Question 1

Neuropsychological assessment is useful because it can

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A)   assist diagnosis.
B)   influence treatment.
C)   be the basis for effective counseling.
D)   all of the above
E)   both A and BF) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

On the digit-span test, most people score about

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A)   65%.
B)   85%.
C)   50%.
D)   100%.
E)   none of the aboveF) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 3

In the open-field test, thigmotaxia is often used as a measure of

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A)   body temperature.
B)   fearfulness.
C)   sexual motivation.
D)   obesity.
E)   aggression.F) All of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 4

Which of the following WAIS subtests is part of the Performance Scale?

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A)   Picture Completion
B)   Digit Symbol
C)   Block Design
D)   Object Assembly
E)   all of the aboveF) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 5

The Morris water maze is commonly used to study

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A)   swimming in fish.
B)   spatial ability in rats.
C)   maze running in rats.
D)   passive avoidance in fish.
E)   swimming in rats.F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 6

Cerebral dialysis is a method of

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A)   stimulating the brain.
B)   stimulating the neuroendocrine system.
C)   measuring changes in the extracellular concentrations of various neurochemicals at particular sites in the brains of active animals.
D)   6-OHDA.
E)   recording AEPs.F) All of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 7

Lesions that are commonly referred to as amygdala lesions often

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A)   damage neural structures other than the amygdala.
B)   do not destroy the entire amygdala.
C)   damage prefrontal cortex.
D)   both A and B
E)   both B and CF) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 8

Muscle tension is monitored by

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A)   electroencephalography.
B)   electromyography.
C)   electrooculography.
D)   ERPs.
E)   MEGs.F) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 9

Normally, a male rat cannot intromit unless

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A)   it is all by itself.
B)   it first displays lordosis.
C)   the female first displays lordosis.
D)   the female has a low lordosis quotient.
E)   it first ejaculates.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 10

Describe and compare the various techniques commonly used for obtaining structural images of the brains of neurological patients.

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Question 11

Intracellular unit recording is not commonly used in biopsychological research because

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A)   it is too difficult for biopsychologists.
B)   biopsychologists are usually not interested in neurons.
C)   it is a neurophysiological procedure.
D)   it is very difficult to keep the tip of a microelectrode inside a single neuron in a moving subject.
E)   all of the aboveF) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 12

In the sodium amytal test, an injection into the carotid artery contralateral to the dominant hemisphere for speech renders the patient completely mute for

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A)   50 seconds.
B)   2 minutes.
C)   4 minutes.
D)   30 minutes.
E)   none of the aboveF) All of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 13

Most cognitive neuroscientific research is based on the assumption that

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A)   complex cognitive processes result from the combination of simple constituent cognitive processes.
B)   each constituent cognitive process is mediated by activity in a particular area of the brain.
C)   Almost all constituent cognitive processes tend to be localized in subcortical structures.
D)   all of the above
E)   both A and BF) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 14

IP, SC, and IM are all

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A)   recording methods.
B)   drugs.
C)   stimulation methods.
D)   cranial nerves.
E)   routes of drug administration.F) A) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 15

Which of the following brain lesion techniques is least likely to be associated with damage to major blood vessels?

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A)   aspiration lesions
B)   electrolytic lesions
C)   radio-frequency lesions
D)   knife cuts
E)   lobotomyF) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

If a PET image is recorded while a patient is reading, many areas of activity on the PET image will have nothing to do with the cognitive activity of reading per se. That is why cognitive neuroscientists often use

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A)   functional MRI.
B)   structural MRI.
C)   the paired-image subtraction technique.
D)   the additive-image control procedure.
E)   EEG.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 17

The digit-span test is a common test of

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A)   short-term memory.
B)   counting.
C)   arithmetic.
D)   intelligence.
E)   lateralization.F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 18

The unabbreviated name of the procedure used to record muscle tension is __________.

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Question 19

The final stage of the 2-deoxyglucose technique involves

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A)   autoradiography.
B)   injecting 2-DG.
C)   injecting radioactive 2-DG.
D)   immunocytochemistry.
E)   cerebral dialysis.F) B) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 20

Which method was used to record this signal?

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A)   extracellular unit recording
B)   intracellular unit recording
C)   electroencephalography
D)   integrated multiple unit recording
E)   plethysmographyF) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Exam 5: The Research Methods of Biopsychology

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