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(Answer) PSYU 333 Quiz 6

QUESTIONS

Question 1

A polyphasic sleep cycle is one in which the individual regularly sleeps

  • once every 24 hours, but sometimes in the day and sometimes in the night.
  • more than once every 24 hours.
  • three times or more every 24 hours.
  • in two or more different advanced phases.

Question 2

Involuntary smacking and sucking movements of the lips, thrusting and rolling of the tongue, lateral jaw movements, and puffing of the cheeks are all symptoms of

  • general paresis.
  • dimentia
  • mercury poisoning.
  • tardive dyskinesia.

Question 3

A disorder in which fat deposits cause the walls of blood vessels to thicken and reduce blood flow is

  • arteriosclerosis
  • contusion
  • embolism
  • encephalitis

Question 4

In focal seizures,

  • there is no epileptic spiking in the EEG.
  • the epileptic discharges do not spread throughout the brain.
  • there is no aura.
  • there is no epileptic focus.

Question 5

The first EEG stage of a night’s sleep is

  • alpha
  • initial stage 1.
  • stage 3.
  • stage 2.

Question 6

Loss of 3 or 4 hours of sleep for one night has been found to reliably

  • disrupt the performance of intelligence tests.
  • disturb mood.
  • disrupt motor performance.
  • reduce strength.

Question 7

Melatonin is released by the

  • pinel gland.
  • pineal gland.
  • penile gland.
  • adrenal medulla.

Question 8

As we fall asleep,

  • alpha activity begins.
  • EMG activity suddenly increases.
  • alpha activity ceases.
  • REMs suddenly stop.

Question 9

“Sclerosis” literally means

  • slippery
  • hardening
  • softening
  • characterized by many tremors.

Question 10

Cataplexy is common in cases of

  • narcolepsy
  • Insomnia
  • anxiety
  • nocturnal myoclonus.

Question 11

Huntington’s disease is caused by

  • a single dominant gene.
  • a neurotoxin.
  • an infection.
  • a decline in dopamine.

Question 12

Efforts to cure phantom limb pain have focused on destroying various components of the pathway from the stump to the cortex. About __________ of patients have received permanent benefit from this treatment.

  • 0%
  • 20%
  • 50%
  • 70%

Question 13

Neural apoptosis usually begins with

  • inflammation of the area.
  • ischemia
  • shrinkage of the cell body.
  • retrograde degeneration.

Question 14

Regeneration of CNS neurons has been promoted by implanting

  • oligodendrocytes
  • Schwann cell sheaths.
  • apoptosis facilitator protein.
  • CNS myelin.

Question 15

Currently, the majority of neuroscientists assume that the primary characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease is the development of

  • memory problems.
  • tau and neurofibrillary tangles.
  • amyloid plaques.
  • dementia

Question 16

Electrical stimulation of the __________ awakens sleeping cats.

  • anterior hypothalamus
  • cerebellum
  • reticular formation
  • basal forebrain

Question 17

People who claim to be nondreamers

  • have much less REM sleep than other people.
  • rarely have penile erections.
  • sometimes recall dreams if awakened during REM sleep.
  • typically have more REM sleep than other people.

Question 18

Disorders of excessive sleep or sleepiness are classified as

  • insomnia
  • hypersomnia
  • hyposomnia
  • REM-sleep disorders.

Question 19

A condition in which a person’s sleep is repeatedly disrupted by the inability to breathe is called

  • narcolepsy
  • sleep apnea.
  • SIDS
  • cataplexy

Question 20

Cell death produced by activation of a cell’s genetic program for suicide is called

  • necrosis
  • an infarct.
  • gliosis
  • apoptosis

Question 21

General paresis is

  • an officer in the Spanish army.
  • the mental illness and intellectual impairment associated with advanced cases of syphilis.
  • a bacterial infection that attacks a large group of people.
  • a viral infection that attacks a large group of people.

Question 22

Sleep spindles and K complexes are characteristic of

  • stage 2 sleep.
  • REM sleep.
  • delta sleep.
  • stage 3 sleep.

Question 23

Each cycle of sleep during a typical night tends to be about

  • 5 minutes long.
  • 20 minutes long.
  • 35 minutes long.
  • 90 minutes long.

Question 24

An epileptic aura is a psychological experience that

  • precedes the onset of epilepsy.
  • precedes a convulsion.
  • follows a convulsion.
  • occurs during a convulsion.

Question 25

Both thrombuses and emboluses are

  • tumors
  • infarcts
  • plugs that block blood flow.
  • hematomas

ANSWERS:

Question 1

A polyphasic sleep cycle is one in which the individual regularly sleeps

  • once every 24 hours, but sometimes in the day and sometimes in the night.
  • more than once every 24 hours.
  • three times or more every 24 hours.
  • in two or more different advanced phases.

 Correct Answer: more than once every 24 hours.

Question 2

Involuntary smacking and sucking movements of the lips, thrusting and rolling of the tongue, lateral jaw movements, and puffing of the cheeks are all symptoms of

  • general paresis.
  • dimentia
  • mercury poisoning.
  • tardive dyskinesia.

 Correct Answer: tardive dyskinesia.

Question 3

A disorder in which fat deposits cause the walls of blood vessels to thicken and reduce blood flow is

  • arteriosclerosis
  • contusion
  • embolism
  • encephalitis

 Correct Answer: arteriosclerosis.

Question 4…

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