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TEST BANKBiological Psychology
James W. Kalat
13th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Nerve Cells and Nerve Impulses 1
Chapter 02 Synapses 34
Chapter 03 Anatomy and Research Methods 68
Chapter 04 Genetics Evolution Development and Plasticity 99
Chapter 05 Vision 132
Chapter 06 Other Sensory Systems 164
Chapter 07 Movement 197
Chapter 08 Wakefulness and Sleep 230
Chapter 09 Internal Regulation 262
Chapter 10 Reproductive Behaviors 295
Chapter 11 Emotional Behaviors 330
Chapter 12 Learning Memory and Intelligence 362
Chapter 13 Cognitive Functions 395
Chapter 14 Psychological Disorders 428
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Test Bank - Biological Psychology, 13th Edition (Kalat, 2019)
Chapter 01 - Nerve Cells and Nerve Impulses
True / False
1. Dendrites contain the nuclei, ribosomes, mitochondria, and other structures found in most cells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the
nervous system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
2. Neurons receive information and transmit it to other cells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the
nervous system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
3. Santiago Ramón y Cajal used special staining techniques to reveal that the brain is composed of individual cells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the
nervous system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
4. An efferent axon carries information away from a structure.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the
nervous system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
5. The greater the surface area of a dendrite, the more information it can receive from other neurons.
a. True
b. False
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ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the
nervous system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
6. Neurons are distinguished from other cells by their shape.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the
nervous system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
7. The primary role of glial cells is to act like “glue” or scaffolding to support the neurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the
nervous system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
8. Glial cells transmit information across long distances.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the
nervous system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
9. Schwann cells produce the myelin sheath in the central nervous system, and oligodendrocytes do so in the periphery.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the
nervous system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
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10. The blood-brain barrier is made up of closely packed glial cells.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: The Blood-Brain Barrier
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.02 - Summarize how the blood–brain barrier relates to
protection and nutrition of neurons.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
11. The difference in voltage between the inside and outside of a neuron that is not transmitting an action potential is
called the resting potential.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: The Resting Potential of the Neuron
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.03 - Explain how the sodium–potassium pump and the
properties of the membrane lead to the resting potential of a neuron.
TOPICS: 1.2 The Nerve Impulse
12. Back-propagation of the action potential into the dendrite of the sending neuron facilitates changes associated with
learning.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: The Resting Potential of the Neuron
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.03 - Explain how the sodium–potassium pump and the
properties of the membrane lead to the resting potential of a neuron.
TOPICS: 1.2 The Nerve Impulse
13. At the resting potential, the potassium channels are completely closed, and the sodium channels are almost closed.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: The Resting Potential of the Neuron
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.03 - Explain how the sodium–potassium pump and the
properties of the membrane lead to the resting potential of a neuron.
TOPICS: 1.2 The Nerve Impulse
14. Dr. Skinner is measuring the voltage of neurons. If she wants to depolarize a neuron, she will try to move the voltage
from -70 mV to a value closer to zero.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: The Action Potential
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.03 - Explain how the sodium–potassium pump and the
properties of the membrane lead to the resting potential of a neuron.
TOPICS: 1.2 The Nerve Impulse
15. Action potentials are produced in the dendrites of neurons.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: The Action Potential
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.04 - Discuss how the movement of sodium and potassium ions
produces the action potential and recovery after it.
TOPICS: 1.2 The Nerve Impulse
Multiple Choice
16. The two basic kinds of cells in the nervous system are _____.
a. neurons and glia
b. dendrites and axons
c. ribosomes and lysosomes
d. neurons and axons
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the
nervous system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
17. Santiago Ramon y Cajal demonstrated that ____.
a. at rest, the neuron has a negative charge inside its membrane
b. neurons are separate from one another
c. neurons communicate at specialized junctions called synapses
d. action potentials follow the all-or-none law
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the
nervous system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
18. Which researchers shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1906?
a. Golgi and Cajal
b. Loewi and Sherrington
c. Galvani and du Bois-Reymond
d. Bell and Magendie
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ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the
nervous system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
19. Dr. Kimi studies the structures that allow controlled entry of important chemicals inside the plasma membrane of
neurons. What does Dr. Kimi study?
a. Lipid channels
b. Protein channels
c. Lipid receptors
d. Protein receptors
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the
nervous system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
20. Neurons differ most significantly from other body cells in their ____.
a. temperature
b. shape
c. osmotic pressure
d. mitochondria
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the
nervous system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
21. What do neurons have that other cells do not?
a. A plasma membrane
b. Large, branching extensions
c. Protein channels
d. An endoplasmic reticulum
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the
nervous system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
22. Dr. McLaughlin’s lab studies how newly formed proteins are folded inside neurons. They would be most interested in
studying the _____.
a. endoplasmic reticulum
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b. mitochondria
c. ribosomes
d. nucleus
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the
nervous system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
23. Which substance can freely flow across a cell membrane?
a. Calcium
b. Positively charged ions
c. Magnesium
d. Carbon dioxide
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the
nervous system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
24. The structure that contains a cell’s chromosomes is called the ____.
a. endoplasmic reticulum
b. nucleus
c. mitochondrion
d. ribosome
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the
nervous system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
25. Small, charged molecules can cross the cell membrane through ____.
a. diffusion
b. ribosomes
c. mitochondria
d. protein channels
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: Neurons and Glia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.01.01 - Describe neurons and glia, the cells that constitute the
nervous system.
TOPICS: 1.1 The Cells of the Nervous System
26. The specialized cells in the eye that detect light are called _____.
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