

A major feature of the symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is their

  • variability from case to case.
  • Homogeinity
  • Consistency
  • Universality

Question 15

Most cell division in the developing neural tube occurs in the

  • hindbrain zone.
  • ventricular zone.
  • Ventricles
  • Midbrain

Question 16

How long does one eye have to be deprived of stimulation early in life in order to reduce its ability to activate visual cortex?

  • A few days
  • A few minutes
  • A few years
  • A few months

Question 17

The very first cells to develop in the embryo are

  • Multipolar
  • Bipolar
  • Myelinated
  • Totipotent

Question 18

Between birth and adulthood, the size of the human brain

  • Doubles
  • Quadruples
  • actually declines.
  • stays about the same although the skull grows.

Question 19

The cerebellum is thought to store memories of

  • learned sensorimotor skills.
  • Faces
  • Objects
  • Spatial Locations

Question 20

The most commonly employed test of short-term verbal memory is the

  • block-tapping test.
  • digit-span test.
  • digit-span +1 test.
  • paired-associate test.

Question 21

Korsakoff’s syndrome is typically associated with

  • Amnesia
  • chronic alcohol consumption.
  • confusion and personality changes.
  • All of the above

Question 22

Amnesia that is produced by a blow to the head that does not penetrate the skull is called __________ amnesia.

  • Posttraumatic
  • Retrograde
  • Anterograde
  • Postepisodic

Question 23

K.C., the man who can’t time travel, experienced a severe deficit in __________ memory.

  • Implicit
  • Semantic
  • Episodic
  • Short-term

Question 24

The neural plate develops directly into the

  • Neural tube
  • Neural groove
  • Brain
  • CNS

Question 25

Perseveration is the tendency to

  • form long-term working memories.
  • form permanent short-term memories.
  • continue making formerly correct responses that are currently incorrect.
  • continue making formerly incorrect responses that are currently correct.

ANSWERS:

Question 1

Currently, consolidation is thought to last

  • 10 seconds
  • 2 minutes
  • 10 minutes
  • A very long time, if not indefinitely

Correct Answer: A very long time, if not indefinitely

Question 2

The case of Genie emphasizes the role of

  • The brain in behavior
  • Experience in human neural and psychological development
  • The brain language
  • neuroplasticity in development

Correct Answer: Experience in human neural and psychological development.

Question 3

Cerebral ischemia is

  • a condition characterized by cancerous brain tumors
  • a type of cerebral hemorrhage
  • a shortage of blood to the brain
  • an area of brain damage.

Correct Answer: A shortage of blood to the brain.

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